animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

steeler party

We had a few Steeler fans over to watch today’s game. I guess you can call this our first real party in the bar (yes, we’re now calling the family room “the bar”. might as well call it what it is). Unlike my froufrou wine party last month, this party …

steve

Our friend Steve came over for dinner this evening. As always, it was a pleasure. On the menu tonight was chicken with 40 cloves of garlic, oven-roasted ratatouille, white bean dip, baguette, antipasto, and marble cheesecake squares. I’m still full. Among many other things, we got to talk about some …

another party

Doug had another one of his monthly booze parties tonight. This evening’s theme was vodka, though everyone I saw was drinking beer (perhaps we didn’t stay late enough). We had fun like we always do. Kids were invited to this one, so Jake had a blast playing with all of …

cookout tonight

There is this couple at our church that we’ve been friendly with since we’ve been going there. We’re always talking about getting together, but before today, it never happened. So, we made the first move and invited them over for a cookout this evening. They have two young kids, a …

happy birthday, viola

We spent an enjoyable evening at John and Viola’s. In case you couldn’t figure out from the title of this post, we were there to celebrate Viola’s birthday. Dinner was great–they did up these pork and veggie kebabs that were delicious. There were also a number of tasty side dishes. …