animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

brush pickup

I checked the calendar this afternoon only to find out that it’s brush pickup week here in the township. So we all went outside this evening and gathered our “brush”. Jake did most of the hauling; Brian trimmed the trees; and I trimmed all of the perennials back. We have …

whirlwind trip

Brian sister had a baby this summer (her 3rd boy). The baptism was scheduled for this weekend, so we headed to NY after lunch on Saturday. We went to her place for a visit Saturday night and then did the baptism festivities on Sunday (church/dinner after). We left town mid-afternoon …

here’s to a winey fall

My chocolate raspberry kit finally came in so I picked it up today after work. I’d like to have it ready before Christmas, so I started it tonight. It should be an interesting experiment. In other wine news, I saw an ad in last Sunday’s paper for Conzatti’s. They were …

still at it

I’ve really been in a cooking mood lately. This is probably because I haven’t had a lot of time to cook up to my usual standards in recent months due to our ridiculous schedule. But, things are letting up, so I’ve been spending some extra time in the kitchen. This …

long time, no blog

It’s been a typical week here–chock full of work, work, and more work. Brian just completed a huge project at work last week, so things are looking up around here–more time for all of us. Things are moving along with the office remodel, too. We’re working on the kitchen now. …