animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

the holiday

It was pretty laid back this year. We spent Christmas Eve with my family (and Jake’s girlfriend) at our house. Dinner wasn’t even a challenge–I have this holiday stuff down pat. I feel like I need to challenge myself more next year. Maybe it’s time to mix things up! Christmas …

update

I haven’t posted in a while, so I guess it’s time for an obligatory post. Not much has been going on, hence the lack of updates. I’m pretty much ready for Christmas–just a few loose ends to tie up to make that complete. We’re having Christmas Eve here, so I’m …

the holiday

I have a nice stretch off over Thanksgiving (Wednesday-Sunday), so I’ve been getting my store ramped up for the the Christmas shopping season–making some new items, remaking some old ones. This was my year to host Thanksgiving, so I scheduled Wednesday off, but my mom wanted to swap Christmas Eve …

rainy may

I was ahead with the outside stuff last month, but I have since fallen behind. I’ve been trying to get out between the raindrops (not to mention the chilly weather), but the opportunities haven’t been frequent. The weather seems to be more seasonal as of late, so I guess I’ll …

christmas 2016

Christmas has come and gone once again. We did Christmas Eve at my in-laws’ and Christmas Day at our house with my family. We had Monday off work, but did not do anything of consequence. Though, we did have a visit from my in-laws that night. Yesterday, Jake had a …