School starts up again next week.

Last week, my hubby & I went to Virginia, leaving Sonja behind for the first time (for more than a weekend, that is).  She had a grand time with Oma & Opa, and we had a long, long drive (made longer by DC traffic, even though we weren't staying all that close to DC, we still had to go near enough to be affected by ( Read more... )

With Labour Day falling early this year (September 1), I head back to school earlier than usual (September 2). This means, that two weeks from now, I will be officially in BTS mode.

Next week, my DH & I are heading to Virginia for a week's stay with friends - a colleague of mine & his wife. Plans to visit the Smithsonian are high on the list of ( Read more... )

Wow... I can't believe that I've already had four weeks of my summer vacation - next weekend, the August Long weekend, normally devoted to our annual Tobermory trip, is being used for camping instead. We will return to Tobermory next year.

What have we done with our summer?

• We camped on Lake Erie just before school ended ... although, it isn't ( Read more... )

For several years now, my friends & I (loosely called by my friend Anna "the Scouting Group" because that's what drew most of us together initially) have spent the Civic Holiday weekend together. For a while, it was camping, but as the group grew and some non-campers joined us, we started renting a lodge in Tobermory for the weekend ( Read more... )