Last Memorial Day weekend, my sister and I watched Dirty Dancing because we’d just watched an awful new remake that left us with a new appreciation for the original. This year, we did the same thing with Little Women. We both watched the new PBS miniseries, and while I liked some things about it (it was less Jo-centric and more focused on all four ( Read more... )

The first weekend of April was also the end of Passover. To break the fast, Sara and I went out for pancakes at iHop. That weekend was dead-of-winter cold, despite the recently warm weekdays. That turned out to be the pattern for April, and it got old fast. For almost the entire month, it was sunny and mild Monday-Friday, then cold or rainy or both ( Read more... )

For some reason, I decided that May would the month to do everything that I've been putting off doing. Among other things, this included going to the eye doctor and getting a new eye prescription for the first time since I moved to this freakin' state! (And May 1 marked four years since that happened, which is hard to believe.) Along with new ( Read more... )

Mom was supposed to come visit us this weekend, but her car battery died on the day of departure. I didn't mind. It was a better excuse than most of the reasons that she usually gives for not coming, and besides, I had plans for this weekend and wouldn't have been able to spend much time with her, anyway ( Read more... )

Yesterday, nine days after Trump was inaugurated, I went to a protest for the first time ( Read more... )

The city’s Jewish Food Festival was last weekend. It went well, even though it totally kicked my butt this year. I spent the entire day before in a mad frenzy of crocheting; I came up with a new product, wine bottle totes, shortly before the festival, and I was trying to crank out as many as I could before the big day. My roommate kept nagging me ( Read more... )

I haven't posted in a while because I've actually been celebrating the holidays somewhat this year. Right now I'm sitting here sipping hot chocolate in my pajamas, so let's catch up a bit. Last weekend was our annual company dinner. The managers treated all of us to dinner at a swanky Italian restaurant. It was crowded and we had to park about a ( Read more... )

My first week back at work after the Thanksgiving holiday was kinda a "back-to-reality" one. Work itself wasn't bad, but the weather here was awful. We didn't see the sun once -- just washed-out gray clouds, rain, and cold! Ugh! Fortunately, things finally turned around today, and the sun came out just in time for the city Christmas parade! I ( Read more... )

Although I hate the fact that winter is approaching, I still really love fall. I hate that the days are shorter and the mornings are chilly (because how hard is it to get out of bed on a cold morning?) but I love the cooler weather and the changing leaves. Biking to temple last Friday evening, I saw some really beautiful fall foliage. I wish I'd ( Read more... )

This was a fun but very tiring weekend. There were a bunch of potential parents at the animal shelter today, and while I usually love showing dogs to potential parents, it was a little stressful this afternoon. Two separate sets of parents, both with young kids, set their hearts on dogs who were clearly labeled as having aggression issues (i.e., ( Read more... )