animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

what’s up

It seems all I have been doing is working in the yard/garden, cooking, cleaning wine bottles, and typing recipes. It’s quite apparent that I haven’t been spending all of my time blogging as of late. All of the yard work/gardening isn’t a bad thing. I’ve actually been enjoying myself while …

first ride

I took my first motorcycle ride of the new season today. Brian’s been after me to go for a ride with him for a month now, but the weather hasn’t been warm enough (in my opinion) so I passed until now. Today was pretty nice, but it was quite chilly …

dinner with the parents

Today was our annual “Dinner with the Parents”. After two days of cooking, I’m finally getting a chance to sit down (incidentally, just in time for The Sopranos). I’m freaking beat, but it was worth it. Everyone seemed to have a good time (and, more importantly, enjoyed the food). We …

grilling in january

It was another nice day, so I broke out the grill and cooked some steaks for supper. Mmm. Nothing like grilled food in January. I don’t know if I’ve ever grilled in January before. Of course, we’ve never had a January like this before either. In other food news, I …

lawsagna

Jacob is not a picky eater. I make quite a variety of foods. Some he likes, some he doesn’t like, but I’ve never seen him eat with as much gusto as he did last night when Brian made lawsagna. What is this “lawsagna”, you might ask? Well, it’s Brian’s mother’s …