my journey, destination unknown
it’s that age old question, isn’t it? Through the years I’ve had various plans to answer the question. Serious meal planning and big shopping trips, daily menus and daily trips, a meal planning service that creates one big shopping list. While I’m still using the latter (see my post e-Mealz), I’m finding that I want…
Back in 2002, when Camille was four and Chloe was an infant, Rob was a member of eMusic.com. One night, he and Camille went searching that site for alternatives in kids’ music…we were SO tired of the drivel we had been listening to over and over. They both really liked music from a Chicago kids’…
this morning we woke to rain falling quietly, soothingly on the roof. We all gave in to the peace and had a slow start to the morning. Chloe and Barbara made a nice coffee cake midmorning as Camille worked on her homeschooling and I (mostly) happily worked on conquering my to-do list. Around noon, Chloe…
corn? entertaining? Yummy, perhaps. King, perhaps. But entertaining? Yes, in fact, it is. Our fall day in the mountains started out in Cherry Log at the Fall Festival. I was expecting a church bazaar type happening ans was not too far off. We were pleasantly delighted with the low-key affair, however. Cherry Log has a…
After the girls and I picked up Barbara from the airport this afternoon, we joined the multitudes fleeing Atlanta for the mountains. The sun had gone away, but the leaves along the four lane were still showing their fall colors. Despite the heavier than usual traffic, we ran into no problems and felt relaxed as…
The Photo Friday challenge for last week was “Fast Food.” I took this photo at Austin City Limits last week, where the lines for food moved very fast! I loved how many vegetarian selections that were offered. Great festival food! This week’s challenge is “Dawn.”
Last Wednesday (was it really almost a week ago?), I spent the morning working. Then packing. Packing for our trip to Texas. To visit family. Or maybe really to go to the Austin City Limits Festival, since both my mom and sister were in other cities. Packing has gotten to be quite easy. The girls…
Yikes! A week has gone by without my updating the blog….I guess I’ve been preoccupied with other things, like getting us to Austin and working. Last Saturday, Camille turned 11! To celebrate, we tried to get her a new passport, but that plan was quickly scratched. Instead, we went out for brunch at Thumbs Up….
The Photo Friday challenge for last week was “The Face.” This week’s challenge is “Fast Food.”
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The Photo Friday challenge for last week was “Plants.” This week’s challenge is “The Face.”
Flood: My Pine Lake Photos Flood Episode on our GBK radio station Language Arts: Cursive may be a fading skill, but so what? Camille is learning cursive, but I won’t make her use it. (I don’t use it.) The Case of the Missing “G”This local McDonalds is advertising a burger that would make even the…
What’s that bright orb up there in the sky? For a while there, we felt that we had been transplanted to Seattle. Day after day of gray, rainy skies. And then the torrential storms came…the ground was already saturated, so with no place for the water to go, it headed to the creeks and rivers….
books: From my neighbor Allison’s shared book blog:BBAW Day #5 – Giveaway!: This time for a copy of The Associate by John Grisham homeschooling: Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity
books: From my neighbor Allison’s shared book blog:BBAW Day #4 – Giveaway!: This time for a copy of Testimony by Anita Shreve. Dan Brown book selling better on Kindle than hardcover? Don’t, and never have, lived in Philly, but this is good news, nonetheless Nutter: “Plan C is Terminated”Plan C included closing the doors to…
books: From my neighbor Allison: BBAW Day #2 Giveaway: Simon Bloom: The Gravity Keeper and Simon Bloom: The Octopus Effect by Michael Reisman Camille and I both enjoyed the first Simon Bloom book, so if you like to read what Camille likes to read, you’d enjoy it.
I have a fond memory of camping as a kid. Sleeping in the tent, drinking hot tang and playing in the “woods” around the site. In fact, Rob and I registered for a tent, sleeping pads, a camp stove, etc. for our wedding and took it all with us to go camping at Cinnamon Bay…
pets: Gazoo, our kitty, loves to help me feed the turtle (Dumbledore) twice a day. Turtle food is her absolute favorite treat. Cat nip does nothing for her, but the turtle food? Makes her go nuts.
books: From my neighbor Allison: BBAW Day #1 Giveaway: Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich (I don’t read mysteries, but maybe you do …) AND another: BBAW Day #1 – Another Giveaway! The giveaway books are The Chocolate Lovers’ Club by Carole Matthews and Mating Rituals of the North American WASP by Lauren Lipton. travel: The…
books: The Amazon Kindle iPhone app has greatly improved. I bought a book at 2am last night while camping and read it on my phone. Awesome! (But I’m not yet loving the book club book: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance – Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!) music/radio: This American Life Episode…