my journey, destination unknown
The play of the year. Or the play of decade. Depends on who you ask, I suppose. But Camille has been listening to and drooling over Hamilton for months. And then we planned a trip to New York. The city. The home of Broadway. And Hamilton. Play sold out for months and months. Our friend…
Today is National Strawberry Ice Cream Day. Camille made it to the final round of the Governor’s Honor Program! We went to Hamilton! Up early to catch the train. That then did not go anywhere due to “signaling issues” at Atlantic. So we took other (slow) trains. And were 5 minutes late for the tour,…
One evening while in France, I was lucky enough to be invited out to dinner with co-workers in Grasse. I had visited there once before and gone on a tour of the Fragonard perfume factory, but this time we got a local tour of the city. Up and down and all around. What a lovely…
Today is National Nothing Day and International Hot & Spicy Food Day and Appreciate a Dragon Day and National Fig Newton Day. Up early to tackle to usual and to unpack (so I could repack a little better). I left a little late for my photography class at Showcase, but got there on time anyway….
I wrote years ago about creating a master packing list. About how I thought it was a silly thing. Who could need such a thing? As time has gone by, I’ve come to depend on it. Not to remember the basics but to remind of the little things I like to have a long. Like…
Today is Frisbee Invented and National Rubber Ducky Day and National Peach Melba Day. Up early to work more and do the usual morning stuff. Yawn. Mid-morning I headed out to run all the errands and go to my trainer appointment at the gym. At home, I ate breakfast (at noon!), packed, and took a…
Back in April of 2011, I read The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin and was inspired to start my own Happiness Project. Since then, life has gotten in the way, and…
Today is National Marzipan Day and Curried Chicken Day. Up early to work and take care of things. I then headed out to volunteer at the Red Cross and finally returned to the gym after too long away. Being stretched in too many directions at the moment, but I really need to go to the…
This week I finished The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden: A Novel by Jonas Jonasson. I don’t know how; I felt like all I did last week was run around at full speed…. I thoroughly enjoyed it (the book, not the week). I’ve also been continuing to read the Outlander series on my…
Today is National Milk Day and National Hot Toddy Day. Up at 5am. Usual morning. Headed out at 11am to take Phelix to Arabia, go to the library, pick up groceries at Kroger. Back at home, time to work, organize, clean, and cook. Took Phelix for a hike at Arabia Mountain. He (and I) love…
We celebrated a number of week 2 holidays, including National Spaghetti Day and Three Kings Day. Coming up this week: 11: National Milk Day and National Hot Toddy Day There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled? – Sophocles Milk painting How to make plant…
Today is National Bittersweet Chocolate Day and Peculiar People Day. I got up before 5 to read and then tackle my to do list. Around 9am, I started working for a few hours. Rob got up and went to get Chloe from her sleepover. Camille and I picked up around the house. When they got…
I think this has to be the title of my next (aka first) book. Maybe I should claim the URL if it hasn’t been already. Alas, looks like ThriveInPlace.com has been claimed already. But “Thrive in Place” (derived from Shelter In Place), has been my mantra for years now. I don’t love Atlanta. I never…
Today is National Static Electricity Day and National Apricot Day. I woke at 4:30 to get started on my long lists of things to do. I got to the police department at 8am to get ready for the Run with the Dogs 5K. Chloe ran the race. Rob left for Techfest while we were out….
How do I find the time? Whenever I see the suggestion “Just get up thirty minutes earlier!” I want to scream. I’m often up at 4:30 or 5am, unable to sleep because I know how very much I need to get done in a day and don’t know how it will all get done even…
Today is National English Toffee Day and Bubble Bath Day and Elvis Presley’s birthday. Up early to take care of things and get the girls off to school and walk the dog. I worked during the morning, then took care of a number of things during the afternoon. camille brought home the teens to hang…
The morning after the big rains and flooding in Cannes, I headed out to the docks to catch the ferry to Ile St Honorat. Everything seemed washed clean and gleaming in the beautiful sun streaming from the blue sky (little did I know of the destruction elsewhere).
Today is Old Rock Day and International Programmers’ Day and National Tempura Day. I got up very early to take take of things and work. At 9:30, I headed out to take Chloe to the dentist. We got back around noon. I worked some more, then did some organizing. In the afternoon, I went to…
Starting back in May, I began tracking my time. Because of the crazy schedule of our time in Irealand, I really didn’t get serious about it until July. And even then I flopped around with how to best categorize my time. Six months later, I’m still tracking. I’ve changed how some things are tracked —…
Today is Three King’s Day and National Shortbread Day and Bean Day. p early to get Camille up from TOK, take care of my projects, clean, walk Phelix, and work. In the afternoon, I did a lot of organizing, started a new Shutterfly album, and cooked. camille came home and started on her homework. Chloe…