snapshots from gooney road โ 12 mar 2015
Today is Girl Scout Day. After work, I walked Ozzie and Phelix, then cleaned out a bunch of things on the shelf in my bedroom. Picked up our Moore Farms box today. Grape tomatoes and strawberries!! Spring is here. Made Armored Turnips (Farm Food) and Sloppy Joes (Girl Scout Day) for dinner. Watched The Nutty
snapshots from gooney road โ 11 mar 2015
Today is Oatmeal Nut Waffles Day. No rain this morning, so Phelix and I hopped in the car early and went for a quick hike at Arabia. Thankfully, I checked traffic before heading home and managed to avoid the stopped traffic on the highway. Made scalloped potatoes and kale (farm food) chips for dinner. One
snapshots from gooney road โ 10 mar 2015
Today is Harriet Tubman Day and International Day of Awesomeness and National Blueberry Popover Day and National Pack Your Lunch Day and Middle Name Pride Day. Spent a couple hours volunteering at the Red Cross. I always enjoy my time there! I made Tortellini and White Bean Soup for dinner, but also added vegetarian sausage.
snapshots from gooney road โ 9 mar 2015
Today is Mailbox Patented Day. Getting the kids (and Rob) out the door was rough because of the time change. As soon as they were gone, Phelix and I went out to Arabia again, as it supposed to rain all week. When we got back I worked until Chloe came home. She and I went
snapshots from gooney road โ 8 mar 2015
Today is International Working Women’s Day and National Peanut Cluster Day. Rob went out to kayak. The girls and I cleaned up around the house and watched The Boxtrolls. When Rob got back, Phelix and I headed out to Arabia for a quick hike.
snapshots from gooney road โ 7 mar 2015
Today is National Cereal Day. I had a quiet, mostly computer-free day. I seem to need one of these once a week to re-energize myself. Rob had some work meetings in the morning, took Camille to the art place in Avolndale, then went to a ham radio thing at Tech. Chloe hung out with friends
snapshots from gooney road โ 6 mar 2015
Today is National White Chocolate Cheesecake Day and National Frozen Food Day and Holi. As I walked Phelix this morning, snow started to fall from the sky! I ran errands early so I could snag a loaf of sprouted wheat bread at La Calavera before they were all gone! I negotiated Chaos Kroger without a
photo friday: times square to grand central station
After our morning and afternoon in Rockefeller Center, window shopping and at Radio City Music Hall, we then headed down towards Times Square so Camille could have a chance to visit Midtown Comics. The rest of the evening was spent walking back and forth from Bryant Park to Grand Central as we picked Camille’s friend
snapshots from gooney road โ 5 mar 2015
Today is National Cheese Doodle Day and Hula Hoop Patented Day. An early student government morning for Chloe. And a late night going to see “Wicked” at the Fox Theatre! I ordered my Ireland: June 2003 Shutterfly album. It feels great to have albums from each big trip and each year! Signed up for a
snapshots from gooney road โ 4 mar 2015
Today is Learn What Your Name Means Day and National Grammar Day and National Pound Cake Day and Purim. Turtle cage cleaning day! Phelix runs and hided. Gazoo is curious. As the temps were going to be n the mid-70’s, Phelix and I headed out early for our hike at Arabia Mountain. I didn’t wear
snapshots from gooney road – 3 mar 2015
Today is National Cold Cuts Day and National Anthem Day and National Mulled Wine Day. We had a bit of a runaround day. After work, I volunteered at the Red Cross then rushed home to drive Chloe to her flute lesson so that I could then drive her to Renfroe for a concert. On the
snapshots from gooney road – 2 mar 2015
Today is National Banana Cream Pie Day and Namesake Day and Dr. Seuss’s birthday. Kroger did not have a Banana cream pie, and I was not ready to make one. So no celebrating today for us. Apart from my usual work and cleaning, I moved ahead on my household and personal projects. I planted the
snapshots from gooney road – 1 mar 2015
Today is National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day. Our peanut butter lover Phelix had peanut butter with his monthly medicine today … We all spent today working on various tasks and projects. It was a low-key kind of day. In the evening, Camille and I went to the Anne Frank: Within and Without performance at the
snapshots from gooney road – 28 feb 2015
Today is National Tooth Fairy Day and National Chocolate Souffle Day. I got up early and took Phelix out for our weekly hike at Arabia Mountain. When he realized where we were, he was SOOO happy! Afterwards, Camille and I enjoyed lunch at Moe’s and ran some errands. Rob and Chloe participated in the Great
snapshots from gooney road – 27 feb 2015
Today is National Strawberry Day and National Chocolate Cake Day and National Kahlua Day and International Polar Bear Day. After a little work and chores in the morning, I went out and did all the errands. In the middle, I stopped at the Red Cross for a few hours of volunteering. Feels good to have
photo friday: radio city music hall
As our trip approach, I thought I covered just about anything I might want to do with the kids on our big “Thanksgiving trip to NYC”. But then I realized I had forgotten one big thing — the Rockettes’ Christmas Spectacular! Luckily, there were plenty of tickets left and a showtime that worked for our
snapshots from gooney road – 26 feb 2015
Today is National Pistachio Day and Tell a Fairy Tale Day and National Chili Day and Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day. The kids were home from school on this “snowless” day. A constant flow of kids coming and going and then a houseful of 7-8 kids made it hard for me to get my
snapshots from gooney road – 25 feb 2015
Today is National Chocolate Covered Nuts Day and Paper Currency Introduced in US Day. The girls had a “snow” day though it didn’t even start to rain until the afternoon. We had a little bit of snow fall, but nothing stuck except in a few small places. Chloe hung out with friends on the square
snapshots from gooney road – 24 feb 2015
Today is National Tortilla Chip Day. The girls headed off to school in snow flurries. After working during the morning, I spent 4.5 hours at the Red Cross and still didn’t get done all that I needed to do. I spent the next two hours shopping at IKEA, Target and Kroger. I’m getting closer to
snapshots from gooney road – 23 feb 2015
Today is National Banana Bread Day and National Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day. I baked banana bread and made cabbage (farm box!), potato (farm box!), leek soup. I then made lasagna and a salad for dinner too. Started reading I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by
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