animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

scout’s honor

I don’t think I mentioned this before, but Jake quit karate a few months ago. It was time to move up to the next class and he just wasn’t interested. It seemed like a waste of time and money to force him to continue. While I’m not one to push …

derailed

Brian and I watched this last night, sans Margarita (though we did have a lemonade with vodka. mmm. nothing to eat, though). We both really liked the movie. It had more twists and turns than route 56 into Bedford. I can’t really get into the plot because I don’t want …

dog run 2006

We were debating all week whether to attend this year’s Dog Run party. We went last year and had a great time, but they raised the rates this year and we didn’t feel that it was worth the $60 seeing that I don’t drink beer and that is the only …

meaty ochre

As you may have read, we installed a new radio and cd changer in my car a few weeks ago. I’ve been enjoying the changer, but I was not happy with the sound coming from the speakers. Not one bit. We tried tweaking the EQ and every other setting on …

sauced up

Last year, I was looking for a way to process my garden tomatoes for sauce. I didn’t have any luck last season, but I found this cool attachment for my KitchenAid mixer in the fall, so I grabbed it up and have been patiently waiting to use it ever since. …