How I love my lavender! I need to get it transfered into a “real” pot soon … sigh.
what i learned today
happiness project: Slate: Conclusion: Eating Healthfully, Because You’re Worth It? The Happiness Project: Two Important Lessons from My Much-Procrastinated Trip to the Dentist work: Punctuation Errors: American and British Quotation Marks parenting: The Happiness Project: 7 Tips for Giving Effective Praise. travel: the talking trekaroo: Camping on the GulfWith our new-to-us PopTop VW, I’m on…
dumbledore – 26 apr 2011
Dumbledore was going a bit crazy in her tank today (the season, the weather, the blueberries?), so we let her loose in the house. She wandered around for hours exploring the main floor — we blocked of the stairs down, just in case. Unlike her standard behavior, she didn’t head for a corner — she…
Dyeing our Eggs
The kids like them. The process is a tradition here — eggs dyed from the vegetable and spice aisles. No PAAS here. We use red cabbage, beets, spinach, turmeric onion skins, blueberries and more. Unfortunately, this year we waited until the last minute, and I was caught up in other things. The girls took over….
Travel Tuesday: Weekly Favorites for 26 Apr 2011
Finally, we are going to be traveling again. I hope that my sciatica doesn’t decide to flare up while we are away from home! But … I love what I’ve been reading out there on the web, and I’d love to share my highlights with you. Here are some of my favorites from the week:…
gazoo – 25 apr 2011
Gazoo has her own bedroom in our house. (At least she thinks it is hers.) But she also loves to nap in the midst of the working, homeschooling, playing too.
Planning a Trip: Step 3 – Gather Reference Materials
Last week I wrote about Step 2 in my planning process, fixing the most restrictive spots. In planning for our big trip out west, I had already collected a long list of potential stops, plotted them on a map, created a spreadsheet of sites and nights. Once equipped with a tentative plan, I found the…
Peace, Love and Bugs
Saturday, after the Pine Lake Easter Egg Hunt, the girls and I went to UUCA to Peace, Love and Bugs. I thought the girls would get a kick out of checking out all the poptops, and they did! As it was a VW event, we decided it would be best to take Evie to it….
renfest – 24 apr 2011
Chloe loves the rides at RenFest — all human powered in one way or another …
One Step at a Time
As you probably know, I’m not a huge fan of clutter. One way to stop the clutter from becoming an issue is, of course, to make sure that there is a net outflow of crap from the house. I don’t buy plastic junkies for the girls. I discourage them from buying it for themselves —…
pine lake egg hunt – 23 apr 2011
A chilly morning, but everyone came out in force for the Pine Lake Easter Egg Hunt! The prizes were these awesome felted eggs that Camille had helped to make…
to move or not to move
Such a hard question. For the past year or two, or even since we lived in DC, I’ve been itching to move. Not because I’m unhappy with our current location, really. I love Pine Lake. Our city of 700 people is an amazingly creative, friendly, unpretentious oasis in Atlanta. I’ve come to appreciate it more…
Photo Friday: Sheep to Shawl
Last Saturday was a very fibery day for Camille. She spent the morning at a spinning class at STITCHES South and from there, after a pit stop at REI for some supplies for our upcoming epic trip out west, we spent a couple of hours at Sheep to Shawl at the Atlanta History Center. The…
pine puddle – 21 apr 2011
Pine Lake is being empties do that it can be dredged. It is not very attractive. And as it gets hotter, how will it smell??
Restless Chloe
We walked in the door from a long day of homeschool classes, lunch with friends, gymnastics class, a library run. (Thursdays are rough on me.) Chloe was “tired”. Chloe “doesn’t nap”. Chloe disappeared for five minutes, then returned claiming boredom. Outside, inside. Decided to clean up a “junkie” pile, but got bored and stopped, leaving…
windows – 20 apr 2011
It kept threatening to rain all day. Finally, in the middle of the night, the storm came through. And kept me up. *Yawn.*
Thoughts: Electronic Entertainment
I know. This is a highly charged subject. And one for which my own thoughts and opinions have fluctuated. One reason I am a huge fan of family trips is because it gives us common experiences and memories. These help bind and unite us as a family. On that note, I am not a fan…
what i learned today
happiness project: 9 Tips to Quit Nagging. Volunteer. Give Pro Bono. Help Others. It’s the Right Thing to Do, and It Will Boost Your Happiness. work: Constraint Programming: Informs Analytics, some feedbackI clicked on the link for the poster photos and knew people in the first four photos I looked at. Weird. Michael Trick’s Operations…
camboodle – 19 apr 2011
Camille has finished two more pouches and will be listing them soon on Camboodle.
Travel Tuesday: Weekly Favorites for 19 Apr 2011
This is taking too long — I’m still recovering from sciatica… I hope to be up and traveling soon!! But … I love what I’ve been reading out there on the web, and I’d love to share my highlights with you. Here are some of my favorites from the week: Road Tips for Families: Guest…