Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

something

I’ve been trying to make an effort to blog more frequently–at least a couple of times a week. However, I see I’ve fallen behind. But, that’s because nothing has been going on that I haven’t discussed already. I’ve been working on stuff for my upcoming store, reading Charlaine Harris novels, and finishing the interior doors (2 to go!). That’s it, really. Oh, and I’ve been doing the yearly update to my recipe book, but who wants to hear about that?

Luckily, we’re watching a movie tomorrow night, so I’ll have something to say about that.

definitely dead

This was the 6th book in the Sookie Stackhouse series. I don’t know what to say–it’s much like the previous books and I liked it. And, I didn’t find any typos in this one. Onto the next book…

winter thaw

I hate to call spring already, but things are definitely thawing out (and I saw a bunch of motorcycles out today–a surer sign of spring than robins).

I was outside doing my post-winter dog area cleanup (ugh). While outside, I took a look around the yard. The blueberries were eaten by something again this year. Damnit! I tried covering them up the past couple of years. While that mitigated the eating of the branches somewhat, the bushes all got crushed under the snow last year. So, I left them uncovered this year but now they are chewed down to nibs. I’m never going to get any blueberries. And, that reminds me–I forgot to look at the raspberries. I wonder if they’re still there.

On a positive note, I saw at least three fish swimming around in the pond. It always surprises me to see that they survived the winter. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised since it’s happened more than once, but I still am.

And the garlic is starting to show itself in the garden. Nothing like kicking off the gardening season with something growing in the garden in February.

It’s almost time to start digging in the dirt again, which will mean more posts for this blog.

birthday boy

Yesterday was Brian’s 40th birthday. In honor of the day, we both took off work. He puttered around in the shop most of the day and I spent the afternoon cooking. Since it was a special birthday, I made a special meal, Lasagne Verdi al Forno, Caesar salad, and garlic bread. We had a nice cabernet to go along with the meal. I made this lasagna once before (for an previous birthday of his), but it tasted even better than I remembered (and it didn’t take me quite as long to make–probably because I’ve made homemade pasta a few times since then). It was just the three of us so it was a pretty laid back evening.

Birthday week kicked off with dinner at Brian’s parent’s last weekend and will conclude with dinner at my parent’s this weekend. How does he rate?

dead by day

This book was made up of books four and five in the Sookie Stackhouse series, Dead to the World and Dead as a Doornail. I enjoyed these two stories just as much as the first three, if not more, due to the fact that they were all new to me. One negative I will say about these books is that there are an inordinate amount of typos in them. I mean, I’ve seen typos in books before, of course, but not that often. I’ve seen more than one typo in each of these books so far (methinks Charlaine Harris needs to get a new editor). My favorite typo of this book was “Eric pushed himself to his feat…” Feat? Really? Despite this, I will be starting the next book later today. And, I will enjoy it.