All of a sudden, my calendar for the next six months looks so much more interesting ( Read more... )

And now it seems like the fervor and sparkle of the new year has already worn down ( Read more... )

Today, whenever we had a moment, our noise level erupted as we hugged and chatted and laughed.  Mark asked, "Are you guys happy to see each other again?"

It was clearly rhetorical.

I'm glad to be home.

xoxo

I'm totally psyched, as tomorrow night I'm heading to Black Cat with Adam and some of his crew for Peaches O'Dell and her Orchestra.  Plenty of dancing and hilarity is sure to ensue.  I think it's an excellent way to ring in the New Year, sort of a last hurrah to spending money as if I don't have to worry about it.  You see, this will be...

The Year ( Read more... )

Well kids, that most wonderful time of year is slowly fading back into real life.  All in all, Christmas was lovely.  We went to Grandma Swarts's house, as did my dad's brother Scott and his 15-year-old daughter Jenny.  We played a lot of Clue, did three puzzles, and tried not to go crazy from Grandma's boyfriend and dog ( Read more... )

Back on the East Coast for the Christmas/Solstice, and every day missing Bainbridge and my friends there.  I flew in on Saturday night, spent Sunday morning piddling around the house and shopping with Mom, and then went out with Ryan and his friend Nathan.  We drank a lot of Sangria and wine, played a ridiculous game of Memory Madness (aka ( Read more... )

I want a ___friend ( Read more... )

The past two days Bainbridge Island school districts have been closed for snow, and Central Kitsap too, meaning our school this week couldn't come to IslandWood ( Read more... )

Funny how what I apparently needed in order to make my house in the woods feel like home was to leave it.

My trip back was uneventful.  I will never fly Alaskan Airlines again, not for rudeness or lack of space, but only because they are absolutely like the commercial where the flight attendant charges for everything.  The plane didn't have drop ( Read more... )

For the beauty of the earth
For the glory of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies.

For the beauty of each hour,
Of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale, and tree and flower,
Sun and moon, and stars of light.

For the joy of ear and eye,
For the heart and mind’s delight,
For the mystic harmony
Linking sense to ( Read more... )