animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

new job

Brian got a new job. Woohoo! He started this past Monday. The job is in Johnstown, which is cool because he has basically spent the past 10 years driving to the Altoona area to work. You can’t do that forever, that’s for sure. Plus, now that Jake’s older, he’ll be …

my current obsession

As promised, no work has been done on the bathroom since the weekend. This has given me a chance to concentrate on my other favorite pastime–obsessing about the impending avian flu pandemic. Sure, we’ve been hearing about it for a few years now, but it seems ever so close to …

ham-a-licious

My mom and I split another half a hog this year. I learned an important lesson last year–always order the pig a few weeks before the Cambria County Fair. This ensures getting a “fair pig” (in more ways than one). The ham and bacon came in last Friday. I baked …

bathroom remodel: day 19

We did a little work this afternoon/evening. Brian installed our new ceiling light and removed the old exhaust fan and plugged the hole (since we are putting the new fan in a different location). I did some drywall patching. A few more coats of drywall compound and I should be …