animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

more cherry?

But, we haven’t even used the last pile yet! Brian got a line on some 6/4 cherry (that’s 1 1/2 inch thick for you non lumberjacks out there). Since thicker wood is necessary in furniture building, we opted to buy this because all of our other stuff is 4/4 (1 …

better than a tea party

Last night, my in-laws hosted a wine-tasting party. These wine-tasting parties are quickly becoming my favorite way to socialize. This party featured Shiraz. We got to try eight types of Shiraz (amazingly no one brought the same stuff). A bonus feature of focusing on one type of wine is that …

a busy weekend

On Friday night, we invited Brian’s aunt and uncle over for dinner. So, this left me cooking all of Thursday evening and Friday afternoon again this week (not that I’m complaining–I’m just saying). Our dishwasher got quite a workout this weekend. Anyway, we had a nice visit–I always enjoy talking …