animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

grown ups

We watched this movie the other night. It was not good. It was hardly the worst movie I’ve ever seen, but it was the worst Adam Sandler movie I’ve ever seen. For all of the star power in this movie, you would think it would have been at least half …

darkly dreaming dexter

This is the first book in the Dexter series, upon which the Showtime television series is based. The show very closely followed the beginning of the first book, but then veered off course at the end. Just for the record, the show is better than the book, so save yourself …

christmas: day 2

Christmas Day started off early. Jake woke us up at 6:30 even though I specifically told him not to get us up before 7:30. I should have penalized him one gift. Instead, we let him suffer until 7am. I had to get the ham on at 7:30, so I needed …

christmas: day 1

Whether I was ready or not, Christmas started today. I spent the week (and most of today) getting ready. And, I made it–just in time. Brian’s parents and his grandmother celebrated Christmas Eve with us. We met at our church for the 4:30pm children’s service. Our church started this service …

vinegar and cider

As if I don’t have enough going on with the holidays approaching, both the cider and the vinegar I made in the fall were ready to go this weekend. Last night, Brian and I bottled the cider. I don’t know if it’s any good or not at this point because …