After a long weekend of eating roadtrip and festival food, I was happy to get to the store and buy lots of produce today! More tomorrow, with the CSA pickup.
foggy drive – 19 sep 2011
Our drive home on Monday was not easy. We had fog, the monsoon like rains with zero-visibility across Mississippi. Also in Mississippi, I got two chips in the windshield, an hour apart. To top it off, I had a burrito at Taco Bell and was ill for the rest of the drive.
zilker beach – 18 sep 2011
The day was hot, but the girls tried to stay cool on Zilker Beach, playing in the sand. Chloe even brought a shovel along with her from home in order to be sure she’d have one to use.
google+ lounge – 17 sep 2011
When we arrived at ACL, we headed right for the Google+ Lounge. The girls hung out in the bean bag chairs and played in the photo booth.
waiting for sara bareilles – 16 sep 2011
The girls and I headed out to the first day of our fifth(!) Austin City Limits Music Festival today. As Texas has been so hot and dry, we were concerned about the weather, but it turned out to not be the hottest, driest or wettest ACL that we’ve been to. In fact, for the most…
Photo Friday: Dragon*Con
Three weeks ago, we didn’t go out of town. But we traveled … to the alternate universe that is Dragon*Con. If you ever find yourself in Atlanta on Labor Day weekend, do not be surprised if you see stormtroopers, wizards and superheroes on the train. We headed downtown for the Saturday morning parade; the streets…
foxes – 15 sep 2011
It seems like every time we visit Texas, we come face to face with wildlife that might otherwise be something we’d only see in a zoo — if we were lucky. Today I went into the kitchen to refill my coffee. Out the window, I saw the cats in the yard. No, the tails are…
Road Trip: 14.5 hours in a car
For the fifth year in a row, we are on our way to Austin City Limits. Other than our trip to Texas on our Out West Trip this past May, we haven’t done the trip in a single day for years now. I like to break the trip into two days. We can leave after…
how many licks – 14 sep 2011
Chloe spent an hour of our car trip yesterday determining that it took 1690 licks to get the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop.
thinking – 12 sept 2011
Chloe, in a pensive moment.
sorting – 11 sep 2011
As Chloe worked on putting together a Lego set last week, she grew frustrated with the unsorted legos. So she decided it was time to do something about our bulk boxes of Legos. I don’t know if this project will get completed, but I’m happy to have seen it start, at least!
baking – 10 sep 2011
Camille *loves* to bake. And she’s taken to that fancy new mixer we bought, too. Her cookies are too delicious to pass on.
samosas – 9 sep 2011
We are working hard to use up leftovers before they expire. Sometimes it can be a challenge … we have three or four containers of lentil daal in the fridge at the moment, so I had the idea of turning them into “samosas” for lunch today.
Photo Friday: Chicago Suburbs
Two weeks ago, the girls and I packed up Evie complete with in-van organ, and headed north to Chicago. While the trip was really just a “mission” involving delivering the organ to our friend Ralph (if you are in search of great family music, you should add Ralph’s World to your playlist!) We hadn’t planned…
NBTS Party – 8 sep 2011
Chloe talks about wanting to try out school .. a lot. So much so that I’m trying to figure out how she can get the chance to “try it out”. But really, how many back-to-school parties feature couscous, scooters and kids running free with almost no boundaries? I wonder how long it will take for…
this turtle is starting to come out of her shell
I don’t know what happened. I got lazy. I got complacent. I was happy to be living completely within my comfort zone. I got boring. I got bored. True, I do have to step outside my comfort zone when the girls want to try something new. And traveling often forces me to step outside of…
csa pickup – 7 sep 2011
Despite still working my way through last week’s CSA pickup, here we are headed off to pick up yet another basket of food. Hope I can manage to figure out what to do with this week’s haul!
gazoo – 6 sep 2011
When all else fails, take a photo of the cat.
pot luck – 5 sep 2011
after a day of taking care of things around the house, we headed down to the Beach House to share a potluck dinner with out neighbors. It was nice to get to see everyone again!
decatur book fest – 4 sep 2011
I arrived a little bit early for m volunteer shift at the Decatur Book Festival — things were just starting to get set up.