Today's my birthday, and I hit the big 4-0 (yes, the years have been kind). I've not posted here in ages, so let's do the roundup of what's been going on in the last number of months ( Read more... )

This week marks the beginning of a lot of back & forth switcheroo with my family's vehicular transport. When we last left our intrepid heroes (i.e., myself, Peire & little Rachel), we had traded in our two limping vehicles for a (single) shiny new 2009 Corrolla. Thank heavens both Peire & I work at the same job location! But now Peire is starting a ( Read more... )

Hello everyone! Thank you for all your wonderful words of congratulation and good wishes. Peire & I continue to get used to the fact that we are now the proud caretakers of a ludicrously adorable little imp who is also(at the present time)insanely nocturnal. I still work on developing my Rachel-ese interpretation skills (Okay, that pursing of her ( Read more... )

This has been a darned busy month! At the beginning we had Searle's Raid in St. Augustine, then the family trip to Orlando, and then back to work...but work's been full of school tours, educational outreaches, and LOTS of Volunteer Coordinator stuff -- primarily planning for the next two months, when we have events and days where we need all the ( Read more... )

Peire & I have returned from the family sojourn to Orlando/Kissimmee, which followed hard upon my trip to St. Augustine. We think we haven't entirely killed our budget, which is a good thing. I particularly enjoyed our jaunt to the Kennedy Space Center -- there were new things there I'd not seen before (I think my last trip there was six or seven ( Read more... )

Peire & I are doing the planes, trains & automobiles thing this weekend, as we head north once again for my brother-in-law's wedding. We'll be leaving early tomorrow (Friday), flying up to New Jersey and then spending time in Princeton and New York City before flying home on Monday. Besides the nuptial festivities, I hope to see an art museum and ( Read more... )

Peire & I have returned from our journeying, although tomorrow after work we will be doing the work of laundry, cleanup and exhaustion recovery instead of going to dance practice. I am about to go to bed myself, and I greatly look forward to being finally in my own bedroom instead of in another hotel ( Read more... )

Hello from Alexandria Virginia! Peire & I are staying overnight at his brother's house tonight before we continue our journey.

( Here's how our adventures have gone so far )

Today is my last day at home before Peire & I head off on our northeastern roadtrip. So we're running errands, doing laundry, packing, mowing, that kind of stuff ( Read more... )

TS Fay is well past Florida, and it's not raining now...although our left side yard is awfully spongy, and our right side yard has definitely experienced some erosion.

( For those who have not seen my home in person, let me clarify... )