cakes&ale – 7 oct 2011
Another day of moving : registered Chloe for SCHOOL!, ate lunch on the patio at Cakes&Ale, turned in a form to volunteer at the wine fest, joined the DeKalb History Center, went to Target and IKEA, assembled furniture.
furniture – 6 oct 2011
Another day of moving and assembling furniture. In addition, I went and got a new driver’s license. The girls picked up dinner from the deli across the street from the condo.
farmer’s market – 5 oct 2011
Another day of moving madness. The girls and I moved some stuff, put together some furniture and went to the farmer’s market. Rob worked on priming their new room. In the evening, Camille and I went back to Pine Lake early to pick up our CSA basket.
decatur square – 4 oct 2011
Chloe went to a picnic at the school she might be going to soon; Camille and I walked over to the square to the Walk and Roll to School event to see if we could learn about any bike safety classes on offer. We stopped at the Pita Pit to pick up some dinner.
Mission Downsize: Day 13
Shouldn’t we done by now? I suppose I should give us at least a month to rid ourselves of the possessions gained over the last two decades, right? And why oh why does downsizing involve lots and lots trips to IKEA?? The garage sale emptied the garage enough to allow us to start clearing out
king of pops – 3 oct 2011
Today we signed the papers and now have a Decatur Square address! The girls and I managed to sneak in a trip to IKEA in the afternoon, then take a walk around the square in the evening while Rob did some prep work on the girls’ new room. Camille had her first King of Pops
lakefest – 2 oct 2011
Lakefest this weekend! The girls had a fabulous time hanging out with our friends and neighbors. Camille sold lots of her pouches in the young artists’ booth. Chloe rode her bike up and down and pitched in to help as needed. I had a very tasty arepa from a food truck. Rob hung out with
Mission Downsize: Day 11
Tomorrow is the day that we sign the contracts to buy our new condo. Things really are moving forward FAST! Downsizing is moving forward quite nicely. I’ve listed a bunch more on the downsize blog, and lots of things have been placed on hold, bought or taken. Our bedroom set and the porch furniture are
on the porch – 1 oct 2011
I sure am going to miss sitting out here on my lovely porch on this beautiful furniture. Today lots of people came by, and we could hear the music from Lakefest drifting up.
pumpkins – 30 sep 2011
More of our fall decorations. I like this little pumpkins, but I don’t know if they’ll find a place in our new home or not. So many decorations, so little space.
photo friday: austin city limits
Two weekends ago, the girls and I made our annual pilgrimage to Austin for the Austin City Limits Music Festval. We love hanging out at “Austin Kiddie Limits”, listening to great bands, sampling local food and digging in the sand on Zilker Beach. This is an entry for Delicious Babyโs Photo Friday
fall is here – 29 sep 2011
Despite being the middle of clearing out our house for the big move, We took the time to decorate for Halloween and autumn. I love this time; three months of constantly redecorating the house (or condo)!
Mission Downsize: Day 8
Rob has been hard at work on the “business side”: checking the closing documents, wiring money, filling out HOA/condo paperwork, purchasing homeowner’s insurance. It’s all quite boring with no real tangible results, other than making it possible for us to move. The girls have finally come to an agreement on new bed linens for their
csa tomatoes – 28 sep 2011
Today or CSA basket was filled to the brim with greens. I better come up with a yummy green dinner for Thursday or Friday! This looks like it is probably the very last of the tomatoes, unfortunately.
magnets – 27 sep 2011
As “Mission Downsize” continues, we are going through everything in the house, figuring out what we need to get rid of and what we will keep. Though I do this year round in “Room of the Month” we are being even more crazy about getting rid of stuff. It feels great to let go of
camille’s cake – 26 sep 2011
Camille celebrated her thirteenth birthday today! Claire came to the store to help us pick out dinner and a cake — Camille decided on an oreo ice-cream cake, in the end! We had a nice evening, celebrating and watching Doctor Who…
Mission Downsize: Day 5
And, so the mission continues. We haven’t moved along as fast as I had hoped we would, but we are moving forward. We all feel great about the downsizing. It is wonderful to feel the stuff moving out of the rooms. The girls are busy picking out new linens for their room so we can
camille – 25 sep 2011
Camille’s last day as a pre-teen. We spent time fighting hackers and organizing our piles of stuff for the garage sale.
photo friday: chuy’s
Last week, we drove to Texas for our annual pilgrimage to the Austin City Limits Music Festival. Camille’s first request upon arriving at my parents’ house in the Austin suburbs? Going to eat at Chuy’s. If you’ve never been to Chuy’s, you must get yourself to one. They used to only be in Texas, but
gazoo – 24 sep 2011
Gazoo is not sure what is going on inside the house. She’s trying to stay out of the way and zone out, I think. She sure isn’t going to know what hit her when we move from this place with a fun yard filled with critters to our new condo where she only gets a
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