Naturally Bright
Lots of orange up up Blue Ridge … Green is pretty too, of course…
Georgia Mountain Fair
As I had worked so much earlier in the week, it was time to get away from the computer and do something else. After much fuss, as it is always a challenge to get five people out of the house, we hit the road to head to the Georgia Mountain Fair. The girls spotted the
I’m So Out Of It
but maybe now I can learn something new. I’m sure everyone else out there is already listening, or is so up-to-date that they find it to be old news, but I am loving the podcast from All Songs Considered. I’ve listened to a whole lot of shows and now have a huge list of music
Lemonade or Acid?
What’s your outlook on life? Do you make lemonade from lemons? I think, in general, I try to make lemonade. I try not to bemoan “Why Me?” but looks for ways to make something good out of something bad. Camille is like this to an extreme. Something happens, and she manages to find the silver
Up In the Trees
Chloe and Rob headed over to the Beginners Tree Climb yesterday and learned all about climbing trees. Chloe can’t stop talking about what a great time she had!
Saturday Afternoon Concert
How fun was that? At the last minute, things came together and Doug from The Jellydots was able to do a nice concert in the park today, on his way between New Mexico and Charlotte! We enjoyed seeing him again (we first met at Austin City Limits last year), hearing him play and wishing him
A Day At the Museum
The girls have been complaining that we don’t go to the museum enough (eh, I took them to the Field Museum AND Morton Arboretum (2x) last weekend, doesn’t that count?), so they begged to go to the Atlanta History Center today. Once there, I realized they didn’t really want to go to a museum, they
Planning
Camille has rushed into her history curriculum for next year, not giving me the chance to look at it and figure out where it needs to be supplemented. So even though I had tons of work to do, we sat down and made up schedules for next year using google calendar. I had a look
Home Again Lickity Jig
…or however that goes. We got home this morning at 3am after a 15 cop car high speed chase (not chasing me, I promise) on I-75, rumble strip driving through the mountains in TN west of Chattanooga (due to construction on the mountain pass), and various other adventures. I woke up this morning to water
We Heart Ralph
I’ll have more to say later, but we’re headed out to our third concert of the day now.
Rainy Day Field Day
We are here in Chicago for our annual pilgrimage. The past two summers we have come to Chicago at least once to hear Ralph’s World in concert. Each summer we have spent at least one night in the hotel we are in right now (Typing poolside). I almost feel at home here. We know where
Storm coming
In IL.
Best Birthday Gift?
Yeah, she’s a funny girl. Those, in fact, are Wasabi peas. Truly, she loved all her gifts, safari clothes, the building toy Camille picked out for her, but the best was saved for last. Her own Nintendo DS. Yes, they snuck the Wii into the house and now we are officially a modern family. Here’s
Happy Birthday Chloe!
Chloe is six today! Camille is planning to bake a cake for her sister later today. Chloe is still undecided about what she wants for her special dinner…I suspect it is food from one of her two favorite restaurants — Panahar or Harmony.
Jetlag Ain’t Nice
I’ve slept probably 40 of the past 60 hours. I think I was triple whammied from jetlag, exhaustion and avoidance of catch-up stuff. I got up around 4:30 this morning (which is when Rob and Chloe went to bed), and ticked a bunch of things off my to-do list. So I think that I’ve almost
Japan Trip, Day 18
A morning spent packing, organizing and washing dishes. Not too rushed, not too exciting. At the Shinjuku station, we got some pastries and coffee drinks for the train. The Narita Express made it super easy to get to the airport! At the airport, we had to go through inspection to get in from the train
Japan Trip, Day 17
Today we took it quite slow. We hung out in the apartment late, then took the train over to the Toy park in Ginza where Camille bought a dress designer toy. In the afternoon, we went to the “Foreign Language” floor of a large bookstore and bought some manga books. Rob had us go through
Japan Trip, Day 16
After a long trip of being immersed in a foreign culture, we decided we needed a huge blast of American-ness. What to do? Head to your nearest Disneyland. Yes, we spent the day at Tokyo Disneyland. Not much to say, except it was Disney. In a surreal sort of way. The rides were identical to
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