animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

junkie

I’ve been taking Zyrtec for allergies pretty much continuously for a year or so. I haven’t been sneezing as much lately, so I thought I’d take a break from it until spring. I stopped taking it for a couple of days the other week and got all itchy. I didn’t …

an update

My thumb is doing much better this week. It doesn’t hurt as much when I bump it, anyway. The stitches are still in–they don’t look ready to come out yet. I will reevaluate on Saturday. I talked to someone about my sidecar this week. Unfortunately, they are located about 2.5 …

red thumb

I read that you can freeze green onions, so, after picking a bunch of green onions from my garden and not having a use for them, I figured I’d give it a try. I was happily chopping away, when I chopped about three-quarters of the way through the tip of …

braces

After a few trips to the orthodontist, Jake had his top braces installed this week. I can’t remember why, but they are not doing the bottom braces for a quite a bit. He doesn’t go back until May and, at that point, they’re going to tell us when he should …

brace yourself

The last time I took Jake to the dentist, he informed us that Jake has a baby tooth that hasn’t come out yet (and the adult tooth is formed and ready to come in). He was concerned that there wasn’t room for the adult tooth so he referred us to …