animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

covidiots

I am off work today and had to run to a locally owned store for some supplies this morning. I was greeted at the door with a message that said “face masks optional” and wasn’t happy to see that. In Pennsylvania, masks are, in fact, required (granted, there’s currently not …

groceries

I made my first trip for groceries since March on Thursday night. Ironically, my intent was to stay home until things got under control, but Cambria County has had an increase in cases in the past week and a half. The total counts are still pretty low (but we all …

here i go again

I talked about most of this when it was happening, but here’s a recap: I got a new washing machine in January 2018. It started throwing error codes a month later. A repairman from Krisay’s looked at it and couldn’t find anything wrong with it. It worked fine for a …

wishing for winter

I am so sick of all of the roadwork that has been going on all spring and summer that I’m actually looking forward to winter this year, just so I can get from point A to point B without having to take a detour. The worst of it is the …

post office rant

I’ve been ordering Christmas gifts through the internet. One such gift required a signature upon delivery so I opted to have it delivered to the office, since chances were good I wouldn’t be at home when it would be delivered. I looked at the package tracking yesterday morning to find …