animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

gun raffle

My Dad, Brian and I went to the Jaffa Gun Raffle in Altoona yesterday. It was ok. I mean, it’s quite an impressive raffle, but we didn’t win anything, so there’s that. Also, I think one gun raffle per year is enough for me and this was my second. But, …

10/09 kitchen

We’ve been wanting to go to 10/09 Kitchen ever since we heard about it a few years ago when one of the owners attended a series of marketing seminars that Prime Design Solutions did. In addition to that connection, the chef/other owner of the restaurant was one of my brother’s childhood …

it’s back

Speaking of pain…I woke up Saturday morning with back pain (in the vicinity of my right shoulder area). This has happened to me many times in the past, but it’s always super annoying to go to bed fine and then wake up like that (I mean, it’s not like I …

gun bash

Jacob’s boy scout troop hosted a gun bash today as a fundraiser. I went with the dads (Brian helped out with the bash, so he didn’t get to have any of the fun). Unfortunately, I did not win anything (at least not while I was there–they were still drawing for …

date morning

Despite the fact that Brian and I are always together due to work, it seems like we never get to do anything fun. So, we’re jumping on the “date night” bandwagon and are trying to schedule some non-work related activities into our lives. The first of these happened Saturday morning, …