animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

tea for two

My Mom invited me to a tea to benefit the Friends of the Johnstown Flood National Memorial. It was her birthday today, so how could I say no? Interestingly enough, we were seated at a table with two of my former high school teachers. The one said that I was …

e i e i e i o

The PolkaFest is always the weekend before my birthday and there’s nothing like a little kielbasa, pierogies and polka to kick off the festivities. Since my birthday is during the week this year, I opted to celebrate with Brian and Jake on Sunday. Brian made some awesome ribs, potato salad …

football weather

Baseball game. One of our employees rented a suite at the Altoona Curve stadium and invited us to attend the game. It was last night. It was fricking cold out there, but the suite was warm enough. As a bonus, the Pens game was playing on the television in the …

sunday, fun day

This afternoon we went to a gun raffle at the Portage Revolver & Pistol Club with my parents. We are members of the club and Jake is in their junior rifle league, so it was nice to be able to throw some support their way. They were giving away a …