snapshots from gooney road โ 14 feb 2014
Two-hour delay for schools. Chloe cam home sick at 1pm. I tried to work and pack, but it didn’t go well. Rob and Chloe felt the earthquake.
photo friday: black rock mountain state park
Back in November, I packed up Evie, and Phelix and I headed up to Black Rock Mountain State Park for the weekend. The drive up was beautiful – fall colors all around. The final mile of driving was twisty and curvy – wouldn’t want to do that in less than ideal conditions! The staff were
snapshots from gooney road โ 13 feb 2014
Another snow day. I walked the dog and worked in the morning. The girls came home, and I took Chloe to physical therapy, but there was no one there. Camille, Claire and Chloe went to lunch at Victory. In the evening, we went to the soft opening at the new Souper Jenny. In the evening,
snapshots from gooney road โ 12 feb 2014
The girls had their 7th snow day this year. Everything was icy and slushy. Breakfast at Thumbs Up. Long walks in the snow. Work. Girls both slept over with Claire and Sally. Gwyneth and Rob went out to Square Pub for dinner.
snapshots from gooney road โ 11 feb 2014
No school for the girls, but Chloe still had a 7am physical therapy appointment. After we spent the morning involved in work and meetings and schoolwork, I ran to the store to stock up once again. Not as crowded as yesterday. Grilled cheese and soup for lunch. An afternoon of cleaning out computer files and
snapshots from gooney road โ 10 feb 2014
Home health visit for life insurance (ugh). A day of work and school. A run to the store in preparation for the “storm”. Gymnastics for Chloe. Cream cheese brownies for, well, “National Cream Cheese Brownie Day”. cancellation after cancellation — including school for tomorrow.
celebrations: week 7 (10-16 feb 2014)
We celebrated a few week 6 holidays, including Homemade Soup Day and Fettuccine Alfredo Day. Coming up this week: 10: National Cream Cheese Brownie Day 11: Clean Out Your Computer Day and National Peppermint Patty Day and Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day 12: National Plum Pudding Day 13: National Tortellini Day National Tortellini Day
snapshots from gooney road โ 9 feb 2014
I went out early to get bagels for “National Bagel and Lox Day”. Rob took Chloe to her gymnastics meet where she came in second in her age group. I had a three hour CAPS meeting.
snapshots from gooney road – 8 feb 2014
I left at 6:25 for my volunteer shift directing traffic. No traffic arrived until 8am… The rest of the day was spent resting, running errands and watching “Gone with the Wind”.
snapshots from gooney road โ 7 feb 2014
Another day of school and work. I ran a number of errands, including a trip to the Container Store. When Camille got home from play practice, she made fettuccine alfredo for “National Fettuccine Alfredo Day”. People started arriving at 7pm for game night. We all stayed up too late.
photo friday: My girls at LEAF
The girls and I had a lovely weekend at LEAF, now almost four months ago. I don’t know if and when we’ll return to LEAF, but we sure did make good friends and memories on our many weekends there. photo friday: LEAF fun – (oct 2013) photo friday: LEAF food (oct 2013) photo friday: lake
snapshots from gooney road โ 6 feb 2014
7am physical therapy for Chloe. School and work. Lunch with Val for Gwyneth. Camille stayed late for theater. Chloe helped make pot pies for dinner.
happiness project: social networks + misc (feb)
Thrive!, Project 43 and the monthly projects in my Happiness Project … so many projects! In reality, they are all facets of the same project, guiding me to finish or give up old projects and move forward on the ones that are most important to me. January’s main theme was Friends + Family. I’ve made
snapshots from gooney road – 5 feb 2014
A grumpy morning for everyone. Work and school. Claire and Camille made cookies after school. Gwyneth went to her first RAD (self-defense) class.
snapshots from gooney road โ 4 feb 2014
Normal day of work and school. A trip to Sawicki’s to pick up a good baguette. Chloe left school early to go to physical therapy, then Jane came over to visit. Homemade soup for dinner. Organizational family meeting in the evening.
Are We There Yet?
A couple months ago, a friend asked if I am finding myself with more “free time” now that my girls are both in school. That question quickly stopped me in my tracks. Surely, I must feel as though I now have more time for myself with the girls both in school, right? So why do
snapshots from gooney road โ 3 feb 2014
Back to the grind day. Catch up day. Carpool to gymnastics day for Gwyneth. Bicycle traffic ticket for Rob. Jenga tournament in the amenities room.
celebrations: week 6 (3-9 feb 2014)
We celebrated a few week 5 holidays, including Chocolate Cake Day, Corn Chip Day and Croissant Day. Coming up this week: 3: Carrot Cake Day Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie. – Jim Davis, the creator of “Garfield” Carrot Cake Cupcakes 4: Stuffed Mushroom Day
snapshots from gooney road โ 2 feb 2014
A morning spent organizing boxes from the office closet. Preparations for the week ahead.
snapshots from gooney road โ 1 feb 2014
Late start and then off to the Container Store to pick up the rest of our shelves and desk. We also got some storage stuff and a new desk chair. Chloe bought a Nook and ran into friends at the Barnes and Noble. We stopped at Harmony to get food to bring home for our
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