Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
household stuff

one problem fixed

I was harvesting tomatoes the other day and was thinking about what to do with them–salsa, canned tomatoes, etc. I then realized that most of my canning recipes require roasting the tomatoes first and I still did not have an oven. So, I had to take action. The range I wanted was available at Home Depot, but they couldn’t deliver for two weeks. Someone recommended Best Buy to me (I didn’t have them on my radar for appliances). They also had the range I wanted and could deliver the next day! I placed an order online on Wednesday and they delivered yesterday. I’m excited to be back in business. I haven’t tried it out yet, but it looks great and hopefully won’t break anytime soon.

As for the broken dishwasher, I’m still waiting on that to be fixed, which is now supposed to happen next week. It has been a month since the repairman was here (apparently the part was on back order) and it broke a few weeks before that so I have been without a dishwasher for a long time. Consequently, I haven’t been very motivated to cook because I do not enjoy hand washing a bunch of dishes.

out and about, volunteering

kick the keg

The Humane Society had a “Kick the Keg” fundraiser at The Fifth last night. Jake (a newly minted shelter volunteer) and I (a volunteer and shelter board member who is expected to attend these things) attended. At the event, the proceeds from a certain keg of beer went to the humane society. I don’t care for beer, but I played along. We also had dinner. Anyway, it was actually kind of fun hanging out with my fellow board members, shelter staff, and volunteers. More fun than I would have expected. And, the keg was kicked, so mission accomplished!

My company, Innovative Tomato, filmed the ad for the event. You can view it here: https://youtu.be/sNLtX2nGAu0

celebrations

bdx3

Last night we had the annual birthday extravaganza to celebrate my mom’s, dad’s, and grandmother’s birthdays. We had dinner at Rizzo’s and then went to my grandmother’s for cupcakes afterward. I’m supposed to be the official birthday cake maker, but I still haven’t heard from Krisay’s about the oven I inquired about so very long ago. I guess it’s time to look elsewhere. Home Depot has had the same model in stock this whole time and Best Buy has it as well, so I plan on placing an order this week.

weekend updates

the weekend


My mom wanted to try a new restaurant in Hollidaysburg and also visit an alpaca farm, so I took Friday off work and we did that in the afternoon. The food at Mayfield was quite good–I’d go back again sometime. And, Lilly Mountain Alpacas was definitely worth a visit. We got to see all of the alpacas (including a baby) and we checked out their store. They had a lot of knitted things for sale (made with alpaca yarn, of course) and also yarn. I bought some sock yarn for myself. It was a nice afternoon!

On Saturday, I met up with guy #4 (yes, that’s still a thing) after he got home from work. Normally, we don’t get to see each other on Saturdays because he has his kids, but they had something else going on that weekend. We watched some tv (we’re currently watching The Big Bang Theory–which he has seen before and I have not) and ordered a delicious charcuterie platter from Franklin Street Bar & Grill.

On Sunday, we went for a hike on part of the Jim Mayer Riverswalk Trail and then had brunch at my house. For supper, we made pizza on the grill and then hung out the rest of the evening. I am out of practice with the grilled pizza, but despite some hiccups, it still turned out well.

It was a good weekend, but I got nothing else done! I guess I’ll have to make up for that this week.

books

c is for corpse

You guessed it–another one from Sue Grafton’s alphabet series. I liked it well enough. All of the books follow the same basic format–some crime was committed and the main character, a female private investigator, has to figure it out.

My rating: 3.5/5