animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

party time

We had Jake’s birthday party this afternoon. Things went smoothly. I’m pretty sure everyone had a good time. Luckily for me, Brian took charge of the party and kept the kids entertained all afternoon. Jake made a haul as usual. Good thing we are remodeling his room–we might actually have …

big dogz

As is our tradition, we took Jake to Big Dogz tonight for his birthday dinner. The only reason he likes the place is because they serve the kids’ meals in a dog dish. I don’t know why he gets so excited about that–we have plenty of dog dishes here. We …

the departed

You know us and the mob–there wasn’t any way we weren’t going to like this movie. They did that thing I hate where they say the name of the movie as one of the lines just so you know why they named it that, but this was pretty subtle, so …

fried dead tomatoes

I got a little overzealous with my new cold frames and totally fried my tomato plants. I actually know better than to take the plants directly outside and put them in the hot sun, but that’s what I did anyway. In my defense, my planting schedule got screwed up when …