snapshots from gooney road – 18 apr 2016
Today is National Animal Crackers Day. Up early to do the usual and work. Chloe came home and left for lacrosse. Camille came home after embroidery club and went to study at Starbucks. I got Chloe from lacrosse. We then had a quiet evening at home. Rob arrived quite late. #BestDayEver #day0204
snapshots from gooney road – 17 apr 2016
Today is National Cheeseball Day. I got up early to take Chloe to choir, then spent the morning picking up the messes left by the redecorating. Chloe came home from choir and went to her lacrosse game. I made a lasagna and left for my photo class at Arabia. Chloe came home and left for
snapshots from gooney road – 16 apr 2016
Today is National Wear Your Pajamas To Work Day and Record Store Day and Square Roots Day. Everyone had a slow morning. Rob went to get his rental car, and Camille went to a meeting at work. Once everyone was back home, we went to IKEA to get the remaining things for the girls’ room.
snapshots from gooney road – 15 apr 2016
Today is Tax Day and National Glazed Spiral Ham Day and National Eggs Benedict Day. Up early to get the girls off, clean, walk the dog, and work. I managed to finish up early in the day and had time to work on my “room of the month” and other organizational projects. Camille had work
snapshots from gooney road – 14 apr 2016
Today is National Pecan Day and International Moment of Laughter Day and National Dolphin Day. Up early to get the girls going, clean, walk Phelix, and work. Cleaned out shelves in my closet and sorted out tshirts. Made tofu salad for dinner in order to work on cleaning out the cupboards. Chloe had a friend
snapshots from gooney road – 13 apr 2016
Today is National Peach Cobbler Day and National Scrabble Day and National Bookmobile Day. Up early to help Camille get off to TOK. Rob and Chloe went to the orthopedist about her knees. I worked a little but felt too ill to do much – I had thought it was jet lag and allergies, but
snapshots from gooney road – 12 apr 2016
Today is National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day and National Licorice Day and Be Kind to Lawyers Day. I was up early to get the girls off to school, attend two conf calls, clean, and walk Phelix. I then went to the Red Cross and Trader Joes. Back at home, I had a long list of
snapshots from gooney road – 11 apr 2016
Today is National Pet Day and National Cheese Fondue Day. Up early to get the kids off. Went out to get Phelix, but the car wouldn’t start. Rob got someone to jump it and picked up the dog. A day of work and organizing. Camille had embroidery after school, and Chloe had lacrosse. I made
snapshots from gooney road – 10 apr 2016
Today is National Cinnamon Croissant Day and National Farm Animals Day and National Siblings Day. Up early. Packed. Suze bought pastries for breakfast. Easy (damaged) car return. TSA PreCheck. Crepes for lunch. Movies on the plane. Home, shopped, unpacked, laundry. #BestDayEver #day0196
snapshots from gooney road – 9 apr 2016
Today is National Cherish an Antique Day and National Chinese Almond Cookie Day. Up early. Slow moving morning. Rob and Camille went off to the Cherry Blossom Festival in Japantown. The rest of us had lunch at the Garden House Cafe, watched a movie, then walked down to China Beach. Those who were hungry had
snapshots from gooney road – 8 apr 2016
Today is National Empanada Day and National Bookmobile Day. Up early. Hotel breakfast. Downtime in the hotel room. Driving tour of Berkeley and Oakland. Campus tour of Mills College. Counter-commute to Suze’s house. Playtime with Lola. #BestDayEver #day0194
snapshots from gooney road – 7 apr 2016
Today is National No Housework Day and Coffee Cake Day and National Beer Day and World Health Day. Up early and breakfast in Bandon. A nice stop at the beach. A long drive to Santa Rosa along the beach and through the redwoods. Dinner with Jim and Marty. Hotel in American Canyon. #BestDayEver #day0193
snapshots from gooney road – 6 apr 2016
Today is National Tartan Day and National Caramel Popcorn Day and Fresh Tomato Day. Up early to take care of things, pack, and head to Lewis & Clark. Rob dropped Camille and me off for the tour, then went back to the apartment to get Chloe and to check out. From Lewis & Clark, we
happiness project: cooking/creations + misc (apr)
Create, Project 45, and the monthly projects in my Happiness Project … so many projects! In reality, they are all facets of the same project, guiding me to finish or give up old projects and move forward on the ones that are most important to me. March’s main theme was House. We worked on redecorating
snapshots from gooney road – 5 apr 2016
Today is National Caramel Day. I got up early to make coffee and tackle my to do list. Now that we had fast internet, I could get a lot done and work some as well. I cleaned, washed dishes, and did laundry too. Rob and Camille went to Reed. Chloe went out for a long
snapshots from gooney road – 4 apr 2016
Today is National Cordon Bleu Day. I woke very early to tackle my to do list and work. The others got up, and I cleaned the houseboat. We packed up the car and headed towards Tacoma. On the highway, a giant rock hit the windshield. In Tacoma, we had a little breakfast, then went to
celebrations: week 15 (4-10 apr 2016)
I was too busy getting ready for our trip to plan any celebrations las week…. Coming up this week: 4: National Cordon Bleu Day 5: National Caramel Day 6: National Tartan Day and National Caramel Popcorn Day and Fresh Tomato Day 7: National No Housework Day and Coffee Cake Day and National Beer Day and
snapshots from gooney road – 3 apr 2016
Today is National Chocolate Mousse Day and World Party Day and Find a Rainbow Day. Up very early because of the time change – even the kids were up early. We drove over to Pike’s Place and got coffee at the “original” Starbucks then breakfast at the market. After buying comics at Golden Age and
moss at arabia.
Just look at that vibrant green !!
snapshots from gooney road – 2 apr 2016
Today is National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day and World Autism Awareness Day. Up at 2:30am thinking about all that I didn’t do to prepare for this trip… Got the house all ready, myself all ready, then took care of various projects. TSA line at the airport was super long, but moved super-fast. Shoes stayed
GBK Gwyneth