animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

three more years

Jake turned 15 on Wednesday and we went out to eat at a restaurant of his choice (Rey Azteca–for a number of years running) to celebrate. He is definitely growing up. He is doing excellent in high school–straight As so far this year without any prompting or help from us; …

cookout

I need to delay Jake’s birthday by about two weeks. Unfortunately, his family party is today. While, I worked my butt off the past few weeks, the yard is still not in order. Plus there’s a pile of garbage in our front yard–spring cleanup always seems to fall during his …

whiplash

This movie was about a kid going to a music conservatory and his ambitions to be one of the best drummers ever. Brian and Jake really liked it. I thought it was fine. I mean the acting was great and all, but the story was a little weak, if you …