animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

holiday preparations

I’m almost ready for Christmas. Jake wanted to make some cookies this year, so we baked a couple batches this week instead of doing our usual chocolate covered pretzels. But, it left me wanting more, so I’m going to do another batch or two of cookies in the next couple …

thanksgiving week

It’s been a busy week! Sylvia had a dental cleaning scheduled for Tuesday morning. She did well with it, but they had to extract a tooth (a pre-molar). That was an expensive trip! Wednesday morning, Jake went to his home office, which is in the former family room, and there …

who’s counting?

This year we had around 40 trick or treaters. This was down a little from last year. It’s so hard to guess how much candy to buy. I had enough for 60-70 and had some bags of chips as backup. The office shall reap the rewards. Jake and I did …

nor’easter?

Not much to report lately. We did the Easter thing with my family yesterday. In the morning, Jake did his Easter egg hunt. We probably don’t have too many of those left, if any. And what is with this weather? This has been one crappy spring. I’ve maybe gotten outside …