Meet Abby, My new AirBook
or, Why I love Apple. I’m sure she was thinking to herself while shaking her head, “I have to convince this woman to take a free computer? Is she nuts?” The tale doesn’t start out so nicely. In 17 months since I bought my first Mac, an AirBook, I had a love/hate relationship with her.
Let It Snow!
We’d been hearing the reports all week. It was a topic of discussion at last night’s Progressive Dinner. But it arrived a day early … Snow in Atlanta! While I sipped my morning coffee, I watched the sky progress from clear and blue to overcast, grey and heavy. I began to hear via @ajc that
what i learned today
meaning of life: I rarely watch videos shared on facebook, but this video was shared by so many of my friends that I was compelled to watch, and am glad that I did. I realized today, in this Note from LAFTI, that one of the directors of LAFTI is an author whose book And the
Photo Friday: Over the River and Through the Woods
As we’ve done for the past 10+ years, we headed up to Blue Ridge, Georgia, to my parents’ cabin for Thanksgiving. I do love getting out to the woods and taking long walks along the (sort of) country lanes down to and along the river. Camille came with me on many of my walks, and
what i learned today
randomness: Either the printer hired by Jason’s Deli was color blind or doesn’t know what carrots look like once they are pulled out of the ground. Or perhaps the answer is to not eat the carrots at Jason’s Deli? parenting: Top 8 gifts for playful children I do believe this is one of the best
Travels in Turkey: Around Selcuk
Travels in Turkey, Part 9 of 12 (I am resolved to finish up this series before 2011 gets here!) For one week of our trip to Turkey, we stayed in a villa in Selcuk, the modern city near Ephesus and close to the Aegean cost. From there, we took some day trips, like to Hierapolis
Cirque du Soleil: OVO
The girls and I logged quite a large number of miles in our car last month. As usual, we spent quite a large part of our time tuned into Sirius/XM Kids Place Live. One evening, Robbie Schaefer interviewed a number of performers and other folk involved in Cirque du Soleil’s OVO. Chloe was so excited
Travel Tuesday: Weekly Favorites
This week, I’ve started to feel like myself again. I realize now that I was in serious need of some downtime at home. Trying to keep up with work, homeschooling and the rest while on the road had been taking its toll. With that, I’ve enjoyed having a little more time to read blog posts
Passports with Purpose
As I sit here on this chilly morning, contemplating Christmas cards, Christmas gifts and all the holiday cheer and happiness that gets lost in my stress, I struggle with ideas on how to get back to the meaning of the season. Gift buying is particularly stressful for me. I have become increasingly frustrated with stuff.
Mondays are for Dreaming: White Christmas
The holiday season is in full swing here in our little hamlet of Pine Lake. This past weekend, we celebrated with our Pancake Breakfast with Santa, Cookie Exchange and Lighting of the Lake. Our house is decked with a tree, lights and pine rope. Holly, the contemporary Sirius/XM holiday music station is almost always turned
Christmas in Pine Lake
Traditionally, the first Saturday in December is the big Holiday celebration day in Pine Lake. In 2007, 2008 and 2009, we loved being here in Pine Lake for all the fun. This year, we were again active participants in the holiday cheer! At the pancake breakfast in the morning, Chloe sat on Santa’s lap and
Doing Good: Passports with Purpose
As I sit here on this Sunday morning, contemplating Christmas cards, Christmas gifts and all the holiday cheer and happiness that gets lost in my stress, I struggle with ideas on how to get back to the meaning of the season. Gift buying is particularly stressful for me. I have become increasingly frustrated with stuff.
Light Up Blue Ridge
The finale of our Thanksgiving celebrations last weekend was “Light Up Blue Ridge”. Each year, the celebration has grown and grown. I suppose there is no surprise there. That’s what happens. My mom went down early to practice with the tubas. When the rest of us arrived, we had to park in the new auxiliary
Photo Friday: Cameron Park Zoo
Since Camille got her pick of a fiber festival on the Saturday of our final weekend in Texas, we decided to give Chloe her pick on Sunday — the zoo! But which zoo? Chloe wanted Houston (too far), we had been south on I-35 twice already (ruling out San Antonio), so that left us to
Buy Nothng Day Thoughts (reposted from Dec 2008)
As I sat down to write my post about Black Friday, I remembered that I had written one in the past. And it exactly summarized what I was about to say. So, instead of reinventing the wheel, I’m simply reposting my Buy Nothing Day Thoughts post from 3 Dec 2008: On so-called Black Friday, I
Thanksgiving Turkey
We’re always hearing about the “Tofuturkey” as the vegetarian-alternative, but for the carb-heads that we are, this Turkey has become an annual tradition at the cabin. This year, Camille baked the main bread loaf — delicious (but the pot that comes out of the oven with the loaf in it — well, the handle is
GBK Gwyneth
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