my journey, destination unknown
Today is National Lighthouse Day and National Raspberries in Cream Day and International Beer Day. Up early to take care of things. Worked all day, then went to Kroger to pick up groceries for game night. The kids were in and out during the evening. Camille had a small crew over; Chloe had many more,…
For our first of our three weekend trips while we were in Ireland, we drove up to the Antrim Coast in Northern Ireland so we could visit the Giant’s Causeway. Our base for the two nights was a lovely holiday cottage in Portballintrae, just a couple of blocks from the windy, windy coast. A little…
Today is National Root Beer Float Day. Up early to get the girls out, clean and work. In the afternoon, I took care of a number of things left from organizing the condo. We made sloppy joes for dinner and root beet floats for dessert.
But only when I accidentally buy the wrong food…. Gazoo kitty gets a half a can of wet food each day to help her kidneys — she’s really picky about her drinking water and never gets enough, no matter what we do. Her water bowl is on the counter next to the sink so it…
Today is National Oyster Day and National Walk on the Moon Day. Up early to help the girls get off to school and then drop Poppy off to get detailed. Phelix was happy for a walk when I got back. After a few hours of work, I headed across the street to have lunch with…
Empower and Energy, Project 44 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. July’s main theme was Career. Though I…
Today is National Night Out and Coast Guard Day. Phil and Barbra left early for Texas. Not long after, I got up to clean and work. After everyone else left for work and school, I took Phelix over to his first grooming. He did not want to go in, poor baby. I did some more…
This week, I didn’t finish a single book. In fact, I barely read anything other than my magazines. I spent my time getting rid of books (and lots of other stuff) instead. We spent a lot of time cleaning, organizing, decluttering. And getting ready for school to start. Which it did yesterday. Maybe now I’ll…
Today is National Watermelon Day and Grab Some Nuts Day. I got up early to clean up, exercise, walk Phelix and work. The girls headed off for their first day of school. Leah came by to pick up a few things from my giveaway pile. Camille came home from school; Chloe came home a bit…
We celebrated a number of week 31 holidays, including National Milk Chocolate Day. Coming up this week: 3: National Watermelon Day and Grab Some Nuts Day 4: National Night Out and Coast Guard Day 5: National Oyster Day and National Walk on the Moon Day 6: National Root Beer Float Day 7: National Lighthouse Day…
Today is National Ice Cream Sandwich Day. Up early and to tackle my list of things to do, then I worked for a little while. Barbara made a big breakfast of omelets and more. We packed up our stuff and headed home, stopping at Hucks along the way. At home, we unpacked, Rob took his…
Once again, it’s the first of the month. A time to clean up, update, and prepare for the month ahead. At home, I’m nearing the end of the round of de-cluttering/cleaning; I wish we had finished last week, but there was just too much going on. On my computer, I’ve taken care of the long…
Today is National Girlfriends Day and National Raspberry Cream Pie Day and Lughnasadh. Up early to take care of my looong list of “first of the month” things and then to work for a bit. Barbara went out to get bagels. Rob went off to kayak. The girls read and relaxed, then we went to…
Over the years, I have written on and off about my cleaning/decluttering strategies, like in Room of the Week and Room of the month. I haven’t been sticking to my schedule as well since we’ve downsized to a condo in walkable downtown Decatur. What I have done, however, is an “everything in a week” each…
Today is National Girlfriends Day and National Raspberry Cream Pie Day and Lughnasadh and International Beer Day and National Mustard Day. Up early to take care of all the things. Camille left for school to help in theater and then attend her IB orientation. Chloe finally got up and helped with some chores, then went…
Our first stop on our road trip from Galway to the Giant’s Causeway was in Mullaghmore, County Sligo. On the spur of the moment, we decided to get off the “main” road and head down to see some of the coastline. And we are so glad we did! A beautiful beach, a lovely harbor, and…
Today is National Cheesecake Day and International Day of Friendship. I got up early to work. Rob left for work, then Chloe and her fiends took MARTA to the mall. I went to the Red Cross for a few hours. In the afternoon, Chloe, Kayleigh and I walked to Renfroe for the meet-and-greet; Rob met…
Today is National Chicken Wing Day and National Lasagna Day. I was up early to take care of things, walk Phliex, clean, exercise and work before taking Chloe to babysit. I worked some more, then went to get Chloe and to take Camille out to the yarn store and Book Nook. Chloe hung out with…
Everyone’s heard of the “six degrees of separation”. But every time I find a new, unexpected connection out there, I get a bit giddy. You’ve been there. Right there on Facebook. A friend of yours comments on another friend’s status. But wait! This isn’t a friend circle. How does that kindie follower in NYC know…
Today is National Milk Chocolate Day. I was up early to take care of things and work. Rob left for Dallas; Phelix was so sad. I exercised then took Chloe to the dermatologist. The waiting room wait was too long, and I was out of magazines! We then fought lots of traffic to get to…