animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

thanksgiving

It was a lazy day for me, but I guess I deserve at least one of those a year. I thought about doing some stuff today, but then opted out. I mostly sat around and read or watched tv in my spare time. The morning was uneventful. My mom was …

done shopping

I am officially done with my Christmas shopping! I always try to get done by Thanksgiving, but I usually have a few outstanding things to get once that day rolls around. But this year, I was on the ball. I don’t have all of my gifts in hand yet, but …

labor day weekend

We sure had a packed weekend. Thank goodness it was of the three day variety (so it had some recovery time built in)! Friday was business as usual. I don’t believe we did anything out of the ordinary that day. On Saturday, our friends PJ and Lisa were married. We …

mother’s day

We didn’t have any major plans for the day. But, my family decided to take my grandmother and aunt out to Eat ‘N Park for supper and we were invited to go along, so we accepted. My brother treated everyone to dinner. That was nice of him! Other than that, …

christmas with judy

Judy came over this evening for our annual Christmas visit. I made some soup and sandwiches for supper (both recipes slightly modified, of course–ask if you want the details). We had a nice time hanging out, eating, drinking, opening presents, and talking. I was just telling Brian that we should …