animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

4 corners of the world

It’s my birthday and I’ll eat out if I want to. I knew I wasn’t going to feel like cooking today. Plus, Jake was staying at his grandparent’s. So, I made an executive decision and decided we’d go out for supper tonight. I’ve been wanting to go to 4 Corners …

annual birthday dinner

Yesterday for supper, my mom held the annual birthday dinner for my brother and me. Dinner was basically “Thanksgiving in May” as we had turkey and all the trimmings. This meal was especially good. Given how busy we’ve been lately, we’ve been doing a lot of eating out and quick …

connellsville

I got to spend a good chunk of my weekend in the Connellsville area. Yesterday, I attended a baby shower at the Pleasant Valley Country Club for the wife of one of Brian’s cousins. The shower was very nice. The size of the group was perfect and we didn’t have …

jake’s birthday party

We had Jake’s 8th birthday party yesterday. We learned a few important lessons, the main one being to invite fewer kids next year. Jake invited 13 kids and 12 showed up. I wasn’t expecting quite that turnout particularly since another kid in his class was having a party the same …

birthday dinner

Today, we headed to my parents for Brian’s annual birthday dinner. We hadn’t seen my parents in weeks, which was unusual, and they were definitely suffering from Jake withdrawal. We had a nice dinner, but were unfortunately unable to stay very long due to the puppy. Amazingly, in the 3 …