animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

miscellany

You can add this to my list of things not to buy in the future: German dogs. Today, Ripley made her fourth trip to the vets for the year. She has some sort of infection in her leg and was put on antibiotics. For that and some other reasons, the …

holy ham, batman!

I picked up my ham at Froehlich’s yesterday. It weighed in at a whopping 26 pounds! I planned on cooking it last night, but didn’t account for the size. So, I was up till after midnight carving (and eating–yum!) ham. Needless to say, I’m tired today. At least it’s Friday …

I’m a highway star

Got my car back today. Paying the bill was a little painful, but at least I have wheels again–just in time to take Jake to daycare and go into the office tomorrow. We did an experiment today and Jake stayed at home while I worked. It didn’t go too badly. …

new “hobby”

Yeah, another one. I thought it would be a good idea to read up on upholstery so that I can upholster the furniture Brian makes for our house. Brian’s dad saw my upholstery book so he thought it would be a good idea for me to reupholster one of his …

modes of transportation

I can’t believe I forgot to mention this in my previous posts this weekend…My car (Toyota RAV4) was due for a new timing belt. It was to be installed on Friday. While they were working on my car, it was determined that it needed a new serpentine belt as well. …