animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

christmas

We kicked off the Christmas season today and had Judy over for our annual Christmas visit. I made brunch (because it’s Sunday, after all) and then we hung out and talked after opening presents. It was a nice afternoon. As a side bonus, the dogs were on “11” during her …

almost there

I’m finally done with all of my Christmas preparations. I finished making the dog treats (and I even did some cat treats) this week. And, I finished wrapping gifts this evening. Now, all we need to do is finish up the living room makeover and all will be complete. I …

thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving with Brian’s family this year. His sister and her crew were in, too. After having some great food and wine, it was nice to hang out and chat all afternoon. Even though we just saw them last weekend, we didn’t get to talk much at the baptism due to …

party time

Our neighbors invited us to an impromptu Halloween party last night. Brian took Jake and the neighbor kid around for trick or treating and they invited us over for pizza afterward. We sat around all evening drinking wine and bs-ing. It was a lot of fun–I’m not sure why we …

christmas wrapup

Judy and Dave came over last night for a Christmas visit. This should mark our last Christmas-related activity for the season. Onto New Year’s… We had a nice time sitting around and talking all evening. The dogs even behaved for the most part. Plus, I managed to snag another Foo …