Ireland Trip: Day 8
I managed to sleep in a bit this morning, which felt great! Barbara and Camille went out to brunch at Cupan Tea and then to the cathedral while Chloe and I took care of things at home. In the afternoon, Barbara and I went to the entrance to the harbor to look of a geocache
Ireland Trip: Day 7
An early morning for the girls since we had to be out the door by 8:30 to walk over to the ferry office to collect our tickets. Barbara stopped for a geocache at the Spanish Arch, but we had trouble putting it back together. I ran ahead to the office where I stood in a
Ireland Trip: Day 6
While we got up early to prepare for the cleaning service to arrive, we took the morning slowly. We started the laundry (always complicated when in a foreign country), and Barbara walked to the grocery store. Chloe took a morning nap. Around noon, we walked down to the pedestrian area to have lunch (crepes and
Ireland Trip: Day 5
I slept in past 8am. It felt good to get a full night’s sleep for a change! I worked a bit and took care of other things, then tried to get the girls up. Barbara and Chloe went out for a walk while I tried to get Camille moving. We finally were all together to
celebrations: week 24 (8-14 jun 2015)
We didn’t celebrate any week 23 holidays. Too busy traveling! Coming up this week: 8: World Oceans Day and Best Friends Day and National Children’s Day 9: National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day and Donald Duck’s Birthday 10: Iced Tea Day and Ball Point Pen Day 11: National Corn on the Cob Day and ET movie
Ireland Trip: Day 4
I woke a little after 5am and read for a few hours. Around 8, I tried getting the girls up. Barbara and I walked down to the harbor to look for a geocache. A little after 10am, we finally were all packed up and ready to head back to Galway. Our first stop was only
Ireland Trip: Day 3
After having stayed up past 2am, I couldn’t get up at 5am despite waking then. Instead, I forced myself to try to sleep past 8am. I then got up, despite not feeling totally rested. After taking care of a few things and then waking the rest of the family, we had some cereal for breakfast.
Ireland Trip: Day 2
Though I was up early (5:30), the rest of the family slept in a bit, some more than others. After some preparation and packing we hit the road a bit after 10am. After a few missed turns, we were finally on the road out of town. No real motorway as we headed north, mostly just
Ireland Trip: Day 1
As we boarded the plane in JFK, it was already the next day in Ireland. The sun was up before we knew it as the plane crossed the Atlantic. A quick breakfast and a quicker cup of coffee, and we then we landed at Shannon. We quickly made it through immigration and customs and out
Ireland Trip: Day 0
Zoom Zoom Zoom. In the end we decided to travel carry-on only, so the girls and I wheeled our bags out the door and across the street to MARTA. After getting no help from the Delta ticket agents about printing our boarding passes for the JFK to Shannon part of the journey, we headed to
Ireland: Favorite Photos
A post of my favorite photos, updated each day of our trip. Photos from 22 June 2015: Photos from 21 June 2015: Photos from 20 June 2015: Photos from 19 June 2015: Photos from 18 June 2015: Photos from 17 June 2015: Photos from 16 June 2015: Photos from 15 June 2015: Photos from 14
snapshots from gooney road โ 2 jun 2015
Today is National Rocky Road Day and Leave the Office Early Day. An early morning of walking the puppy, cleaning and work. Midday lunch at Thumbs Up with Amy. Afternoon at the Red Cross. Then home to get ready for the trip. Chloe hd Matthew over, so Camille and I took Phelix to boarding and
preparation anxiety.
Will I get it all done? What will I forget? What did I already forget? As I tried to get things ready around the house while tying up loose ends at work, I could feel it coming on. The anxiety attack. After my morning cleaning, work, lunch with a friend (a bright, relaxing spot even
snapshots from gooney road โ 1 jun 2015
Today is National Go Barefoot Day and World Milk Day and Flip a Coin Day. I slept in a little then worked in the morning. Chloe went to Reiki at noon, then hung out with friends on the square and went to a movie. Camille read, played games and watched tv. We had a relaxing
celebrations: week 23 (1-7 jun 2015)
We celebrated a couple of week 22 holidays, including National Grape Popsicle Day. Coming up this week: 1: National Go Barefoot Day and World Milk Day and Flip a Coin Day 2: National Rocky Road Day and Leave the Office Early Day 3: Repeat Day and National Egg Day 4: National Hug Your Cat Day
snapshots from gooney road โ 31 may 2015
Today is National Macaroon Day. Phil and Barbara left early for Texas. I spent the morning cleaning and doing more trip preparations. Chloe went to the square with friends. Camille and I relaxed.
prepare to pack!
Back when we hit the road a couple or more of times a month, we were expert packers. And when we flew? We haven’t checked a bag in forever. Well, except within Turkey and within Greece. Turkey because of fingernail clipper rules and such other even-more-restictive-than-the-TSA rules. Greece because I was worried about the size
snapshots from gooney road โ 30 may 2015
Today is Ice Cream Freezer Patented and National Mint Julep Day. I got up early to take care of my daily things and some of my monthly things as well. The girls got up a bit later and then we headed out to Target and Barnes and Noble for a few more supplies for our
happiness project: blogs + misc (jun)
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. May’s main theme was Volunteering. I continue
snapshots from gooney road โ 29 may 2015
Today is Paper Clip Day and International Coq Au Vin Day. Last day of school! The girls got off, I cleaned and worked. Camille and her friends came home a little after noon. Then Chloe and her friends came over. The teens all left for a bonfire party around 8; the tweens went home around
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