Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
me, pandemic, relationships

divorce tattoo

I had a tattoo appointment a couple of weeks ago. I know it wasn’t an ideal time to get one, but I had the appointment for a few months and didn’t want to have to wait until this is all over to reschedule (I had originally planned on getting it last spring and we all know how that went). The appointment was before the COVID stuff started getting really bad otherwise I would have canceled.

Over 10 years ago, I had Brian’s initial tattooed on my chest. It was a design that combined the letter B with the number 13. My first unlucky 13–haha. After getting divorced, I decided to have it covered up with a heart and dagger design. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. Devin from Lemon Bomb, who has done my last few tattoos, also did this one.

I’m thinking this might be my last, but I guess you never know.

live entertainment, pandemic

virtual concert

Last night, the Foo Fighters had a live, streaming concert from The Roxy in LA. Since I haven’t done anything fun in ages, I decided to attend. And, I’m glad I did–it was a great show. There was one problem, though. The agency in charge sent out invalid access codes so I was unable to get in and missed the very beginning of the show. But, I guess you’ll have these things.

The reason for the show was to celebrate the release of their new single, Shame Shame (with the album to follow in February). Not only that, but it’s their 25th anniversary this year and they had a huge tour planned. Better luck next year!

gardening & landscaping

hydroponics

I can’t believe I didn’t post about this earlier, but I’m trying out hydroponics this winter. I have two areas set up in my basement–one for smaller plants and another for larger ones. I planted two tomatoes, one cuke, one pepper, some lettuce, basil, and parsley. I have the smaller plants under my fluorescent grow lights and I bought an LED grow light for the larger plants.

I lined the grow room with mylar blankets. Between that and the red LEDs, it looks all crazy in there. I ended up having to drape mylar over the fluorescent lights, too, as the plants under them were getting pretty leggy. It’s too soon to tell if that strategy worked or not.

I harvested some lettuce over the weekend and made a Cobb salad for supper! The basil is looking pretty good, and I’ve used some of that already, too. The larger plants are coming along but it’ll be a while until I get a harvest from them.

Anyway, this was a nice way to extend my gardening season. Best of all, no weeding!

pets, volunteering

dog weekend

My weekend was heavy on dog activities. As usual, I went to the pack walk at the shelter on Saturday morning. In the afternoon, Jake and I met up with Jen (from work) and her dog Ruby at the Windber Rec dog park. There were like 10 dogs there! I was a little nervous to put Ralphie in there, but he did just fine. I guess he’s good with other dogs. He got quite a workout! Sunday afternoon, I went back to the shelter and did some solo dog walks. I haven’t done that in a while, but with the beautiful weather, I couldn’t pass it up. And the trend (sort of) continues tomorrow when I have a humane society board meeting.

books

full throttle

This was a book of short stories by Joe Hill (and a few were co-written by Stephen King). I prefer novels over short stories, but I’m not one to pass up a Hill or King story. I started it on vacation, but did not finish it (which was unusual because I normally read at least one book while on vacation). I then read a couple of novels before deciding to pick it up again and I really enjoyed the rest of it. There’s been a lot going on these past few years (divorce, pandemic, politics) and it has distracted me from enjoying reading, but I seem to be back into it now.

My rating: 4/5