animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

thanksgiving 2004

We spent this Thanksgiving with Brian’s family. His Aunt Phyl and Uncle John hosted this year’s event. They live in Scottdale, PA, which is about an hour and 15 minutes away. There were various representatives from both families there. All in all it was a nice day. Jake spent most …

christmas shopping: done

Today, I met my goal of completing my Christmas shopping before Thanksgiving. I had to go to Boscov’s in order to complete it. *gasp* I think I ordered just about everything else through the internet. If only I could get my groceries through the internet, I wouldn’t ever have to …

halloween

A wise man (Peter Steele) once said, “Every day is Halloween.” While this might be true for some people all of the time, it was certainly true for everyone today. But, it was apparently true for less people this year than last–we have a ton of candy left over. I …

happy october

Brian’s at the Steeler game today with his parents and Shawn so Jake and I thought this might be a good opportunity to get ready for Halloween. First, we (or should I say I) made up the treat bags with what was left of the candy after Jake and I …