animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

the 1st day of xmas

Brian and I went to a Christmas party last night. Jake stayed home to rest up because he has a cold and has his first formal dance at school is this evening. The party was held at the same place as the Halloween Party we went to in October. A …

christmastime

We’ve been prepping for the holiday ever since Black Friday. I managed to do 99% of my shopping over the Thanksgiving weekend and figured out the rest. We usually don’t decorate and put the tree up until mid-December, but Jake wanted to do that earlier this year, so we did …

yesterday

Brian and I finished installing the railing for the office porch yesterday. Whew! It turned out really nice, if I do say so myself. We ran out of time because we had a Halloween party to go to, so we were not able to install the hardware cloth around the …

memorial day

Today was spent at home with an exception of a late-morning motorcycle ride. We took Somerset Pike to 30 and then caught 711 in Ligonier and followed it home. There were a ton of bikes out today. After lunch, I did a bit of gardening, then I lounged in the …

party on garth

We went to our first cookout/party of the season last night. It was at my brother’s house. We’re going to our second one this afternoon at my in-law’s. In between all of the partying, I’m trying to get my garden planted. I got some stuff in yesterday (Brian even helped–he …