Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

the jester

Wow. I think I’ve had my fill of James Patterson for a while. This book was supposedly written by him and some guy called Andrew Gross. I’ve read at least one other of his “co-authored” books and it wasn’t good, either. Here’s my theory–the name James Patterson sells books. So, I think someone at Warner Books thought, hey, we can get this other guy to sort of write in the style of James Patterson and we’ll say it’s a collaboration. We’ll sell millions of books and everyone will be rich and happy!

And, holy crap–I just wikipedia’ed the guy. Turns out I was right.

dog run 2007

We did the dog run today with our new friends Dan and Dani. I wasn’t feeling confident enough to ride my own bike (maybe next year) so I rode with Brian. We got to Windber around 11:30am so that gave us plenty of time to walk around and check out all of the bikes. As usual, the run was a lot of fun–it’s a really nice route to take.

Afterwards, we eschewed the Dog Run party and went to Dan and Dani’s for a cookout. They have three sons–one being a few years older than Jake, another one being a few years younger than Jake, and a toddler, so he had a great time playing with the two older boys. Jake claims to have drunk seven sodas. I guess we’ll find out for sure in the morning if I have to change the sheets. I’m pretty sure Brian drank more beers, though. Luckily, he doesn’t pee the bed anymore. It is unfortunate that Jake got my looks, but Brian’s personality. We would’ve been better served had that been reversed, I’m sure.

chris and katie

Yesterday, we headed to Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio for the wedding of Brian’s cousin Chris and his now wife Katie. The trip out there wasn’t bad, but we had to drop off the dogs at the Cozy Inn in Stahlstown so it took a little longer that it would have otherwise. We got there about an hour before we had to leave for the ceremony so we were able to relax a little bit before getting ready to go. The ceremony was nice. It was in a Methodist church, so there wasn’t a lot of fooling around–those Methodists get to the point rather quickly.

The reception was conveniently located in the hotel we were staying in, so we went back to our room after the ceremony and relaxed before we had to go downstairs for the reception, which was very nice. I talked to Brian’s dad most of the evening. Brian and I also made the rounds and talked to his other relatives that were in attendance. Brian’s sister and her family were there, too, so it was good to see them.

This morning, there was a little coffee and donut breakfast for the wedding guests, so we caught something to eat down there before heading home. I guess I can take the rest of the day and do some things around the house, but not before I take a nap. Unfortunately (or is it fortunately?) for Brian, he has so much work to do for his business that he has to work this afternoon. I took tomorrow off (I have to pick up the dogs in the morning) so between today and tomorrow, I should be in pretty good shape for the week.

it’s a festival

Last night, we went to the FolkFest and met up with Brian’s new friend Dan and his kids. Dan’s wife was working at the FolkFest so she was unable to hang out with us, but she did stop in to say ‘hi’. They seem like really nice people. Anyway, we hung out for a bit and talked, but Dan’s youngest kid was getting cranky because it was past his bedtime, so they headed home. We walked around for a little longer and ran into a few more people we knew, then headed home ourselves.

Today, we went to the Ethnic Festival in the West End. Brian actually had to meet one of the vendors there because he was interested in a website for his business, so Jake and I tagged along. While Brian was in his meeting, Jake and I walked around. After the meeting was over, we ate lunch at St. Mary’s church and then called it a day. There wasn’t much going on down there at that early hour.

Brian’s friend Jennifer Drummey is playing at the FolkFest tomorrow. I would’ve liked to have caught her set, but we have other commitments tomorrow afternoon, unfortunately. Maybe next year…