Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
fashion

stitch fix

I saw an ad on Facebook for a service called Stitch Fix. Stich Fix works as follows: a personal stylist chooses items for you based off of your personal style profile. These items are mailed on an interval of your choosing and you keep whatever you want and send back the rest. Link is in the sidebar (full disclosure: it’s an affiliate link).

I got my first “Fix” today and was pleasantly surprised with the items. They are definitely outside what I normally wear, but I did like and am keeping everything (I guess it just goes to show that advertising works.) I’m not terribly stylish, so I hopes this helps me to up my style quotient for 2017.

health & wellness

knee update

And now it’s time for the monthly knee update. Jake saw his surgeon yesterday. He is making good progress, but will need to continue with PT for another 6 weeks, He’ll just be going once a week instead of twice, though. He can also lose the knee brace except when he’s at school or with his friends because “things can happen”. Unfortunately, he isn’t able to return to Garden Haven yet, but they will revisit that topic at next month’s appointment, where he’ll also be fitted for a different kind of knee brace. On the plus side, he has gym (which he hates) this semester and cannot participate in that. But, his gym teacher said that he can do his PT exercises during class, so that is going to work out well.

books

the girl on the train

I’m starting off the year with some good reads! This was an interesting thriller. Each chapter was told from the perspective of one of the three female characters (which was a little confusing at first, but it was a pretty good way to weave the tale). While I did figure out “whodunit” before I got to the end, I thought it was nicely written.

What I didn’t like was the Britishness of it all. Generally speaking, I do not enjoy British forms of entertainment. Not sure why, but it is what it is.

My rating: 4/5

food & drink

passing the torch

My grandmother has always made the cakes for our family celebrations, birthday and otherwise. Due to age and health issues she is no longer able to do this task, so the torch has been passed to me. Jake and I went to her apartment this afternoon to collect her recipes and pans, so I’m all set for the next family event. At least I don’t have to decorate them–my mom has always handled that end of things.

jake

one step closer

Jake is taking his SAT test this morning. College is right around the corner. I’m not sure I’m ready for this. One thing is for sure–it will be a learning experience. I know absolutely nothing about grants, scholarships, student loans, etc. as my dad worked at UPJ when I went to school, so my tuition was covered. Lucky me, not so lucky Jake.