Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
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happy birthday, viola

We spent an enjoyable evening at John and Viola’s. In case you couldn’t figure out from the title of this post, we were there to celebrate Viola’s birthday. Dinner was great–they did up these pork and veggie kebabs that were delicious. There were also a number of tasty side dishes. In fact, they had so much food that I didn’t even get a chance to taste everything.

I could have just as easily titled this post “puppy fever” because they got a new puppy yesterday. It’s a lab/rottweiler/doberman mix, but it looks just like a dobe. It is so cute! Jake had a lot of fun playing with it. So much, in fact, that he now wants a puppy. I mean, he really wants a puppy. I sometimes think I want a puppy, then I remember what a pain in the neck they are and I get over it.

movies

man on fire

Where have all of the movie reviews gone, you might ask? Well, I cut our subscription back to two movies per month in the summer and we rented a couple episodes of The Wire since the last movie we saw, hence the lack of reviews.

This was the kind of movie we like. It was a movie about vengeance. And it starred my man Denzel Washington. How could it not be good? The start of the movie was a little slow, but that was necessary for the plot. The ending was so-so–Brian felt cheated, but I thought it was ok. I like a good action movie and this movie definitely fell in that category.

motorcycles

half way there

I completed my 2nd riding class this evening. That’s it for the week. We practiced the dreaded figure 8 tonight. Some people totally couldn’t do it, others did well. I managed to do one properly. I’m sure that’ll be the first and last time for that. It’ll be on the test next Thursday, so hopefully I won’t screw it up too much then. I’m glad to be half done with the class. I’ll be even happier next week when I’m totally done with it.

motorcycles

motorcycle safety makes me tired

I started my motorcycle safety course last night. The class runs for two weeks. On Monday nights, there is a classroom class from 6-8:45 and on Tuesdays and Thursdays, the class is taught on motorcycles, from 6-8:30. Last night’s class wasn’t particularly illuminating–I think this is because I’ve been reading about motorcycle safety ever since Brian started riding a few years ago. This is not a bad thing, though. And since I’ve been riding since last month, this evening’s course was a little slow (the course assumes you’ve never ridden a motorcycle before). By the end of the evening, we did make it into 2nd gear, though. Once tonight’s class was over, I realized I was exhausted–it makes me glad I didn’t sign up for the weekend riding course. While there are only 2 riding classes for that, they are 5 hours a piece!

Anyway, there are definitely some things I need to keep in mind while I’m riding so that I don’t develop any bad habits. The riding portion of the class will help me with that. I’m looking forward to having an evening off tomorrow, if only to rest. I even took a half day off work today so that I wouldn’t get stressed out about my lack of “evening time” this week. I guess I should have spent some of those hours taking a nap.

pets

stupidity level=high

Yesterday afternoon, I let Lizzy outside to do her business. Soon after I let her out, she went into a barking/squealing frenzy because someone was walking their dog down our street. I reeled her in and put her in the living room with Alice, who was also barking excitedly. I waited for things to die down and then let Alice outside. She was only out there for a few minutes when Lizzy launched another barking/squealing frenzy. I looked outside and the same people were walking their dog down the street again. What the heck? Anyway, I went outside to get Alice who wasn’t even barking. But, as soon as I let her in the house, she launched her barking routine (presumably because Lizzy was in a tizzy). Ridiculous.