Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
celebrations, out and about

birthday weekend

As is tradition, we went to the Polkafest on Friday evening for supper. We caught some music from Alex Meixner and the Polka Family Band. Fun, as always.

We did not have any plans for Saturday, but that changed when I received a text from Carol that morning suggesting that all of us go out to celebrate my birthday. I’ve had a hankering for Franklin Street Bar & Grill lately, so that’s where we went. I guess we’ll call that a bonus celebration.

The three of us ended up doing our family celebration on Sunday, rather than today, because Brian had a late meeting scheduled (which he is still at). Brian did some steaks on the grill and I got presents!

Today was pretty low key. I had the day off, so I took the opportunity and figured out a problem with the sweater I’ve been knitting. It took a while to figure out, but things are back on track with that, so I’m pretty happy.

gardening & landscaping, holidays

rainy may

I was ahead with the outside stuff last month, but I have since fallen behind. I’ve been trying to get out between the raindrops (not to mention the chilly weather), but the opportunities haven’t been frequent. The weather seems to be more seasonal as of late, so I guess I’ll get caught up eventually.

As for my garden, at least it is in. Strangely enough, the one variety of garlic I planted is already ready to be harvested (this is usually more of an end of June/beginning of July thing). I planted a couple of other varieties, but they are not ready yet, so maybe it’s just a thing with that particular variety. We’ve also been eating strawberries for about a week, and those are a couple of weeks early, too.

Despite some bad weather, Memorial Day weekend was pretty good. I took Friday off work in order to work in the garden. It rained a lot, but I still got a number of things planted and finished the rest over the course of the weekend. Saturday saw a trip to the nursery and the purchase of flowers and some plants for the garden.

On Sunday, we went to my brother’s for a picnic, then it rained like crazy the rest of the day. I got some things done in the house and made some good progress on a knitting gift I started last week. Today was pretty relaxed. I did some things around the house in the morning; Brian and I went for a motorcycle ride in the afternoon, and this evening was spent in the yard and garden.

do-it-yourself

not quite done

We painted our bedroom walls yesterday. This almost concludes the painting tasks for that room. Only the baseboard trim remains, but that will have to wait until we get new carpeting (hopefully by the end of the summer) as it will be easier to do at that point in time.

There’s still more painting to do inside, but just the family room and main bathroom are left at this point. Everything else is in pretty good shape, but I wouldn’t completely rule out having to do some additional painting.

Since summer is about here, we’ll likely take a break from working on the inside of the house and get some things done outside instead.

movies

manchester by the sea

This movie was about a guy (portrayed as a loner) who is surprised to find out that he was made guardian of his brother’s son upon his brother’s death. But, it’s more than that, of course. It’s also about the guy and how he got to be the way he is (hint: it’s not a happy story).

My rating: 4/5

celebrations

jam packed

It was a pretty busy couple of days. On Friday, we went out to eat at Rey Azteca to celebrate Jake’s birthday, which was on Saturday. Saturday, Jake had his prom. Saturday (and part of Sunday) was spent cooking, as we had our usual Mother’s Day/Jake’s birthday get together with the family. This evening, Jake is being inducted into the National Honor Society. Phew!

I guess things will get back to normal tomorrow. Also, the weather is finally supposed to break so I’ll be able to get caught up on all of those things I’ve been ignoring outside this month.