animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

seven

I got tattoo number seven this evening. It’s an American traditional style anchor with a couple of flowers around it (I am now officially on an American traditional kick). Brian designed the tattoo for me. I like to think that it pays homage to my penchant for swearing. I went …

tattoo you

Maybe 10 years ago, I got a Jake tattoo on my wrist. It was kind of a novelty thing, as it read the same upside down as right side up. I was never really happy with the implementation of it and it got a little blurry over time as tattoos …

decorator

I took another class at Penn Highlands, this one a cake decorating class. I found it to be pretty informative and definitely worthwhile. We learned how to ice a cake, do different types of piping, and make roses. Plus, we got to eat the results! In other decorating news, I …

simplifying

In 2018, I am trying to cut things out of my life that take too much time or cause stress and concentrate more on things I enjoy doing. As a first step, we sold our rental property in May. That place was just one more building to upkeep. When you …

AARP

I received an AARP membership form in the mail last week. I can tell you that I’m not quite that old yet, but it didn’t make me feel any better about my age. I guess it will be nice to get the discounts even if most of them don’t start …