Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
out and about

happy mother’s day

We got to see all of the moms at Jacob’s birthday party yesterday, but Brian’s parents invited us out for dinner at Off the Rak in Ebensburg today, so who were we to refuse a free meal? Dinner was quite good, as was their wine list. I had blackened tuna with a few glasses of Mondavi’s Merlot. Both were quite delicious. Brian had the ravioli with red pepper sauce and Jake had the old standby, macaroni and cheese. The mac n cheese must’ve been exceptional because he was done with his meal before we were (this is not a usual occurrence, but we’ll take it).

Jake’s great-grandma Gwen wasn’t able to make it to his party yesterday, but we got to see her today at dinner. He got his gift from her today (a ring toss game) and Jake and Brian are playing with it outside right now.

I have been quite lazy today. I need to get something done before 9:00pm when I settle down with The Sopranos…

celebrations, jake

jacob’s birthday, part 2

Well, we made it through Jacob’s first birthday party where his friends were invited. It wasn’t too bad, but I wouldn’t want to do that on a regular basis. Good thing birthdays only happen once a year. Brian was in charge of the kids so that worked out well for me, anyway.

And I totally hit the jackpot with one of Jake’s gifts. He’s been into Legos lately. Meaning: he will play with them for hours on end. This is the only toy thus far that has caused that reaction. A few months ago, he was checking out the Lego site and he found this set that he really liked (it was a police station complete with cars, helicopters, etc.), so I bought it for his birthday. He was pretty excited when he opened it. And, after all the guests left, he sat down in the family room and assembled it for four hours. Yes, four hours! I think we’re onto something here.

celebrations

jacob’s birthday, part 1

Jacob’s been wanting to go back to Big Dogz since the last time we went there. Since Brian and I have a long list of restaurants we want to go to and this wasn’t one of them, I told him we’d go there for his birthday. So, we went there today. He wanted to go for two reasons: one, he wanted to play a hunting video game they had there (but he hadn’t taken any of his money and we didn’t have any change the last time) and two, they served his dinner in a dog bowl (he’s been talking about it ever since). Unfortunately for him, he didn’t have his dinner in a dog bowl this time, but it was enjoyed nonetheless. I reminded him to take some quarters, so he got to play the video game (one out of two–it’s better than nothing).

Jacob’s birthday is actually tomorrow, so we spent the rest of the evening getting ready for his party (cleaning, cutting grass, straightening up). We still have a bit of work to do, but it’s going to have to wait until tomorrow morning because I am beat. I have been working like a woman possessed all week. As you might recall, a few weeks ago, I was enjoying doing my yardwork/gardening at a leisurely pace. Well, the pace picked up and all of a sudden, I gave myself a deadline to have a bunch of the work done before his party, so I’ve spent some long days working outside this past week. I guess the good news is I can pick up my leisurely pace again tomorrow after the party as we have no other large events planned at this time.

music

educated horses

We’ve been listening to the new Rob Zombie for a few weeks now. I have to say, it’s probably my favorite album from him in years. It has a lot of catchy songs on it. Of course, this means that I’ll probably tire of it quickly, but for now I’m really enjoying it. I’m not the only one–Jake loves a bunch of the songs on it as well. He will make requests for certain songs when we’re riding around in the car.

I was really hoping to catch his spring tour which was with Lacuna Coil, but it didn’t come anywhere near us. But, I see that he’s touring with Anthrax this summer. It’s not as good of a bill, but I’d still go. And, depending on the venue, this would probably be a good show for Jake to go to. I don’t know what this tour’s supposed to be like, but when we saw him on OzzFest a few year’s back, he was pretty entertaining.