when did taking a day off work and lazing in bed til past 9 become *such* a treat? Followed by this treat of a breakfast [completing a tradition in our house of a certain kind of crap-boxed cake].

And, of course, it wouldn't feel like proper truancy (or the proper turning of the year) without a proper summer blockbuster. casino_queen - can't wait to hear ( Read more... )

not saying the day is over... but after the FIFA Women's World Cup Game...(but oh what a game!)


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Saturday rolled around - COOL (60's) and perfect. Worked in the garage (thought that it could be killed this weekend, but it might take one more), napped, and headed out for some Blue Ridge Roller Girls roller derby.


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Free Shakespeare in the park with the Montford Park Players for All's Well that Ends Well. (kept trying to remember why it seemed SO familiar...I'd seen it last fall at the APT in Spring Green, WI. (thanks again casino_queenJust so nice to see live theatre - almost regardless of quality. Two things to note - we got a backstage tour at intermission as our ( Read more... )

Happy hour at Pisgah Brewing this evening - with coworkers (many of my favorites)...a pleasant, easy evening followed by dinner at the new Ole' Guacamole (for about 2 years I thought my native North Carolinian coworker was eating at an establishment called Holy Guacamole).


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Since July 3rd(photo below taken at Asheville Tourists baseball post-game fireworks event with K ( Read more... )

Birthday month...feeling less like something to celebrate than perhaps ever before...age?...mental status?...day-to-day? Regardless, it will be celebrated.

First to celebrate-my-existence is, of course, my mom - who purchased an exceedingly decadent gift for me to wear on odd occasions. As in, this upcoming SaturdayFirst plans for that ( Read more... )

Partially due to the gorgeous work done by caker_66 lately, and partly due to the fact that I seem to appreciate my day-to-day more when I have to take a long hard look at it...I'm re-establishing my Project 365 photojournal. It will run 7/18/09 to 7/18/2010...my "year 38" - and will not be posted weekly (which was draining in the last go-round) but ( Read more... )

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This week was packed with activities - I apologize for the number of cuts, but it was difficult to fit the entirety of a day into one particular photo. I did my best to do exactly what I wanted this week. Works out pretty well.

Moore's Cove Bridge - Pisgah National Forest

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