snapshots from gooney road โ 15 mar 2015
Today is the Ides of March and National Pears Helene Day. I got up early and spent the day at a Monadnock Madness photography class. We went to Stone Mountain, Arabia Mountain and Panola Mountain. Rob and Chloe went for a bike ride and sorted Legos. When I got home, I took Camille out to
snapshots from gooney road โ 11 mar 2015
Today is Oatmeal Nut Waffles Day. No rain this morning, so Phelix and I hopped in the car early and went for a quick hike at Arabia. Thankfully, I checked traffic before heading home and managed to avoid the stopped traffic on the highway. Made scalloped potatoes and kale (farm food) chips for dinner. One
snapshots from gooney road โ 9 mar 2015
Today is Mailbox Patented Day. Getting the kids (and Rob) out the door was rough because of the time change. As soon as they were gone, Phelix and I went out to Arabia again, as it supposed to rain all week. When we got back I worked until Chloe came home. She and I went
snapshots from gooney road โ 8 mar 2015
Today is International Working Women’s Day and National Peanut Cluster Day. Rob went out to kayak. The girls and I cleaned up around the house and watched The Boxtrolls. When Rob got back, Phelix and I headed out to Arabia for a quick hike.
snapshots from gooney road โ 4 mar 2015
Today is Learn What Your Name Means Day and National Grammar Day and National Pound Cake Day and Purim. Turtle cage cleaning day! Phelix runs and hided. Gazoo is curious. As the temps were going to be n the mid-70’s, Phelix and I headed out early for our hike at Arabia Mountain. I didn’t wear
snapshots from gooney road – 28 feb 2015
Today is National Tooth Fairy Day and National Chocolate Souffle Day. I got up early and took Phelix out for our weekly hike at Arabia Mountain. When he realized where we were, he was SOOO happy! Afterwards, Camille and I enjoyed lunch at Moe’s and ran some errands. Rob and Chloe participated in the Great
snapshots from gooney road โ 11 feb 2015
Today is National Peppermint Patty Day & Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day. While I didn’t spill any milk, I did get a Peppermint Patty! Early this morning, I made a big accomplishment at work — I was able to generate documentation directly from Python source code! I followed the instructions from How to generate
snapshots from gooney road โ 8 feb 2015
Today is Jules Verne Day and National Molasses Bar Day. We celebrated neither. I took my day of rest, mostly reading and relaxing. I find that having one down day a week really helps me with renewing for the upcoming week! I did spend a few moments to write a blog entry about the needle
needle ice
With my Friday morning conference call ending early, Phelix and I headed out to Arabia ahead of plan. With our rush to leave, I neglected to check the weather for the day. I just threw on my usual: Keens (no socks), jeans, a turtleneck and a sweatshirt. When we arrived, Poppy reported that the temperature
snapshots from gooney road โ 6 feb 2015
After getting the girls off to school, cleaning and working, I headed out to Arabia to take Phelix on a hike. The second I got out my backpack, he was so excited. Back at home, we had lunch, then I worked a bit more. In the late afternoon, I took Camille to Avondale to meet
snapshots from gooney road โ 30 jan 2015
I got the kids off to school, walked the dog, cleaned and worked until it was time to meet Amy for lunch. After lunch, Phelix and I went for a hike at Arabia. Not long after we got home, the teens and tweens descended. When Rob got home, he took the tweens bowling.
snapshots from gooney road โ 25 jan 2015
We made hash browns in the waffle iron — Perfect! We took care of things around the house, then went for a hike at Arabia. The girls and I made a tortilla soup for dinner – delicious!
taking the easy road.
The easy way out. Too often easy is looked down upon. But sometimes, easy works. One of my goals in my Energy and Empower year is to get out on longer walks more often. So far this year, I’ve made the effort to take some baby steps towards that goal. I’ve loaded Phelix up into
snapshots from gooney road โ 21 jan 2015
After a productive morning and a visit from the cleaning people, I had some time to take Phelix out for a short hike at Arabia Mountain before my two afternoon/evening meetings…
snapshots from gooney road โ 14 jan 2015
I got to work and got the girls off to school Mid-morning, Phelix and I went off to take a short hike at Arabia Mountain. Camille came home with friends in tow; Chloe got home after 6:30. Rob got home after I left for the Downtown Decatur Neighborhood meeting. Leftovers for dinner!
baby steps.
Leave it to me to choose the coldest day so far this winter to go on my first “long walk”. Part of my Energy and Empowerment year is to go on a weekly long walk. Sometimes in the woods, sometimes not. Sometimes with Phelix, sometimes not. To make it easy on myself, I decided that
snapshots from gooney road โ 7 jan 2015
After I worked for a while, Phelix and I took a drive over to arabia Mountain to go on a little hike; he had a great time. I worked more in the afternoon, then Camille and Claire came home. Chloe went home with Jane to ride skateboards. In the evening, we made tempura for dinner;
what’s that feeling? peace.
Walking home from getting my hair cut (and colored) and having had a nice lunch out on a patio (alone), I had a strange feeling wash over me. I paused a moment to try to figure out what it was. It was peace. I’ve been spending months ticking items off of lists in my Happiness
snapshots from gooney road – 31 mar 2014
School and work. In the early afternoon, I took Phelix out for a hike at Arabia Mountain. Later, I did carpool to the gym and some errands. Camille got home early and gave Phelix a bath, then helped make dinner. We worked on trip preparations during the evening.
incremental steps forward, but big steps back
Or lots of extra steps for me today. Or hours behind at work. Or “My house looks great FINALLY!” When we moved to Decatur, I gave up the cleaning service that we had for over ten years, even through a move across county. We moved from a large house to a two-bedroom apartment — how
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