animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

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The PolkaFest is always the weekend before my birthday and there’s nothing like a little kielbasa, pierogies and polka to kick off the festivities. Since my birthday is during the week this year, I opted to celebrate with Brian and Jake on Sunday. Brian made some awesome ribs, potato salad …

football weather

Baseball game. One of our employees rented a suite at the Altoona Curve stadium and invited us to attend the game. It was last night. It was fricking cold out there, but the suite was warm enough. As a bonus, the Pens game was playing on the television in the …

sunday, fun day

This afternoon we went to a gun raffle at the Portage Revolver & Pistol Club with my parents. We are members of the club and Jake is in their junior rifle league, so it was nice to be able to throw some support their way. They were giving away a …

seafood lover

Last night we went to Red Lobster for supper. This is notable only because we rarely eat out (sure, we grab a pizza or a sub on occasion, but as far as sit-down meals go, it’s a rare occurrence). Brian’s parents bought us a Red Lobster gift card so this …

gone fishin’

The three of us took a quick fishing trip to Yellow Creek State Park on Saturday morning. It was a nice day for fishing. Unfortunately we didn’t catch anything–the fish were not biting. This was the only other time I went fishing other than our vacation. I was hoping to …