animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

happy halloween, baby

This has to be the lamest Halloween ever. Not only did I not decorate, I didn’t even buy a pumpkin. I put candy out for the kids (full-size Hershey bars), but I only had 18 trick-or-treaters. That has to be the fewest ever. We used to get so many kids. …

mother’s day

My family met at The Italian Oven Restaurant on Thursday to celebrate Mother’s Day. I was looking forward to trying their wood-fired pizza, but their oven was broken, so I got a stromboli instead. It was good, but I definitely want to try their pizza sometime. Anyway, it was nice …

early easter

My brother had to work today, so we celebrated Easter yesterday evening. I hosted this year and we had the usual Eastery-type foods. I took Friday off to clean and prep some food. That was probably unnecessary, but I didn’t have to rush around on Saturday, so it was worth …

holidaze

As is customary, I hosted Christmas Eve dinner. Only my parents and Jake were in attendance. Amelia had a family thing going on and my brother had to work. So, it was a quiet evening. My mom did Christmas Day, so I got to see my brother and his family …