Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
books

roses are red

I just completed another book in my James Patterson marathon. This one was in the ‘Alex Cross’ series–my favorite. This is the same series that the Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider movies came from. I have not seen these movies, but I’ve always found it odd that they had Morgan Freeman playing Alex Cross. When I’m reading these stories, I can’t picture anyone but his hotness, Denzel Washington, in the part. Particularly since the character is in his 40s. I can’t see how they could possibly have Morgan Freeman playing the part since Alex has two young children. I mean, Morgan Freeman is older than God (and has played Him well in one or two other movies). Perhaps they rewrote the part to work around his age. I guess I’ll find out if I ever watch them.

I really liked this book. Unfortunately, I have not read the Alex Cross books in order. So, when they introduced one of the characters, I said to myself, “wasn’t this the bad guy in the last novel I read?”. Turns out I was right, but it didn’t take away from the book at all.

A highly recommended read.

do-it-yourself

up next

We finally got the lumber situation figured out as much as we possibly can. The bottom line is that Brian’s going to have to use up a bunch of cherry this summer if he plans on storing his motorcycle indoors next winter. No complaints here. At least not from me. I could really use some living room and dining room trim.

Next we will build a playhouse for Jacob. This is going to be his birthday present, so we’re on a rather tight schedule (he turns 5 on May 13). This is the playhouse we are going to build, but without the slide and swing. Shh. Don’t tell him–it’s a surprise. We went for supplies yesterday and today and still have another trip to make. Surprisingly, he didn’t ask what we were going to build. I guess that’s what too many trips to Home Depot and Lowe’s will get you–apathy. Brian told him we are building another storage unit–kind of like the shed. We’re going to do the same color scheme as we did on the shed, so it should turn out pretty nice.

So, in case you’re wondering what I’m doing the next four weeks, this is it.

jake

p-o-o-p. that spells poop.

Yesterday, Jacob was sick and had to stay home from daycare. I was working upstairs and he was sitting on the floor of the office writing on some paper. He said, “Look what I spelled, mom.” Impressive, isn’t it? The first word my dear son knows how to spell other than is name is poop. I hope this isn’t foretelling of the future. I asked him where he learned to spell that. TV was his answer. I’m not sure what shows he’s watching, but maybe I ought to start paying attention.

We were scheduled to go to a Chiefs game with Judy that evening. I really didn’t think we were going to be able to make it because Jacob seemed really sick. But, he was determined to go to that game so he willed his illness away, if only for a few hours. After nearly two periods of hockey, he was ready to go home and get some sleep. When we left, the Chiefs were down 4-2. The final score was 5-2 so I guess we didn’t miss much.

motorcycles

motorcycle! motorcycle! motorcycle! safety

Brian had his first of four motorcycle safety courses this evening. Last Friday was spent getting a loan and an insurance quote. I guess this really is going to happen. The bike’s scheduled to be shipped on April 15 which would put it in Brian’s hands on April 22, but you know how that sometimes goes. Hopefully Harley Davidson has a better track record than the Ibanez guitar company (“it’s on the boat” should be their motto). Seeing that his bike is coming all the way from York, PA, I would hope that it would arrive relatively on time. Otherwise, he might go over there and pick it up himself.

do-it-yourself

lumber rack, part 2

It was so nice yesterday that I suggested we take the wood out of the shop and install the lumber rack. Brian agreed. We’ve been wanting to do it for a few weeks, but the weather has not been cooperative on the weekends. Now that its Daylight Saving Time, we can start doing work during the week again.

Things were going pretty well last night until we found out that we were going to have to install the lag screws by hand because Brian didn’t have anything he could use with his drill. Of course, there were only like 50 of them. So, about 4 hours after we started, we finally finished. Funny thing is that there’s really not much more room for wood in that area. It’s just all spread out now. But, it sure looks nice. Maybe we’ll find some more room when we reorganize the other lumber rack…