A is for....

Angelonia

I bought this pot of Angelonia at the garden center and immediately became smitten with it. The little flowers are so sweet and they smell wonderful, too! I decided to plant a couple of mixed pots for the front of my house using the Angelonia as a focal point.

I've added a red Egyptian Starflower and a blue-ish purple Scaévola. I'd like to add something else, but I'm not sure what that should be. The pots look great as they are, though. They really help make the front of the house look homey and inviting.


I'm taking part in this project that I stumbled upon here.

Weekend Living

We took a little break this weekend from all the moving boxes, the home keeping and the yard maintenance to just live. Chris brought home a new blender (mine stopped working a few months ago) so we gave it a little test drive by whipping up a pitcher of margaritas.

We kicked back with drinks in hand, big bowls of fresh chips from the local tortillary tortillaria tortilla making place and spicy salsa on the table and baseball on TV and just forgot (momentarily, anyway) of all that is still to be done.

Moving In

My days, lately, are filled with moving boxes. Lots and lots of moving boxes. Somedays are spent unpacking and putting away (often followed by taking those things back out of where ever it is that I have just put them and then putting them someplace else - this happens mostly in the kitchen). Somedays are spent shuffling heavy boxes from one room to another (despite our watchful eye, many boxes ended up in the wrong rooms. Luckily the furniture did not). And then somedays are spent opening boxes, rifling through the contents and then closing the boxes back up again (so many of the boxes packed by the movers are mismarked - drinking glasses marked "garage misc"!?) Despite all of this, there is something rather satisfying about setting up a new home.

Of course, big pitcher of iced tea and reruns of Simon & Simon and Magnum, P.I. make the chore of unpacking go so much faster.

14!

Today we celebrate our 14th anniversary. They have been 14 very interesting years, for sure! Sometimes, I can't believe it has only been 14 years and other times I think "already!?" But that's what marriage is - a roller coaster ride and I can't think of anyone else I would rather share this adventure with.

Highlights

Highlights of the last month:
flying to Texas, house hunting, reuniting with family
cleaning out the house, Shenendoah State Park, view from Sky Line Drive
rear ended, Vacation Bible School, evening sky over our new home

Moving On

We are about to start a new chapter in our lives! Chris was offered a job in Texas and so we are packing up and leaving Connecticut. We are all very excited about this new adventure! However, the boys are also a bit apprehensive and Edmund is having an especially difficult time with the idea of this move. He doesn't want to leave his friends and what he is comfortable with for something new and unknown. I know that they will adjust once we get there, though.

It's been so overwhelming. We have had just over two(!) weeks to make the move. Not a lot of time to have to think about it but also not a lot of time to say good-bye.

The packers come tomorrow, the movers on Thursday, and on Friday we take to the highway...

Happy Birthday, Chaz!

My boys are growing up! Chaz is now 8.

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Day 27 (more)

The tree in our front yard - 10 days ago and now.

Day 27

Happy Birthday, Edmund!

Edmund is 10! He is now in double digits and feeling oh so 'cool'.

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The alligator and the octopus were later joined by their friend the shark.

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Playing in "the cave"

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The boys and I are visiting my parents for a few days.

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My morning ritual (yes, I wash my face in the kitchen sink)

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