animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

nagging problems

As far back as I can remember, my bathtub drained water (albeit slowly) with the stopper engaged. After getting the tub refinished, I felt like it was finally time to fix the problem. I went to Ace Hardware and bought the only tub drain linkage assembly they had in stock. …

midsommar

This was a Swedish film about a group of Americans who go to a small village in Sweden to attend their midsummer festival. For sure there were some weird things going on in this movie, but it was so long and drawn out, I had problems caring. A lot of …

alex cross’s trial

First off, I’d like to say that I’m done reading James Patterson novels. Back when he actually used to write his own books, I thought he was really good. I liked the Alex Cross series so I continued to read his books even once they were co-authored. My former in-laws …

tilly

Jake got a new dog about two weeks ago. The short version of the story is that the mom of one of his friends was looking to rehome the dog. Anyway, her name is Tilly and she’s a Golden Retriever. She’s a pretty sweet dog and after a few questionable …

the undoing

This was a pretty good limited series made for HBO. The show was created by the same person who did Big Little Lies, which I really liked (well, the first season, anyway). Also, the always great Nicole Kidman starred in both. The show was a whodunit. I was a bit …