We spent the past week with my family in Germantown, TN; Cherokee, AL; and Greers Ferry, AR. It felt like we were constantly on the road, probably because we were. Arrived at Mom's house on the 2nd, spent the day at their lake house -- actually, more time was spent in the lake rather than the house -- in Alabama on the 3rd, and watched my brother beaznuts ( Read more... )

Planned Activities for Memorial Day Weekend
Prime basement walls
Paint basement walls
Replace kitchen faucet
Ride bike
Swim
Compile BPAL sales list

Accomplished Activities for Memorial Day WeekendRode bike x2 ( Read more... )

Hubbyfink and I spent the past week in the company of my SCA household in a gorgeous house on the Corolla/Pine Island section of the Outer Banks. It was exactly what we needed. And happily, unlike last year, the weather was absolutely perfect this time around ( Read more... )

Hubbyfink and I spent last week in the company of family and friends in Germantown and Arkansas. There was many a cookout, lots of time spent splashing about in the pool, playing with nephews, and a couple cut-throat games of Scrabble. We spent a fair amount of time with zipmeister. Mom and I spent an even fairer amount of time shopping. Johnny's twentieth ( Read more... )

We're unloaded, unpacked, and being adored by the kitties who are very happy that we're home and we've brought foreign smells with us. I'm already making a packing list for Ravenstreet Beach Vacation v2010 which will happen a week earlier. Whoo hoo!

Yesterday was yucky and drizzly, and Hubbyfink and I decided to take off for some out-of-beach-house couple time. We drove up to Timbuck II to have an old timey photo of us taken at Miss Kitty's Olde Time Photography. It's adorable! I'll scan it and share when we get home. We continued up the coast until we got to the four-wheel-drive area and ( Read more... )

It's raining. Pouring, actually. And it's not going to stop until Friday if we're lucky. We have cocoa, tea, too many movies to watch in a lifetime, two game consoles, a pool table, scads of nibblies, and a whole lot of alcohol. I think we'll manage ( Read more... )

Yesterday was glorious. The sun was out and the air temp was in the 70s. I wore myself out swimming laps in the pool as Hubbyfink practiced his swordwork on the deck in the morning. We all spent much of the day running between the pool and the surf and back again. Unfortunately, none of us thought to apply sunscreen early enough so everyone was ( Read more... )

The Ravenstreet Beach Vacation v2009 began when Hubbyfink, pirategirleee, and I arrived at the house in Pine Island, Corolla, NC around 6pm. We've already shared a lot of laughter, alcohol, and pool and hot tub time. This is going to be a grand week.

Graduation was grand. We hollered and cheered for Johnny when he walked across the stage. Bellevue Baptist Church, in which the ceremony was held, is frickin' hyooooge. Seriously. We walked in and the foyer looked like a fancy hotel complete with concierge desk and a bookstore/gift shop ( Read more... )