my journey, destination unknown
Today the whole family headed out to visit the Hirshhorn Museum. It had something for everyone! Before going in the girls took a spin on the carousel outside the Smithsonian Castle. It spins super fast and Chloe thinks it is the greatest! As we walked into the museum, we enjoyed watching the fountain right in…
As most of the family went to bed quite late, we slowly pulled ourselves together and headed out. After stopping in at Starbucks we walked to the car, parked on a distant street. Chloe had been talking about how she would love to see a cave, so when I brought up “Skyline Drive” as an…
After a late night arrival, everyone was slow to get going on Saturday morning. Rob ran out for bagels while the rest of us picked up and got ready for the day. We decided to drive over to Alexandria and visit the riverfront and the Torpedo Factory. Rob and I had gone there back when…
A friend suggested that I get some new URLs. Because I don’t have enough online presence (twitter, facebook, myspace, multiple blogs, picasa, 3 flickr accounts, multiple email addresses and so on … ) http://www.gooneybirdkids.comhttp://www.xmkfans.com As of now, they just redirect to Blogger blogs. No plan for them to do anything more at the moment.
41 percent of DeKalb voters already cast ballotsBy TY TAGAMIThe Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionMonday, November 03, 2008 One precinct that may prove a refuge on Election Day is tiny Pine Lake. The south DeKalb city has one precinct, the smallest in the county with 605 voters. It also had the smallest early turnout, with 16 percent. Election…
I clicked over to Amazon this morning, and was greeted by a wonderful home page. I don’t know if it will still be up, but eliminating Wrap Rage is a simple, yet terrific idea! Getting rid of all that packaging will help us get to the purchase faster and easier and also reduce waste!!! I’m…
The Halloween pumpkins and flamingos have had their own posts, as has the village Halloween Party. But what about Halloween? On Thursday, we had our homeschool group Halloween Party. Chloe was not in the mood for a party and just sat with some adult friends and ate some snack food. Camille participated in the parade…
Having three leftover boxes of flamingos in the garage from our PLamingo parade has left us feeling a bit crafty. One person had spray painted their flamingos orange and decorated them for Halloween. Camille thought that was a cool idea, so we copied it … where to hang the flamingos in order to paint them?…
Last week a nice big package arrived for us from our pal Mindy at XMKids Radio. See, the girls and I have been tuning in to XM while on our car travels. Chloe keeps occupied in the car as she tries to call in to talk to Mindy, Kenny and Robbie. (Though sometimes she gets…
When we went out to the mountains a few weeks ago, we had so much fun at the apple orchard that we never managed to pick any pumpkins!! Rob and the girls picked some pumpkins up on their way home from the girls’ sleepover at a friends’ house. The girls helped Rob clean out the…
It’s been a whirlwind getting back from DC and getting back to “normal”. New tires on the car is a good thing, but the engine still smells terrible. Yesterday was our village Halloween party! Chloe, as in years past, decided at the last minute to NOT dress up. Her way to stand out is to…
On Monday, the girls and I decided to head out for a walk around Georgetown. The bridge over Rock Creek and into Georgetown is only a couple of blocks from the apartment. The girls were impressed by the “Old Georgetown” sign. We made the first left after crossing over and walked along the C&O Canal….
The weather was so gorgeous, I couldn’t stand the thought of going to the aquarium in Baltimore, which is what Chloe really wants to do. Instead, we headed out across the Bay Bridge to the Eastern Shore. We stopped in St. Michaels, a place I remember I enjoyed visiting. It was a bit windy, so…
Saturday morning, the rest of the family slept in. By the time all were awake and had eaten their breakfast bagels, it was almost 11am! Rob went to wrangle the car from its luxury and we headed out to Maryland. He and the girls joined me in the information center, where I picked up the…
On the advice of a friend, today we opted to visit the US Botanic Garden. Rob and I had visited there years ago when we lived in Maryland, and I loved it. I can’t pass by a flower without taking its picture. With film and developing costs, that was quite prohibitive, but these days with…
Well, not quite, but that’s how it feels! The girls and I drove up yesterday, after going to the post office and library. For a telecommuter, I think I have an awfully long commute. Today we headed down to The Mall to go to The National Museum of the American Indian. As one of the…
Rob came home from DC for the weekend. While we didn’t have the weekend we had originally planned, we did have some fall fun! I was worried that we would end up spending the whole weekend “taking care of stuff,” and I really didn’t want that to happen. After taking care of a bunch of…
Chloe has had a loose tooth for over a month. It’s all she can talk about, being her first one and all. It’s been very very wiggly the past couple of days, but she wouldn’t let us pull it out. Finally, last night, it fell out. A long while back, she decided that she really…
I’m sure I’m not the only one to deal with this. I’m tired of the stuff. We have closets and rooms and a garage and a storage room full of stuff. Stuff that I get to organize, put away, clean, fix, take care of. So often I feel that our stuff is controlling us and…
I already posted this over on our gbk radio blog, but not everyone follows the kindie music scence (though I don’t know why not), so I’m putting it here too. I posted here (Radio 8 Ball) that she had participated, but now that the archive/podcast is available on line, I’ll post again. Radio 8 Ball…