animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

thanksgiving week

It’s been a busy week! Sylvia had a dental cleaning scheduled for Tuesday morning. She did well with it, but they had to extract a tooth (a pre-molar). That was an expensive trip! Wednesday morning, Jake went to his home office, which is in the former family room, and there …

who’s counting?

This year we had around 40 trick or treaters. This was down a little from last year. It’s so hard to guess how much candy to buy. I had enough for 60-70 and had some bags of chips as backup. The office shall reap the rewards. Jake and I did …

nor’easter?

Not much to report lately. We did the Easter thing with my family yesterday. In the morning, Jake did his Easter egg hunt. We probably don’t have too many of those left, if any. And what is with this weather? This has been one crappy spring. I’ve maybe gotten outside …

feeling the pinch

I saw on Facebook yesterday that Westwood Garden Haven has a limited selection of Christmas trees this year due to the tree shortage. Exactly why there is a tree shortage, I don’t know (especially since we live so near the Christmas tree capital of the world–Indiana, PA). So, Jake borrowed …