animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

birthday!

My birthday was on Monday. Yay. I could do without it at this point, but at least I got some presents. Also, Jake took me out to dinner at Franklin Street Bar & Grill, which was a nice surprise. I had the day off work and did stuff around the …

birthday weekend

I had Friday off work, so I got to enjoy two long weekends in a row! If only every weekend was a long weekend. I did a lot of painting and gardening over the course of the three days. The weather was so beautiful! On Friday, I tried out my …

2021: the year in review

Or should we call it 2020, part 2? It was a weird year, for sure, but I haven’t done one of these in a while, so here goes… I guess the biggest thing for me was being in a relationship for 6 months. It was the first one since my …

masterclass

Where have I been these past few weeks? Not doing much, apparently. Last fall, I saw some ads for MasterClass and was intrigued. Since nothing else is going on, I decided to sign up. I have taken a variety of classes–everything from dog training to cooking to fashion to negotiation …

golden girl

I was looking for something new to watch and found a bunch of classic sitcoms on Hulu. I started watching Golden Girls last week. I watched it when it was originally on, way back when. It’s actually pretty funny. I’ve been finding that older sitcoms are funnier than the new …