animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

update

I haven’t posted in a while, so I guess it’s time for an obligatory post. Not much has been going on, hence the lack of updates. I’m pretty much ready for Christmas–just a few loose ends to tie up to make that complete. We’re having Christmas Eve here, so I’m …

scholarly

Last Saturday, Jake received a piece of mail from UPJ. There was a sticker on it that said “Scholarship Award information”. Since he has not yet applied for any scholarships, I thought it must have been information on getting a scholarship, despite the sticker. The reason this was even up …

acceptance

Jake applied to two colleges, IUP and UPJ, and was accepted to both! He’s decided to go to UPJ and will be commuting in order to save some money. We’ve been saving for college since he was born and are hoping that we’ll be able to cover all of the …

almost an eagle

Jake wrapped up his Eagle project last night. What a relief! It kind of dragged on longer than it should have, but now everything is done except for the paperwork and board of review, both of which should happen within a month. After that, we’ll have his Court of Honor …

back in order

A couple of weeks ago, we intended on getting our basement powder room back in working order. It had been out of order since the sewer project. We got the floor all fixed up and Brian put down new laminate flooring, only to find out that the plumber put the …