Brian and I went to Canonsburg yesterday for Miss Avery’s first birthday! It’s hard to believe a year has already passed since she was born. She had quite a turnout for the event. With so many milestones on both sides, we got to see a lot of each other this year.
balcony railing
Our balcony railing has needed replaced since we bought our house 22 years ago. Since the existing railing would have to be removed in order to do so, there never seemed to be a good time to do it. But, now that we’re getting down to the wire with selling the house (hopefully in a year or two), we needed to get that project done. Conveniently, Jake went to the beach with one of his friends the other week, so we started on the project then. It actually took a lot longer than we thought it would (it always does), but at least the handrail was in place by the time he returned home. On Thursday evening, we finished installing the balusters, so now the project is complete! And, it looks amazing.
yarn crafter
We (at Innovative Tomato) released our second app recently, Yarn Crafter! Our office is full of knitters and crocheters, so everyone was pretty excited about it. We have so many features planned for the app–it’s going to be a really useful tool for yarn crafting hobbyists! If nothing else, I’m going to use it, but we’re hoping that everyone else finds it as useful as we do.
hostiles
This was a pretty good western. It told the story of an Army Captain who had to escort an Indian chief and his family back to their homeland, while going through enemy territory. It starred the always excellent Christian Bale and featured some stunning cinematography.
My rating: 3.5/5
r.i.p. lizzy
Lizzy turned 16 in January so we knew that there wasn’t much time left no matter how you looked at it. She developed numerous health problems over the course of the summer and we had to make the difficult decision to put her to sleep, which happened yesterday. It is always a tough decision to make–it always seems too soon or too late.
I like to think she had a great life with us. She’s been here since almost the beginning–she would have celebrated her 16th adoption anniversary in just a few weeks (September 7). Besides being a constant companion, she was also Jake’s first dog, which he picked out when he was only two! Not to mention she’s been around 1/3 of my life (and I’m not exactly young).
After Alice passed a few years ago, Lizzy became the office dog and went to work with us every day for a few years. We also took her on vacation with us in 2017 and she enjoyed it immensely. She was also my sidecar-riding partner. She enjoyed everything–even going to the vets. And she loved everyone. Brian took one last photo of her yesterday, while outside at the vet’s office and she was even smiling in that.
It’s going to be strange around the house for a long time.