animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

3rd one’s a charm

I previously documented big purchases #1 and #2, but this week had the biggest purchase of them all–a new truck. My Highlander was at the garage last week for its inspection. It needed a bunch of work. We were planning on either selling it or trading it in next spring, …

safe house

We enjoyed this movie quite a bit. It was nonstop action for the first 45 minutes. I decided to make Margaritas once the action slowed, but before I was done, it was nonstop action again. This movie received mixed reviews, but I’m not sure why–I thought it was pretty good …

transformation

We’ve been doing a little work in our living room in anticipation of the holidays. For years now, we’ve been trying to decide what to do with the fireplace mantel–originally we were going to replace it, but then I thought “why not paint it?” I did just that last weekend …

21 jump street

This movie was pretty funny. Dumb, but funny. It did not appeal to me when it first came out, but then I read a number of positive reviews about the movie, so I added it to our Netflix queue. I’m glad I did. Plus, Johnny Depp and Peter DeLuise (from …

thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving with Brian’s family this year. His sister and her crew were in, too. After having some great food and wine, it was nice to hang out and chat all afternoon. Even though we just saw them last weekend, we didn’t get to talk much at the baptism due to …