animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

fourteen

Alice turned the big 1-4 yesterday. In reality, we don’t know when her actual birthday is, but that’s the day we adopted her from the Humane Society of Somerset County, so that’s the date we use. Yesterday also marked her 8th anniversary of being our dog. We never would have …

birthday

I had my birthday off on Thursday. I did manage to squeeze in a couple of fun things in between housework and errands. Namely, letterpress and knitting. I received letterpress stuff for Christmas but hadn’t really had a chance to use it yet. I ordered some plates for it earlier …

the graduate

Last night, we went to our niece Erika’s high school graduation. Boy, did those 18 years go fast! I’m sure she will be a great success! It’s hard to believe, but we will have another graduation in four short years.

work and play

We spent most of the weekend getting the yard into shape. There are still some things to do out there (there always are), but at least it’s passable at this point. We also managed to have some fun by going to the PolkaFest yesterday afternoon to catch Alex Meixner, who …

nebraska

This movie was ok, but it was rather boring. It told the story of a man who took his aging father on a trip to claim his (the father’s) “winnings” from a Publisher’s Clearing House-type sweepstakes. I guess when you put it that way, it shouldn’t be surprising that it …