braves game: what game?
As a fundraiser, Chloe’s gymnastics team sold $10 general admission tickets to the Braves vs. Mets game last Saturday. While it complicated our travel plans, I thought it would be a good way for Chloe to get the chance to feel more a part of the team if she went and “did a lap” around
instagram: turner field
I had no idea that the view from Turner Field was SOO spectacular!!
Georgia: Fort Mountain Wall
The girls and I headed up to Blue Ridge a couple of weeks ago to spend a little time at the cabin. While there we decided to take the time to visit a few of the places from our list of native cultures in Georgia. After a series of false starts and a little comedy
instagram: blue ridge green
A couple weeks ago, the girls and I spent the weekend cleaning up at the cabin. We did get out for a couple field trips, but I never really got to sit and enjoy the cleaned up space. I came up for one night to relax, enjoy the quiet and make sure everything was put
photo friday: the high line
In my huge “notes” document, I keep a list of things I want to see, organized by city. Whenever I come across something interesting, I jot it down. NYC’s High Line had been added to the list about 4 times in the past couple of years, so I knew it had to be the top
instagram: new balcony
Today the scaffolding crawled up our side of the building and went right up past our windows. Now the construction workers can stand right outside my windows — and Gazoo can’t go out at all, poor kitty.
instagram: mighty high coup
More stickeriti found in Decatur.
perfection, ignored
Despite my resolution to write whatever is on my mind, I can’t seem to get past my “perfection” issues. I know, what I have written in this blog isn’t perfect and, truly, not even great. But every post takes a whole lot of my energy from the conception to the writing to the decision to
instagram: freestyle
After a busy day at work, taking care of an on-again, off-again sick girl (more to come on that), I just had no dinner plans. Camille had a friend over and was more into catching up with her than cooking (that’s good). So we headed out across the street to TacoMac…
instagram: flowers
Our seventeenth wedding anniversary was yesterday…
spoiled rotten
My thoughts after reading Why Are American Kids So Spoiled? from the New Yorker: I harbor few illusions. My kids are spoiled. By some miscommunication, Chloe opened her “family” birthday gifts in front of her friends and a couple of the moms. While we are by no means “well-off” compared to the families of her
instagram: happy plants
Having brought the pots in from outside, I could see how terrible they looked. Only the rosemary survived the winter; the other plants were “volunteers” from bird seed and had mostly already wilted away from the heat. Chloe and I stopped by Ace and picked up a number of nice looking herbs. The bench now
chloe’s birthday video
I’ve never used the video feature on my Digital Rebel, despite having owned it for 20 months now. It has some shortcomings, but maybe with practice, I can learn to take a reasonable video with it …
instagram: birthday girl
Chloe was a very, very tired birthday girl on her big day. But that didn’t stop her from getting out and using her gift card!
birthday party time!!
My memory is as poor as ever, but I believe that this was the first ever *birthday party* that we’ve ever hosted. We’ve had Harry Potter parties, Ralph’s World parties, Easter parties, ice cream parties, swim parties, winter solstice parties, and so on and so forth. But up until now, I’ve managed to avoid having
instagram: pool party
Chloe decided that she wanted a real birthday party — something I don’t think we’ve ever done before for either girl. She invited a bunch of friends from school and from homeschool. I worried that only a few would be able to make it, but we ended up with a house filled with giggling girls….
photo friday: my happy place
A couple *months* ago, while Camille and I were in NYC for Kindiefest, we were honored to be invited up to the Sirius Fishbowl for a Kids Place Live Special Live Concert. A number of our favorite artists came together in one place to collaborate on each other’s songs. It was a wonderful time for
instagram: sad plants
OUr sad, sad plants. With the construction in the courtyard, we’ve pretty much ignored our balconies this summer. Now that we’ve had to bring the plants inside for a couple months, it is time to get some new plants from Ace…
instagram: gazoo
Gazoo came to us out of the blue. Since we didn’t know her actual birthday, we declared it to be July 4th, 2007. And, so, today is Gazoo’s fifth birthday. She misses being “jungle kitty” but has adapted to her “balcony-only” life as a condo-kitty….
instagram: ceremonial scissors
Today was the Ribbon Cutting at Fire Station No. 1. The mayor used these giant scissors to cut the red ribbon hung across the front. I spent 4 hours helping setup and giving tours to all the visitors.
GBK Gwyneth
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