animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

wordscapes

I played this game for years (and years) and finally finished it over the weekend. Technically speaking, you can play the game forever, but they recycle old games beyond the first 6000, so I decided to quit once I got to that point. For that matter, it feels like they’ve …

top trash

This week is one of my favorite weeks of the year–spring cleanup. I must have the best trash in the neighborhood, as the scavengers took all of it (so far) except an old rug and a piece of PVC pipe. It’s always interesting to see what people take and I’m …

tuned

I’m planning on getting back into music again this winter–guitar and piano. Just for something to do in the evenings since all of my time won’t be taken up by yardwork and gardening. The piano was my mom’s and she gave it to us after we bought the house because …

short lived victory

Not long after fixing the dishwasher last month, it started acting up again. This time, the problem was more difficult to diagnose. And, not wanting to spend even more money on it, we decided to get a new dishwasher, which was delivered last week. The good news is that we …

improvising

While we were getting packed for vacation on the 4th, a storm rolled through and knocked out the power for the better part of the day (12:30pm-10pm). Brian had to hook up the generator so we didn’t lose any food in the fridge and freezer. Good thing the power outage …