animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

freezing

A couple of weeks ago, my upright freezer started acting up. After a few days of weirdness, it died. Luckily, we didn’t have a lot of stuff in it (and also that I caught the problem while the food was still mostly frozen), so we transported the food to the …

the winter people

This book was recommended to me by one of our employees. It’s considered a ghost story, which is decidedly not my favorite genre of horror, but I gave it a shot and am glad that I did. It was quite a good story and was very original. I rather liked …

trainwreck

While Snowpocalypse 2016 was going on outside, we figured it would be a good time to watch a movie. We were really looking forward to this one. While it was funny, it was nowhere near as funny as we were expecting. Maybe we’re just over the rom-com? I don’t know. …

the switch

Jake recently inquired about moving his bedroom upstairs to the room that we call the office. The office is slightly larger than his bedroom and has a better layout, thus prompting the request. Our upstairs has been in need of new flooring since we moved in. To kick off the …

jurassic world

Jake and I watched this movie last night. It was good for what it was. But, I think if we’ve learned anything from these Jurassic movies, it’s that opening a dinosaur theme park is a horrible idea. My rating: 3.5/5