Last night, Brian and I went to see stand-up comedienne Lisa Lampanelli at The Palace Theatre in Greensburg. I wasn’t familiar with her stand-up but Brian’s been talking about her for years, so we decided to go. She is known as an “insult comic” and there was a lot of interaction with the audience (basically her making fun of people in the front rows). We also got to see her berate a heckler, so that was kind of interesting. There were some funny moments for sure, but I guess I’m just not that big on this style of comedy. Brian had similar feelings on the subject as he hadn’t seen her perform in a while and his tastes have changed. Still, it was a good way to spend a Friday evening. We hope to check out some more comics in the near future. At this point in my life, I’d rather do that than go to a concert.
crunch time
It’s hard to believe, but Jake is going to be a senior next year. That means, we can move any time after he graduates. Whether we’ll be ready to move is another question. There are a lot of things we’d like to accomplish with the house before then, just to make it more appealing. I suppose we could always sell without doing all of the improvements, but some of them are non-negotiable.
Last weekend, we took a tiny step and painted our bedroom window trim and installed new blinds. You would not believe how much better the painted trim looks versus the stained trim.
One of the things that is going to set us back in our goals is that we have to have our sewer line replaced (it’s tentatively happening at the end of this month) and it’s going to be EXPENSIVE. Also, we’ve been trying to get our neighbor (who we share a driveway with) to get a new driveway for about 10 years. But, whether he’s with us or not, that’s going to happen for us this year (that is definitely one of the non-negotiable improvements that we need to do). Between the two of these things, I don’t see how we’re going to have money for anything else.
sully
This movie was about the “Miracle on the Hudson” airplane incident. Tom Hanks did a great job playing the title’s character (though one thing is for sure, you don’t ever want to get into an airplane with Tom Hanks).
My rating: 3.5/5
the garden
With the exception of a day or two, the weather hasn’t been so nice that I find myself wanting to go outside and garden in the evening. But, I received my onion plants this week, so that forced my hand. Tuesday evening had me weeding and adding soil amendments (greensand and lime). Then on Wednesday, I planted onions, peas, and Swiss chard.
My garlic is looking fantastic. The stuff that was covered for winter fared really well; the ones that I cut back in the fall look good, but not as good as the stuff that was covered. We’ll see how everything ends up at harvest time.
the cat
Sylvia made her umpteenth trip to the vet yesterday for yet another ear infection. Despite being previously cleared for polyps, that subject came up again (evidently there could potentially be one in there that is not visible with the scope, though how likely this is, I don’t know). So, she’s on another course of ear meds and has to be rechecked again in about 2 weeks.
The next step would be to see a specialist in Pittsburgh for a scan and surgery (if polyps are found). I won’t even mention how much that would cost. I’m wondering, though, if it might not be better to get a 2nd opinion from another local vet before going down that road. One thing is for sure, it would be cheaper.