animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

thanksgiving and such

We did Thanksgiving with Brian’s family this year. As is the custom, Brian’s sister’s family was in for the event. Since Thanksgiving is pretty much the only time we get to see them, it was especially nice to catch up on things. And, since Brian’s parents celebrated their 50th wedding …

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Brian and I went to Canonsburg yesterday for Miss Avery’s first birthday! It’s hard to believe a year has already passed since she was born. She had quite a turnout for the event. With so many milestones on both sides, we got to see a lot of each other this …

graduation party

As suspected, the graduation party prep had us so busy that we didn’t make it downtown for Thunder. Neither one of us was fired up for it this year, for whatever reason. I’m sure we will get back on track next year. In related news, someone stopped to look at …

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So, my birthday was yesterday. As is customary, I had the day off. I didn’t do anything particularly interesting–mostly errands–but I did manage a nap and some knitting. The best surprise was running into Jake at Giant Eagle, where he was buying me flowers for my birthday–such a sweetie! The …

eighteen

It’s hard to believe, but Jake turned 18 yesterday. He has turned out to be a fine young man. Like usual, we went to Rey Azteca (on Friday) to celebrate and then we had the family over on Sunday for a Mother’s Day/birthday party. It was a good time, but …