animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

it was the best of times, it was the worst of times

The weekend started on a good note. My parents took everyone out to dinner. We went to the Backroom Saloon, where I had some delicious Korean Pork Tacos and a tasty drink. Saturday wasn’t bad, either. I ran some errands in the morning and did some housework and laundry. Saturday …

kick the keg

The Humane Society had a “Kick the Keg” fundraiser at The Fifth last night. Jake (a newly minted shelter volunteer) and I (a volunteer and shelter board member who is expected to attend these things) attended. At the event, the proceeds from a certain keg of beer went to the …

new windows

We’ve been wanting to replace the remaining windows at the office for a very long time and it finally happened last week. And it was great timing since no one is working at the office. It would have been difficult to shuffle everyone around. The basement renovation hasn’t seen any …

snow snow go away

As Chandler Bing might say, could the groundhog have been any more wrong? I don’t think it has stopped snowing since he declared that winter is over. I have wonderful memories of last March where it was 70 degrees for a couple of weeks and I started gardening a month …

since last week

We went to Thunder in the Valley a few times. It was cool, as usual. We didn’t check out anything in particular–mostly people-watching. We also went on a number of bike rides over the weekend and that was fun. The weather has not been very conducive for bike riding this …