Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
motorcycles

thunder in the valley?

More like rain in the valley. We did manage to squeeze in some activities between the raindrops, but it’s not looking good for the rest of the weekend.

On Wednesday night, we went to Richland Bike Bash. This was our first time there. I thought it was surprisingly busy for a Wednesday night. We ran into some people we knew there and talked to them for a bit.

Thursday, we were supposed to take the afternoon off and go for a ride, but the forecast was calling for rain, so that got nixed. And, rain, it did, so we didn’t get to do anything Thunder-related on Thursday evening, either.

Friday was a different story. The weather was good, so we took the afternoon off and went for a nice, long ride (2.5 hours). Our destination was Gravity Hill. It was not as exciting as I expected. We intended to make a big loop (56 to 30 to 711) but got caught in a rainstorm on the way home, so we ended up coming home via route 219 (where the skies were clear). That night, we met up with Judy and her niece (albeit 30 minutes late) at the Alex Meixner show at PNG Park. We caught a couple of minutes of Donnie Iris (said with a Pittsburgh accent) on the way out. Both he and his band sounded great!

Today, we planned on going to Nanty Glo’s Pool ‘n Pork for supper, but the forecast does not look good for that. If it does happen to stop raining at some point, we’re going to run downtown for a bit.

Sunday, we don’t typically do any Thunder stuff, and since it’s calling for more rain tomorrow, that will likely be the case again this year.

gardening & landscaping, jake, small business ownership

in absentia

I’m going to make up for my lack of posts in the past week by doing two in a row. It was a crazy kind of week at work and the house.

Jake was supposed to leave for Disney with my family on Tuesday, but his flight got canceled (after spending hours at the airport in Latrobe). It was rescheduled for the next evening. And then it got canceled again, but this time it was well in advance. Though they don’t tell you, both cancellations were likely due to bad weather (not around here, but from the airplane’s origin). This time, my brother rescheduled the flight out of Pittsburgh and they were able to leave Wednesday afternoon with no problems. They are coming home today and their flight is currently scheduled to leave on time. Let’s hope it stays that way.

At work, everyone is diligently working to wrap up a big project that we landed last summer. It has a hard deadline of June 30, but we’re hoping to finish everything this week. Not to mention, there are about another two dozen projects in the works, so things have been hectic for sure. I’m just trying to get caught up on my own stuff before we go on vacation. I don’t like having a bunch of work hanging over my head while we’re away. But, there’s still some time before that happens.

We’ve gotten a lot of rain (to say the least) so I haven’t had to spend a bunch of time watering the garden. Nor have I gotten to work out there much due to the weather. But, my garden is doing great so far. I got everything planted early, so it’s further along than it normally would be.

movies

the skeleton twins

This was a decent movie starring Kristin Wiig and Bill Hader. Who knew they could act?!? It was billed as a dramedy, so there were some comedic elements, but it was really more of a drama. The two played estranged (and depressed) twins trying to get their lives back on track. I could have done with a little more closure at the end, but otherwise thought it was ok.

My rating: 3.5/5

gardening & landscaping, household stuff

low key

It’s been a low key weekend. The guys went camping with Jake’s scout troop so I have the place to myself. But that doesn’t mean I’m slacking. While I’m taking some time to relax, there are still things that need to be done and I accomplished a decent amount of things so far this weekend (six loads of laundry; washed the car; did some Everyone Drinks stuff; general housecleaning).

But, so far, I’ve also watched a couple episodes of OITNB, knitted, read, and napped. Not sure if this qualifies as work or fun, but I canned strawberry preserves and made a dessert. I haven’t really gotten to garden yet this weekend (and by garden, I mean weed), but the garden’s looking pretty good for this early in the season. Interestingly, my tomatoes look better that past years’ plants, but the tomatoes Brian planted in pots look phenomenal. Hopefully this means we’ll have a bunch of tomatoes for canning later in the summer.

weekend updates

more activities

It was a fun but busy three day weekend. Saturday afternoon, Brian and I took a nice motorcycle ride. We’re trying to get out every weekend, when our schedule and the weather permits. So far, we’re doing pretty good. For supper, we grilled up some Whiskey Barrel Burgers on the charcoal grill. They were quite delicious. Brian spent most of the day in the shop. He’s working on a picture frame for a monstrous (in both size and subject matter) print that he purchased recently. I did some gardening in the evening, as I am wont to do.

On Sunday afternoon, we had a graduation party to attend for a neighbor kid (what are these kids doing growing up?) at The Boulevard Grill. In the evening, I cleaned the insides of both vehicles (I would have rather been gardening) and Brian spent some more quality time in the shop.