Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
volunteering

car show fundraiser

The folks at Tirko Auto Sales have a car show every year and select an animal-related non-profit to receive the proceeds. This year, they selected the non-profit I’m involved with, Seven Hearts Project. Our group went there today to help out with the event. We manned the basket raffle table. It was non-stop. There were over 100 baskets and other items in the raffle.

It was a long day, but well worth it! And there were so many awesome cars. I heard there were around 80. I don’t know if that’s a lot for a car show, but it seemed like a lot of cars. We had to be there at 8 am to set up and the event was from 11 am to 4 pm. It ran a little longer due to all of the baskets. I am totally fried this evening. Good thing I cleared my schedule for today. Also, good thing Jake was in to take care of the dogs for me. I’m not sure how that would have worked, otherwise.

movies

a quiet place: day one

Another installment in the A Quiet Place franchise. This one started on the first day of the invasion (but I thought the last one did that, too?). One difference is that it did not follow the story of John Krasinski’s and Emily Blunt’s characters, as they were not in this film. Instead, it followed a hospice patient, who had gone to the city to see a play with other people from her hospice. She had an emotional support cat and, I have to say, my favorite character was the cat. He/she reminded me of my cat, Sylvia.

I feel like they could keep doing this movie forever, from the perspective of different characters. Perhaps that is their goal?

My rating: 4/5

books

never lie

This book was okay, but the twist was lame and unreasonable. You wouldn’t have been able to guess it until it was revealed because there were zero clues. Freida McFadden wrote this novel and I don’t think I’ll be reading any more from her.

My rating: 3/5

live entertainment

zz top

ZZ Top played at the War Memorial last night, so I went. I wouldn’t say I’m a huge fan of the band, but I have been exposed to their music throughout the years, much like everyone else who listens to rock. It was a decent show. A band called The Sedonas opened up and they were pretty good. ZZ Top only played for 1.25 hours, but that was enough for me. The War Memorial was pretty packed. I almost didn’t get a parking spot in my usual lot–that’s a first. I had pretty good seats for viewing (an unobstructed view) but they were opposite the stage, hence my blurry photo.

celebrations

pour on center

On Sunday, we went to Pour on Center to celebrate my mom’s and dad’s birthdays. Their food is so good (and so are their cocktails)! Since I’m the official cake-maker, I made the birthday cake. I wanted to do it in a 13×9 inch pan this year, but as it turned out, I didn’t have one (well, I had a glass one, but those aren’t great for making cakes), so I had to run to Michael’s and buy one on Saturday. Problem solved.

I had a super extra long weekend (Thursday through Sunday off) so I got a lot of stuff done around the house, too. The end of the summer is looming and I need to wrap up a couple of things on my to-do list before that happens.