animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

wine cave

Jake used to use the family room as his man cave. He and his friends would hang out down there all the time. Now that he has moved out, I’ve converted it into my wine cave. I did a thorough cleaning of the room and moved my wine stuff down …

date night

I met someone on Bumble not too long ago and we decided to meet this week. He’s from Pittsburgh, but offered to drive to Johnstown to meet. I wasn’t going to say no to that. I picked one of my favorite restaurants, Tap814, as the place. I had a great …

germantown winery

My mom and dad have been wanting me to go to Germantown Winery with them for a while. We were supposed to go earlier this summer, but it was scheduled for the day that I ended up at MedWell for my neck, so that didn’t happen. We finally got there …

the passage

This was your standard issue man-made vampire zombie apocalypse and was written by Justin Cronin. It started off on a great note–the first act of the book was so good I couldn’t put it down. But, then the story skipped ahead 100 years and things slowed down. By the end, …

volunteer opportunities

I’ve been looking for somewhere to volunteer ever since I stopped walking dogs at the shelter, which I definitely miss. A few months ago, a couple former shelter board members, including me, joined together to start a nonprofit. So, that’s been taking up a little of my time. We’ve been …