my journey, destination unknown
Chloe is so excited! After years of hoping, her wish has finally come true. We now .HAVE.A.DOG ! She’s never had a dog. Gazoo’s never had a dog. Camille’s never had a dog. I’ve never had a dog. Rob’s never had a dog. We are completely clueless. But we have a dog. I thought we’d…
Camille and I headed home to Pine Lake this evening for the annual Cookie Exchange/Lighting of the Lake. Every time I pull into Pine Lake, I get this wonderful feeling of being “home”.
Tonight, Camille and I headed to Pine Lake this evening for the annual Cookie Exchange/Lighting of the Lake. Every time I pull into Pine Lake, I get this wonderful feeling of being “home”. It’s a lovely, special feeling. And, how wonderful to be welcomed back into the community with open arms, even though we have…
Tonight we went over to the shelter to meet a puppy that sounds like a nice fit for our family. He’s a cutie pie and we think maybe he’s going to be our puppy soon.
Back in October, the girls and I headed to Texas for the weekend for our annual pilgrimage to the Austin City Limits Music Festival. This year, however, we had a special treat — “backstage” passes! These lovely little red wristbands allowed us to enter the guest areas — free sodas and water, “cleaner” port-a-potties, chairs…
This evening, we all headed over to Little Shop of Stories along with the rest of Decatur to see the tree light up … it even “snowed”!
While my heart’s home is Pine Lake, tonight I was reminded again why I decided to move here. Camille and I headed out a little after 6pm and first stopped at CVS across the street to get some photos made. We then continued on down the block to Dancing Goats to pick up some coffee…
Last year, Camille and I enjoyed our weekly lunches at various restaurants in Decatur. We tried to go to a different place each week, but then fell out of the habit. This week, we started up again, eating at Cafe Alsace for the first time. Yum!
Where did the time go? I often look up after what I feel has been a few minutes to find that an hour has gone by. Where does the time go? What am I doing with it? Am I spending that much time looking at my “social networking”? What am I reading? How much time…
Camille spends part of her “free time” drawing and part on “costuming”. I’m not sure when she’ll wear all the costumes pieces she’s been creating — a different outfit each day of Dragon*Con next year?
On Gretchen Rubin’s THe Happiness Project blog, she recently posted thw question A Very Big Question. What’s Your Answer?: 2013 is almost here (how did that happen, by the way?). If, by the end of 2013, you could magically change one aspect of your life, what would you change? What single thing would add the…
My big girl.
Somehow, I thought I was going to get “so much done” on my projects over the week, and I got almost nothing done. I didn’t read as much as I wanted to. I didn’t relax as much as I wanted to. I didn’t go to as many historical sites as I wanted to. Did I…
Gazoo doesn’t love heading in the car, but she’s actually a good roadtripper. We’ve taken her to Texas a couple times and the cabin a bunch of times. She explores the car and often settles down to sleep in a seat or even on my shoulder.
As we drove into our new town, I felt a sense of calm come over me. Not the feeling of “home” that I get when we drive into my beloved Pine Lake, but I still felt a bit of home anyway. Decatur is slowly growing on me, but it sure is no Pine Lake….
This morning we headed down to the Blue Ridge Tuba Christmas. Barbara played her euphonium with a group of people of all ages and from all over. Always fun, but colder than ever in this year’s temporary location.
For the past few years, it has been our custom to headed down to Blue Ridge on the Saturday following Thanksgiving. And over the years it has grown and grown in size. My mom plays in the “Tuba Christmas” then we watch the Christmas parade and then we wander around. This year, there was even…
I read in the AJC that today is a holiday in Georgia for Gen Robert E Lee. Since he and I share a birthday, it must be my birthday too! Though I didn’t get the brownies I requested, I did get a little birthday snack complete with candles and song!
A couple weeks ago at Fernbank Science Center, I was asked to sign a pledge to not text and drive “For the safety of the kids”… No, I will not sign it. I find the current laws to be somewhat ridiculous. I understand the need to convince teens to focus on DRIVING. I’m all for…
Thanksgiving dinner at the cabin will be on the table any minute now!!