Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
books

save me

Lisa Scottoline is branching out from legal thrillers to just regular thrillers. OK, so this book is actually 10 years old, but it’s new to me. Despite the unbelievable plot and other deficiencies (I winced at some of the action, but not in a good way, and many of the characters didn’t have much depth) this book was ok, if not a bit sappy. I mean, I finished it in a month, so it couldn’t have been that bad. The short chapters didn’t hurt matters–it was like reading a Patterson novel.

My rating: 3/5

holidays

thanksgiving 2019 part 2

With my family away for the holiday, I still felt compelled to make Thanksgiving dinner because how can you not eat turkey on Thanksgiving? I extended an invitation to Brian and he (and Esme!) joined us for dinner (in addition to providing one of the two turkey breasts I prepared–because it wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without five pounds of turkey per person–and bringing the mashed potatoes, which I hate to make for some reason).

We ate at 6pm instead of earlier (we usually do Thanksgiving around 1pm when we have it with the rest of the family) just because that made it easier for me. I didn’t have to get up early and rush through the preparations. The only bad thing was that we were all too stuffed to eat pumpkin pie after the meal. I did have a piece of pie around 11pm, though. Jake fell into a literal food coma around 8:30pm, but managed to get up in the middle of the night to eat a piece of pie.

After dinner we sat around and knitted and talked for a bit. Jake was asleep on the couch when Brian left, but got up long enough to say goodbye and go to his bedroom. I spent the rest of the evening watching sitcoms and knitting. All things considered, it was a pretty nice holiday.

movies

the mule

This was a really good story about an older gentleman who becomes a mule for a drug cartel. Like all Clint Eastwood movies, it had a somewhat depressing ending but it was also really good.

My rating: 4/5

household stuff

the washer

My washer was fixed on Friday. It cost me a little less than expected, but still a lot for what ended up being a $30 part (about $170 all told). So far, so good with it. I did about eight loads of laundry over the weekend without issue, but I won’t be convinced that it’s working properly until some time has passed. The good news is that if it is indeed fixed and the sensor goes again in the future, I now have the part number and can fix it myself for way less money.

holidays

thanksgiving 2019 part 1

Some of my family is going to be gone for Thanksgiving so we met up yesterday at my parents for an early celebration. It was a pretty laid back affair. My grandmother wasn’t able to attend, so Jake and I dropped off some food for her on the way home.