instagram: more stuff
Despite my need to keep our belongings down to a manageable volume, Chloe seems to come home with new stuff every day. I really don’t mind her acquiring things like this that engage her mind or let her be creative, I just don’t enjoy picking up all the pieces …
downsizing never ends
Last year, we moved from a great big house to a tiny (for Atlanta) apartment. In the process, we got rid of half or more of our stuff. And it felt GREAT! Somehow, I had assumed that by getting rid of all that stuff, I’d no longer have to spend hours cleaning up after people,
instagram: ollivander
I took Chloe to the violin store today to ask about getting a shoulder rest and to see if maybe she needed to move up a size. While the owner kept pulling out different violins and asking Chloe to test them out, I had a deja vu type feeling. I then realized that I was
photo friday: tybee island beach
For Chloe’s September break from school, I managed to take two long weekends. For the first long weekend, we headed off to Orlando to visit Legoland and Harry Potter World. But for the second weekend, we got to visit a place that I’ve been wanting to visit for a long time…. Tybee Island! I reseved
instagram: sweet
Not only was the free hot chocolate on the square oh so sweet, the announcement that followed the mayor’s speech pictured here was pretty sweet too. (Big Community Announcement: Decatur Education Foundation Receives Record-Setting $500,000 Gift)
graduated from the police academy
Yup. Tonight I graduated from the police academy. We were “Class 20” to have completed the Decatur Police Department’s “Citizens’ Police Academy”. Other than having always been a closet “siren chaser”, I’m not sure why I enjoy the “public safety” kick that I’ve been on so much. As far as I can tell, it comes
instagram: crazy girl
Chloe is still in a bit of pain throughout the day, especially when she has to walk longer distances, like from the car to the condo. But she is perky enough to be her crazy self… I just hope she can start riding the bus again. Mom’s Taxi is getting quite a workout this week.
all’s quiet
That’s something I can rarely ever write. As I mentioned, Camille and I tend to be homebodies. From the time Camille was born up until last October, it was rare that I had any time during the weekday that I was home alone. On the weekends or the evenings, Rob sometimes takes the girls out
instagram: georgia voter
Chloe had the day off from school and joined me when I went to vote. Having heard the news, she was worried we’d be waiting in long lines. Her fears were for naught; no lines whatsoever. We were in and out very quickly!
homebodies ‘r’ us
I work from home. Thus, I’m home day in and day out. When I do get out of the house, it is to go to appointments, run errands and be “mom’s taxi”, things that I don’t enjoy very much overall. I have come to equate leaving the comfort of home with desperately trying to get
instagram: latest project
I take photos, lots of photos. But ever since I stopped scrapbooking, I have not made any photo albums. I’m slowly working to rectify that. I’ve created three photo albums using Shutterfly, and I’ve already started on my fourth. While the last thing I need is to add another project, I’m really enjoying creating these
hindsight is 20/20 or at least when corrected
As I face my plethora of ridiculous anxieties, I put myself in the place of my friends who are faced with issues that overshadow mine by leaps and bounds. I can DO that. I can this simpler thing. I *hate* any medical appointment, Yet today, after a year and a half, I managed to get
instagram: gazoo
My Gazoo girl loves to cuddle on top of me, even when I’m not really ready to have a kitty blanket.
rethinking my to-do list
For better or worse, I have lived by a to-do list for the past 5+ years. My list is long and evolves very slowly. I have daily items, one time items and then longer term items all crowding my list. While I try to remember to make sure some of the one time and long
instagram: snug as a bug
Chloe is all cuddled up in her top bunk. That black ugly thing in the background? The fire alarm is so close to her ears that we have to cover it a bit so she doesn’t go deaf if it goes off in the night — which it has done a few times in the
Emergency but not 911
At the last minute I volunteered to work at the Wine Festival in Decatur. With 2200 attendees and Ponce being closed, it is no small festival. Even more last minute due to cancellations, I was asked to be a gate captain. As my instinct is to say “YES!”, I readily agreed. Unfortunately, I had never
instagram: party spiders
We were about a dozen here last night for game night — Camille made these cute spiders (kit on sale after Halloween at Target) for one of the snacks.
photo friday: st. augustine
As part of Camille’s homeschooling for this year, I decided that an interesting topic for us to cover would be the history of Georgia. Camille has lived here almost her entire life and has yet to see many of the important historic sites. We started out great, visiting a number of “pre-European” sites, including a
instagram: streets of Decatur
Living “downtown” means that we can often go “carless”. Today Camille and I donated books, went to lunch, hung concert posters, donated “gently used” shoes, bought a book, donated CDs to and checked books out from the library, bought groceries and looked into the possibility of her selling her Camboodle pouches at a local boutique.
Delusions of Eloquence
While I was at my sickest with the flu from which I’m still trying to recover, I wrote about twenty extremely awesome blog posts in my head. I had come up with a great post on parenting, another questioning the way the mind works and a series of amazing posts. As I recovered and could
GBK Gwyneth
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