I finally got the kitchen all sorted out (minus the grains into mason jars, that is). The junk drawer contents got separated into piles and all filed away in the correct spots.
gazoo – 6 aug 2011
That’s how I felt too. I flopped around the house all day, stalled because I didn’t want to do the task I had assigned myself, cleaning the kitchen.
flowers – 5 aug 2011
It was actually cool enough to sit out on the porch for a couple of hours while working this morning!
Photo Friday: Mermaids at Fernbank
This year, we’ve decided that we will play Hometown Tourists whenever we are actually in town. Though we’ve been to the Fernbank Museum of Natural History a gazillion times, it was this week’s tourist destination. The weather has been so HOT that I wanted to go somewhere indoors and no place that has gardens we…
PL highway – 4 aug 2011
Um … highway??
ashtray – 3 aug 2011
The fad on facebook at the moment seems to be “You Know You’re from xyz when …” groups.My simple contribution on the group was a photo of this ashtray that I made in middle school shop way back when. I can’t believe it has survived all these years!
At Home: Making Memories at the National Night Out Luau
While I spent this week again catching up from being gone and getting ahead to go away again, I also realized that I need to do a better job of making sure the girls have time to connect with their friends and neighbors. I want them to look back on their childhoods not as a…
fire house – 2 aug 2011
The fire department brought the “Fire Safety House” to our “National Night Out Luau” by the lake tonight.
doctor who girls – 1 aug 2011
Once they were done with their chores and homeschooling (yes homeschooling STILL), the girls printed out some Doctor Who paper dolls (and Tardises and Sonic Screwdrivers) and wokred on assembling them whil listening to TROCK music. TROCK, you ask? Yes, Timelord Rock …
Happiness Project: August – Cooking
As I still work on my July portion of my happiness project, Energy, it is now August and time to take on a new challenge. I’ve done fairly well with the “Energy” project; I’ve gained enough energy to really reduce my to-do list and keep up with other things too. But, I’m still not there,…
sunflower – 31 jul 2011
I love having sunflowers in the house!
Duncan, We’ll Miss You
The girls and I were very saddened to hear of the sudden passing of my sister’s dog Duncan. Duncan was a beloved member of the family; my girls think of Suze and Duncan as a unit and are disappointed when Suze can’t bring him on her visits to Texas or Georgia. When we were in…
kitty – 29 jul 2011
The hissing cousins are hanging out at the cabin with me, but they haven’t been much in the way of company.
Chloe’s Birthday Missions
At last, Chloe is nine! Sure, her birthday was almost a month ago, but she had not completed her birthday missions. Birthday missions? What are those you ask? Ah, well, to the listeners of the Absolutely Mindy show on Kids Place Live, these are the tasks that one must complete to become a year older….
at the cabin – 29 jul 2011
I headed up to the cabin Friday afternoon for a weekend of quiet.
Photo Friday: CNN Center
Since we have to stick closer to home this year so that Chloe can attend her “Training Team” gymnastic practices twice a week, I’ve decided that it might be lots of fun to play “Hometown Tourists”. There is a lot to see in Atlanta that we’ve just never made the time to see. This week,…
drawing – 28 jul 2011
Camille loves to draw. She works hard at improving her skills, checking out books from the library to learn more and more about how to draw manga characters.
CNN Center – 27 jul 2011
Today, my, mom, the girls and I went on a “hometown tourist” excursion to the CNN Center, where we took the Inside CNN tour. We had enjoyed seeing some of the studios in the building and learning more about how the news is made.
origami – 26 jul 2011
Chloe loves to fold origami… she even wanted to know if there was a homeschool class being offered in origami … What a funny kid.
heirloom tomatoes – 25 jul 20011
Last week, we visited our friends on their Maryland farn, House in the Woods. And we came away with such a bounty of veggies!