Today is the Ides of March and National Pears Helene Day. I got up early and spent the day at a Monadnock Madness photography class. […]
snapshots from gooney road – 11 mar 2015
Today is Oatmeal Nut Waffles Day. No rain this morning, so Phelix and I hopped in the car early and went for a quick hike […]
snapshots from gooney road – 9 mar 2015
Today is Mailbox Patented Day. Getting the kids (and Rob) out the door was rough because of the time change. As soon as they were […]
snapshots from gooney road – 8 mar 2015
Today is International Working Women’s Day and National Peanut Cluster Day. Rob went out to kayak. The girls and I cleaned up around the house […]
snapshots from gooney road – 4 mar 2015
Today is Learn What Your Name Means Day and National Grammar Day and National Pound Cake Day and Purim. Turtle cage cleaning day! Phelix runs […]
snapshots from gooney road – 28 feb 2015
Today is National Tooth Fairy Day and National Chocolate Souffle Day. I got up early and took Phelix out for our weekly hike at Arabia […]
snapshots from gooney road – 11 feb 2015
Today is National Peppermint Patty Day & Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day. While I didn’t spill any milk, I did get a Peppermint Patty! […]
snapshots from gooney road – 8 feb 2015
Today is Jules Verne Day and National Molasses Bar Day. We celebrated neither. I took my day of rest, mostly reading and relaxing. I find […]
needle ice
With my Friday morning conference call ending early, Phelix and I headed out to Arabia ahead of plan. With our rush to leave, I neglected […]
snapshots from gooney road – 6 feb 2015
After getting the girls off to school, cleaning and working, I headed out to Arabia to take Phelix on a hike. The second I got […]
snapshots from gooney road – 30 jan 2015
I got the kids off to school, walked the dog, cleaned and worked until it was time to meet Amy for lunch. After lunch, Phelix […]
snapshots from gooney road – 25 jan 2015
We made hash browns in the waffle iron — Perfect! We took care of things around the house, then went for a hike at Arabia. […]
taking the easy road.
The easy way out. Too often easy is looked down upon. But sometimes, easy works. One of my goals in my Energy and Empower year […]
snapshots from gooney road – 21 jan 2015
After a productive morning and a visit from the cleaning people, I had some time to take Phelix out for a short hike at Arabia […]
snapshots from gooney road – 14 jan 2015
I got to work and got the girls off to school Mid-morning, Phelix and I went off to take a short hike at Arabia Mountain. […]
baby steps.
Leave it to me to choose the coldest day so far this winter to go on my first “long walk”. Part of my Energy and […]
snapshots from gooney road – 7 jan 2015
After I worked for a while, Phelix and I took a drive over to arabia Mountain to go on a little hike; he had a […]
what’s that feeling? peace.
Walking home from getting my hair cut (and colored) and having had a nice lunch out on a patio (alone), I had a strange feeling […]
snapshots from gooney road – 31 mar 2014
School and work. In the early afternoon, I took Phelix out for a hike at Arabia Mountain. Later, I did carpool to the gym and […]
incremental steps forward, but big steps back
Or lots of extra steps for me today. Or hours behind at work. Or “My house looks great FINALLY!” When we moved to Decatur, I […]