animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

roku

I bought one of these nifty devices recently. I haven’t had a lot of opportunities to use it, but Jake’s been giving it a workout and he seems to really like it. We used to have cable tv at the office, but we cancelled it recently so I bought Netflix …

texting…

…the new telegram. I joined the revolution last year and finally started texting. This all happened when Jake got a phone. It was an easier and cheaper way to communicate with him. Telecommunications have definitely improved throughout the years–telegram, telephone, email, cell phones. But now it seems that texting is …

jumping the gun

Along with everyone else, I have been loving the nice weather. Since the long term forecast is calling for more of the same, I decided to do some early gardening this year. For insurance, I put my cold frames in the garden (as nice as the weather has been, this …

look again

This book was ok–not as good as some of Scottoline’s other books, but not as bad as the last one of hers that I read, either. The thing I disliked about the last two books I’ve read is that the dialog was off. It was to a lesser degree in …

mrs. doubtfire

Yet another movie from the past that did not hold up. Though, I have to say, it wasn’t as bad as some of the other ones we have watched–at least it had a couple of funny parts. You could tell that Robin Williams was improvising throughout the movie. But, with …