Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
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…

books

hide and seek

Last Sunday, my mom lent us a stack of James Patterson books. I ripped through the first one, Hide and Seek, last week. I don’t know what it is about his books, but once I start reading them, I’m done before you know it.

This book was pretty good. As usual, there are the ridiculous plot twists, but I like them anyway. It’s fun to try and guess just how the main character is going to “get out of this one”. Of course, I never guess correctly, so that must be why I keep on reading.

This was a story about a woman who was on trial for the murder of her husband. Unfortunately for her, she also killed her first husband in self-defense and one of her boyfriends died of a heart attack while they were alone on a boat (that is, no witnesses). So, as you can imagine, this did not look good for her. But, as it goes in James Patterson novels, a few conspiracies and a half dozen plot twists later, everything works out for the main character.

weather

snow!

What is this–some cruel (albeit late) April Fools joke from Mother Nature? It’s calling for 5-9 inches of snow and we’re well on our way to those totals. If nothing else, at least it’s supposed to be in the 50s tomorrow and the 60s on Tuesday and Wednesday. But, this is uncalled for.