animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

birthday dinner

We went to my parent’s today for the annual birthday dinner for my brother and me (my brother’s birthday is in May and mine is in June and we normally celebrate both birthdays the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend). The dinner was kind of like a Thanksgiving dinner–turkey, mashed potatoes, …

party time

We had Jake’s birthday party this afternoon. Things went smoothly. I’m pretty sure everyone had a good time. Luckily for me, Brian took charge of the party and kept the kids entertained all afternoon. Jake made a haul as usual. Good thing we are remodeling his room–we might actually have …

big dogz

As is our tradition, we took Jake to Big Dogz tonight for his birthday dinner. The only reason he likes the place is because they serve the kids’ meals in a dog dish. I don’t know why he gets so excited about that–we have plenty of dog dishes here. We …

tonight, tonight

Brian’s mom’s 60th birthday was this week, so we all celebrated it tonight at Surf N Turf. Yum. I got my usual jumbo stuffed shrimp. And, as always, they were delicious. After the party, the three of us were supposed to go to a Chiefs game–Jake won 3 tickets for …

socializing

Jake stayed at my parent’s this weekend so last night, Brian and I actually went out for drinks instead of drinking in. I don’t know–this paying for booze by the glass is a little over-rated, if you ask me, but we had a nice time. Our friend Lish works at …