Yesterday afternoon, Jessi flew back into town from Vermont. She’s been accepted to grad school at SCAD, so she’s enrolling there again this fall, so she came back down to get a job and an apartment lined up. The apartment should all be squared away in the next couple days – she and Wendy have… Continue reading
Tag: what i did with my day
Enormous post about the weekend and our adventures with cleaning carpets
Saturday turned out to be a pretty busy day. We got up, met Julie for breakfast at IHOP, wandered around Home Goods looking for a good use of my gift cards (new water bottle, new Huggable-type hangers, and a cast iron skillet!), and then went to donate blood. Justin doesn’t donate because blood rushes out… Continue reading
Friday of puttering and relaxing
Don’t get spoiled by me writing two days in a row now. We all know it’s not likely that it’ll keep happening. 🙂 Today was delightfully relaxed. I got up when I heard the trash truck rumble past the house. I looked at the light coming in the bedroom window and, with the trash guys… Continue reading
Wrap-up of Round One in our hosting adventure
Part one of our hosting extravaganza has passed. Pat and Judith left to go back home yesterday around noon. I had to work – and it was good that I didn’t take the day off, actually, because my coworker who took over the administrative assistant duties went home sick, so I had to step in… Continue reading
Goings on around here
We are about to head into a very busy couple of weeks here at our end of the world. Here’s a preview of what’s going on: Our friends Pat and Judith started on their drive to our house this morning. Pat lives in upstate New York (meaning he lives somewhere other than New York City)… Continue reading