my journey, destination unknown
Today is National Cereal Day. Up early to take care of projects, get the girls going, and clean up around the house. After my conference call, Phelix and I left for the library, Arabia, and Kroger. At home, I relaxed for a short time, then worked the rest of the afternoon. I drove Chloe to…
We celebrated a couple of holidays in week 10. Coming up this week: 7: National Cereal Day 8: International Working Women’s Day and National Peanut Cluster Day 9: Mailbox Patented 10: Harriet Tubman Day and International Day of Awesomeness and National Blueberry Popover Day and Middle Name Pride Day and National Pack Your Lunch Day…
Today is National White Chocolate Cheesecake Day and National Frozen Food Day. I tried to sleep in, but got up to read instead. Rob went to Decatur Makers; Chloe and Kayleigh had a relaxing morning. In the afternoon, we walked over to the high school to see “Once On This Island”. Afterwards, we ran errands…
Today is National Cheese Doodle Day and Hula Hoop Patented. I let myself sleep in until 7am, then got up and got busy. We all headed out to walk over to the pyramid and spoke with the conference attendees waiting for the fire alarm to be turned off. We went up the elevator to the…
Today is Learn What Your Name Means Day and National Grammar Day and National Pound Cake Day. Up early to work. Suze and Phil went to get bagels from the conference. I went to an IBM talk, then we drove to Graceland and took a tour. We had lunch at Rockabilly’s, but they were out…
I can’t get enough of Paris! If I’m there, I’m trying to spend as much time on the streets as I can. In general, I much prefer to walk the streets, the canals, the parks than to go into museums.
Today is National Cold Cuts Day and National Anthem Day and National Mulled Wine Day and Unique Names Day. Up early to get some things done, work a little, and get ready to head out by 8am for Barbara’s award. After the opening session where she got the award, we went to the exhibitors’ room…
A few weeks ago I stopped by the knitting store for my first official lesson. After a lot of mistakes, some help from Camille, and a wonky way to finish the top, my first project, my first hat is now complete! I went back to Needle Nook this week and decided that I want to…
Today is National Banana Cream Pie Day and Namesake Day and Dr. Seuss born. Up early and scrambled to get all of the chores around the house done. I worked a little, packed, walked the dog, and left to drive to Memphis. Uneventful ride. Caught up on some iTunes listening and podcast listening. Barbara had…
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. February’s main theme was Appearance. I didn’t do anything…
Today is National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day. Up early to take care of things around the house. Between conference calls, I went out to the gym. After my last call, I headed over to the Red Cross to volunteer for a couple of hours, then went to the camera store to get a new lens…
Three new books from the library this week! I was sick on Sunday and actually managed to get through a little of my backlog too. This week, I finished reading some easy reads: The Marseille Caper by Peter Mayle The Corsican Caper by Peter Mayle The Red Notebook by Antoine Laurain I will continue to…
Today is Leap Day. Woke early to take care of my projects, get the girls up, clean, and work. Rob walked Phelix before leaving. After my conference call, Phelix and I headed out to the library, the yarn store, and then finally Arabia. He was so excited! After our hike, we came back home, and…
We celebrated National Banana Bread day and other holidays in week 9. Coming up this week: 29: Leap Day March: 1: National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day 2: National Banana Cream Pie Day and Namesake Day and Dr. Seuss born 3: National Cold Cuts Day and National Anthem Day and National Mulled Wine Day and Unique…
Today is National Tooth Fairy Day and National Chocolate Souffle Day and National Pancake Day. Still not feeling well. Could not get up early for a hike as I had planned. Instead, I had a quiet day at home getting in some extra rest and getting things done. Rob and the girls went out to…
I can’t believe we have never been to Morningside Nature preserve before! Look at this awesome bridge!
Today is National Strawberry Day and National Kahlua Day and International Polar Bear Day. Up early to take care of all the things. Camille left to go to a stream cleanup for NHS. Rob went to Decatur Makers to help with some things. Chloe left with Chloe to go to lacrosse. I cleaned up and…
Today is National Pistachio Day and Tell a Fairy Tale Day and Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day. Woke early to get the girls up, get some things done, and work. Mid-morning Phelix and I headed out to Arabia. He was so happy to get back to his happy place after weeks of being restricted…
Following my up to the Seine and then through the Bercy Park and Village and then along the Promenade Plantee, I went back to the hotel for a while to rest and process my photos. Once I was well rested, I went back out to see a little bit of Paris at night.