Angela Law

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

shopping and dinner

Jake and I made our semi-annual trip to TJ Maxx last night. For a change, I found some stuff for myself (I got 2 dress shirts and some socks). Jake always finds things he likes–he got some shirts, a pair of shorts, and a rain jacket. They had a pretty nice selection yesterday–I probably should have gotten another shirt or two. They also had some off-brand items that I liked, but I’ve learned that stuff doesn’t wear very well so I didn’t bother.

After shopping, we went to The Fifth and filled up on sandwiches. Yum. Much to the disappointment of Ralphie, I was so full last night, I coudn’t even eat a snack before I went to bed.

weekend updates

labor

I put the labor in Labor Day weekend. I spent some time canning–my first of the season. I put up some red beets and salsa. I also made some yummy things for supper (including pizza in the pizza oven) and an apple galette. I did some things around the house, too, but I can’t even remember what at this point. I still have a bunch of things I’d like to do outside but that’s getting more difficult now that it’s getting dark earlier.

I had some (solo) fun, too. While I didn’t go to any of the local festivals, I did have a chiminea fire, watched a movie, watched some TV, started reading a new book, and worked on my Christmas sweater.

movies

seven

I’ve been rewatching some old favories and this one hit the spot. It’s never as good as the first time, but this held up really well. And it starred a young Brad Pitt (during his Gwyneth Paltrow phase–what’s with him dating his co-stars?!?)! Yes, the plot was pretty far-fetched, but still very engaging. Serial killers are never as clever or interesting in real life as they are in the movies, are they?

My rating: 4/5

weekend updates

the weekend

I had an extra long weekend, as I took off Thursday and Friday. Thursday, I went to the Flight 93 National Memorial. Friday, I made a Home Depot run in the morning and then baked and frosted a birthday cake in the afternoon.

Saturday, my family went to Rizzo’s to celebrate my Mom’s, Dad’s and Grandmother’s birthdays (hence the cake). And today, Jake asked me to go to the Art Walk in the Park with him because his girlfriend’s brother was doing pet drawings there (Jake got a nice one of Tilly!).

I did a bunch of other things, too, of course, mostly chores around the house. And a few naps.

It was a pretty busy weekend and I can’t believe summer is coming to an end. I’m not a fan of the winter, but it is nice having less things to do. The yard and garden take up so much of my time, not to mention outside projects that need to be done.

books

the plot

I really liked this book! It was written by Jean Hanff Korelitz, who wrote the book the HBO Series The Undoing was based on. Anyway, I thought the book was a little slow at the beginning, but it had an interesting premise (an author writes a best selling novel, the plot of which is based on a deceased individual’s idea for a novel, and then some anonymous person accuses him of plagiarism). I didn’t know there was goinog to be a huge plot twist, so I didn’t see that coming until I was right on top of it. Now that I know about it, I feel like I should have figured it out earlier. But, it’s kind of nice to be surprised for a change.

I especially liked how the author interspersed chapters of the “plagarized” novel within the novel. Very clever.

My rating: 4/5