days working at the cabin are often much nicer than working at home. Even if there weren’t others around at the cabin to help with […]
in the woods
today, I finished up my work and other tasks by mid-afternoon and headed out for a short walk despite my back still hurting from when […]
Pappy’s Trading Post
As I’m sure she’d say, one of the reasons my mom likes to geocache is that is gets her to places she would not normally […]
walk in the woods
this morning we woke to rain falling quietly, soothingly on the roof. We all gave in to the peace and had a slow start to […]
entertaining corn
corn? entertaining? Yummy, perhaps. King, perhaps. But entertaining? Yes, in fact, it is. Our fall day in the mountains started out in Cherry Log at […]
camping at last
I have a fond memory of camping as a kid. Sleeping in the tent, drinking hot tang and playing in the “woods” around the site. […]
quidditch, stormtroopers and the mario bros.
Every year, the streets of Atlanta are stormed by fairies, darth vaders and everything in between. Even though we’ve been living here for 10 years, […]
Arts in the Park
Yesterday, we headed into Blue Ridge for the Arts in the Park Festival. I remembered to bring our soda mug for $1 refills. The girls […]
geocache mission
Fort Mountain was our address this weekend. The “Trading Post” had wifi, but in the so-called “cottages” I could barely squeak an Edge connection on […]
History Center
Yesterday, I managed to get enough done early enough that we headed out to the homeschool day at the Atlanta History Center. The kids were […]
Geocaching
During this short break, Rob decided to work on ripping huge stacks of CDs on his computer, so he can listen to a greater variety […]
Homeschool Day at the History Center
I’ve been feeling quite unhappy lately about how little we’ve been getting out and about in Atlanta lately. Especially in these economic hard times, I […]
Fall Family Fun
Rob came home from DC for the weekend. While we didn’t have the weekend we had originally planned, we did have some fall fun! I […]
Georgia Mountain Fair
As I had worked so much earlier in the week, it was time to get away from the computer and do something else. After much […]
A Day At the Museum
The girls have been complaining that we don’t go to the museum enough (eh, I took them to the Field Museum AND Morton Arboretum (2x) […]
Nature Walk
The weather looked like it would rain, so my mom and I headed out for a walk this morning. We were approached by a loose […]
Arts in the Park
Yesterday we went down to the Arts in the Park festival. It was nice to see that gas prices did not keep the crowds away. […]
Ahoy There Matey
Today Barbara, the girls and I headed out to the Renaissance Festival. In the past, we haven’t gone as Chloe had a deep fear of […]
Fort Mountain
I got up early and worked for a long time (3 hours?) before the girls got up — the man across the street started screaming […]
Mini Getaway
The girls have no activities this week. None. I SO wanted to go away. Jekyll again, Florida, Alabama, Texas, somewhere, anywhere. BUT, I have a […]