animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

spring cleanup

This week is one of my favorite weeks of the year. That’s right–spring cleanup! I don’t know how I always have stuff to put out, but here we are. I started putting stuff out over the weekend, and there were just a few items left when I left for work …

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 …