This morning I went to the store to get Dove soap and Starbucks to get coffee for Amy. While at Giant, I got some granola, but the American Airlines frequent flyer miles promotion with certificates on the boxes was over. So I decided that I should take my two coupons to the Nashels in case they had enough to send them in ( Read more... )

Amy and I went to Pennsylvania this weekend to visit her former co-worker Jen, her husband Brett, and their baby Camrey. Friday after work Mother picked up Becket on her way home and Amy and I left Reston about six o'clock. We went this way ( Read more... )

somewhat less sensationalistic coverage:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3114160.stm

cool meteorological explanation:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared

kylegirl was here this past week. She arrived last Tuesday and left yesterday. We did all kinds of exciting things to keep her entertained (or we tried to). Amy was still off from school (until yesterday) and so we left her in charge of Kyle during the day.

• Tuesday, dinner at Clyde's with Scott and Amy.
  
• Wednesday, Amy and Kyle made ziti for dinner (it ( Read more... )

rehoboth beach medical evacuation, july 25While visiting my Aunt Jean, my mother managed to break her tibia and damage a ligament in her knee by standing on the beach. She called me Wednesday and informed me that someone (I) was going to have to come get her. Amy and I drove her car up on Friday morning in about 3 1/2 hours (with an inadvertent ( Read more... )

I finished Order of the Phoenix on Thursday night. Not my favorite but not bad overall ( Read more... )

Amy and I went to see the Dixie Chicks at the MCI Center last night. We took the Metro from West Falls Church and arrived about halfway through the opening act, Michelle Branch. Our seats were in section 421 (row O) despite our purchase from the Ticketmaster bastards right at 10:30-something when they went on sale months ago. Being far away aside, ( Read more... )

Sunday I took a break from reading and Amy and I helped move Margie and Steve into their new (rented) condo. Shaq, Jeremy, and Neil helped. U-Haul didn't have their truck "reservation" so they had a cargo van. One load from Margie, Meredith, and Heather's and two loads from Steve's--Steve has lots and lots of Ikea furniture. Their new place is ( Read more... )

Amazon was good on their word and my copy (ordered January 15th) arrived yesterday afternoon about 3:00 (FedEx Saturday Home delivery by 8:00pm) all for the low, low price of $17.97 plus $0.99 shipping and handling.

I'm on page 262 of 870.

Last night I went to Manassas to go with Amy to the Signal Hill Elementary School end of the year/retirement party. Nothing says good times like a room full of elementary school teachers. One woman had been a kindergarten aid for 25 years and the other had been a elementary musics and middle and high school chorus director for 42! We sat with Amy's ( Read more... )