Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
friends

bob & carol & ted & alice

Alice lives here. I don’t know Ted. Carol and Bob stopped over last night for a visit. Honestly, I can’t remember the last time we saw them, but I’m sure it had to be at least few years ago. Carol and I always keep in touch–via phone or email–but we never seem to manage to get together. We spent a nice evening catching up and reminiscing. Brian and I used to work with Carol at the place we met, so we’ve all known each other for a very long time.

Carol called to say they were running late, so I thought I’d take the dogs out for a quick walk before they got here. That turned out to be a mistake. It was raining a little bit when I left. By the time I got up the road a ways, it started to rain even more. So, I stood under a tree for a little while, hoping it would pass, and then it started to pour. Then I said to hell with it and ran home with the dogs. We were all drenched. Of course, I arrived home at the same time Carol and Bob pulled up. Not that it really mattered, I guess. But, it’s probably best not to look like the girl who crawled out of the well in The Ring when you are having guests over.

tv

nightmares & dreamscapes

TNT is running a bunch of stories based off of Stephen King’s collection of short stories, Nightmares & Dreamscapes. The first one, “Battleground” is almost over. So far, I have to give it a thumb’s up. Two stories each will be running for four consecutive Wednesdays. If you didn’t tune in tonight, you can catch a replay tomorrow night on TNT. Here is the official website.

do-it-yourself

it’s a july miracle

It’s been so long since I’ve written about our bathroom project, that you probably thought it was done. But, it’s not. There just hasn’t been anything to talk about on my end until now. My bathroom vanity is finally complete! I spent 10 days finishing the drawers (2 coats of shellac, 9 coats of varnish) and Brian did the final assembly and added the hardware this evening. I don’t quite have everything put away yet, but it’ll be done soon enough. I was pleased to find out that there’s enough room for everything I need to store in the bathroom.

Now all that’s left is a new door, a little trim, and a new hamper. I’ve finally convinced Brian that there’s not enough time to build everything for the house, so we’re going to buy the door. He’ll kick out the trim some weekend this summer. As for the hamper, it’s still up in the air–if I can find one I like, I’ll buy it.

me

you have a young look to you

That’s what he said.

So, I made my monthly trip to the liquor store today to stock up on essentials. Luckily, the girl from last month wasn’t there so I didn’t have to justify my purchases. There was an older gentleman working this evening and I got carded. After seeing my ID he said “That’s what I thought, but you have a young look to you.” I thanked him and we proceeded with the purchase.

Of course, I was wearing a “Cookie Monster” t-shirt. In my quest to be carded once for each year I’m on the planet–for as long as possible–some concessions have to be made. (Hell, in a few years, I might have to dye my hair once a year just so I can keep the numbers going.) At least I can cross “36” off the list. I got that one out of the way early. Back to my point…when I was younger, I found that the way you are dressed when you go to the liquor store determines whether or not you get carded. When I was around 22, if I would go to the liquor store all dressed up in my work clothes, I would never get carded, but throw on some cut-off shorts and an old t-shirt and that would all but guarantee and ID check.

Stay tuned for more from the “liquor store chronicles” next month…

do-it-yourself, gardening & landscaping, holidays

the 4th

We didn’t do anything exciting for the holiday. Unlike the rest of America, Brian and I both worked yesterday. Jake wasn’t feeling well yesterday or today, so that put a cap on a few minor plans we did have.

So, we spent today like any other Saturday–working on the house. Tuesday has to be the worst day of the week to have off. I’ve taken a lot of days off in my time and I rarely pick a Tuesday for a single day off unless I am forced to. By the time Friday rolls around, it will have felt like I worked a full week. But, I digress. This afternoon, Brian did a project that has been on his “to do” list for a while–he fixed a plumbing leak in the basement. We’ve had a pipe that has been dripping (albeit very, very slowly) for a couple of years. I’ve been wanting to call a plumber. He hasn’t. So, he finally fixed it today and now I can stop complaining about it. As far as plumbing jobs go, this went better than most–we were only without water for about 90 minutes.

Brian also worked on the window flower boxes that he’s building for the shed. In other shed news, I planted some hostas around it and then mulched the whole area. It looks nice. And, I got to use up the extra mulch that’s been sitting around since April.

The weather hasn’t been good for much these past few weeks, but apparently it has been good for the garden. My garden has exploded in the past week or two. In fact, we ate from it for both lunch and supper today. We had some chicken salad for lunch (using lettuce from the garden) and a side of sugar snap peas with our kielbasa and hamburgers at supper.

Brian also spent a few hours on graphic design work and I made another batch of wine. It was a pretty productive day.

A bunch of other things went on, but that’s all of the major stuff. I’m not sure why, but going to that concert on Friday night totally threw my weekend off. I spent Saturday and Sunday getting caught up on things, so it was kind of nice to have today off to do some of the things I’ve been wanting to do.