cooling off – 21 jul 2011
Oh man, is it ever hot?? I had the doors open for about 30 minutes this morning before I gave up. We packed our bags and headed for the mountains. The temps went down twenty degrees and grandma even has a little pool set up. We are all much cooler now.
flowers – 20 jul 2011
This morning, the girls followed the boys on the farm around on their morning chores. I just took photos and ate what they gathered…. fresh eggs and veggies along with yogurt made from milk from the goat.
catching the rain – 19 jul 2011
Tuesday evening found us in Gaithersburg, MD, at the OneVoice ROCKS! concert along with a number of our kindie friends. We had a great time despite the heat. The rain shower during soundcheck did nothing to stop the show, thankfully.
work and leisure – 18 jul 2011
Up early to work. Work for 4.5 hours. Pack and then drive for 4 hours. At the hotel, sit by the pool and then in the room — work for another 4.5 hours. This is how I manage to work while taking a crazy road trip …
ice cream – 17 jul 2011
Our ice cream maker has had quite the workout this summer! The freezer is now full of ice cream, since it is more fun to make it than it is to eat it …
girls rock camp – 16 jul 2011
Tonight we rushed home from the cabin so Chloe could go to the Braves game for a birthday party and so that Camille and I could go to the Girls Rock Camp ATL showcase in midtown. Eleven bands in 3 hours has to be a record! We loved seeing the results of a one week
at the cabin – 15 jul 2011
Who knew? Chloe has spent hours and hours and hours playing with this rope hanging from the beams on the screened-in porch at the cabin. She ties knots, she swings, she climbs. My little monkey.
up in the air – 14 jul 2011
What a bunch of silly, silly girls!
ear piercing – 13 jul 2011
Nine! Chloe is nine, so, at long last, she can get her ears pierced! A friend who is also turning nine joined her, and they got to get their ears pierced together! Chloe was a bit nervous, but she did a great job of sitting still and being brave. She now has nice little birthstone
chloe – 12 jul 2011
We rushed home from the cabin this morning and ran around trying to find a gymnastics outfit for Chloe. I convinced Rob to pick her up form her practice so I could go home and get some more work done around the house. Five minutes after I dropped her off, I got a call from
hotel “track” hallway – 11 jul 2011
When considering a trip to visit Chattanooga, I decided to live out my “lifelong dream” of staying at the Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel in a train car. Yep, we spent the night in a train car, on a track, but that never left the station. Unlike any sleeper compartment we’ve ever been in, this room
lunch money – 10 jul 2011
I’ll write more about the concert later, but today we drove up to Chattanooga to get to see one of our favorite kindie bands in action. It was great to see them once again! In addition, we had fun at the aquarium, and, last but not least, checking out our hotel room at the Chattanooga
hogwarts express – 9 jul 2011
After Chloe came home from her sleepover, she and Rob went our skating then stopped at Target, since a birthday gift card was burning a hole in her pocket. She was thrilled to find the Lego set that she wanted, Hogwarts Express” on clearance! The girls started to put it together at home, but then
texas grandparents – 8 jul 2011
My mom and dad (Barbara and Phil) came out to Georgia from Texas (despite my mom getting back from Germany this week) for Chloe’s ninth birthday party! Grandma went with Chloe to get her cake (an ice cream one — unfortunately my favorite). This morning they got to hang out for a few moments before
silly kids – 7 jul 2011
Chloe and her friend were being very silly at Chloe’s birthday dinner at the chinese restaurant.
gazoo – 6 jul 2011
As Gazoo’s birthday was just two days ago, today was her annual checkup. See how excited she is to go? She tried to hide, but she really isn’t all that bright. I don’t love our vet, but they are convenient and have never done anything that worries me, so we keep going … once a
pond plants – 5 jul 2011
Our yard is a terrible mess. I’ve pretty much given up trying to plant anything until I can hire someone to do the dirty work of tilling and conditioning, or whatever needs to be done to make it so that I *can* plants things and not have them die in days due to the crappy
sparklers – 4 jul 2011
To celebrate Gazoo’s birthday and the Fourth of July, we had a party! The girls made a cake, I cut up veggies for the grill, Rob grilled. Some friends came over to celebrate with us; we made homemade ice cream and lit up some sparklers too. We stayed up far too late but the combination
petunia – 3 jul 2011
A number of our plants did survive our long absence from home. The petunias survived and are now started to flourish with the watering attention form the girls. Petunia — reminds me that the last Harry Potter movie will soon be released…. !
blueberries – 2 jul 2011
What a blessing. Today as I put together ideas for boosting my energy, a special package of freshly picked blueberries was gifted to my by one of my friends and neighbors. These blueberries were beautiful and tasted so wonderful fresh that I was loathe to put them in my afternoon yogurt smoothie. How wonderful to
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