It’s the final hours of “vacation”. Derek goes back to work tomorrow and I start my new job at the Yadkin Success Academy tomorrow. I’m excited and nervous. And — very happy to have a job and something to do with my time. It’s not a typical teaching environment. Small classes, self-paced learning. But, I […]
Back to NC life
We are back. Truth is, we’ve been back. I was pretty sick this week (see blog entry: flu), and then we’ve been pretty busy trying to get back in order. NY was a lot of fun. Poor Jake was sick a lot of the time (and likely the reason I was sick). He started puking […]
Heading Home
We are leaving today to head to NY for Christmas. I can’t wait. Real snow and cold. Christmas excitement the way I remember from being a kid. Even though it’s not quite the same these days.We’re taking the truck so we don’t get stuck.
Durham Trip
We went back to Durham over the weekend to see old friends before Christmas. We had coffee with some of Derek’s friends at a little diner called Elmo’s. Then we saw tons of BBC people. We went to Buffalo’s with Tim, Gloria, Dennis and Susan. Yummy. They’ve “upped” their Hotness Scale and I’m fighting some […]
Internet Problems
We have been experiencing technical difficulties with our internet connection(s). We’ve switched from DSL to cable, but it’s still not quite right.
Cookie Madness!
I’ve been making crazy amounts of Christmas cookies. I made (alcohol free) rum balls, no bake oatmeal cookies, puppy chow, chocolate chip, chocolate coconut bars, gingerbread and hershey’s kiss peanut butter cookies. I got some BAD recipes from christmas-cookies.com. I’m publicly denouncing them here. Less than two weeks until we head to NY for Christmas […]
Thanksgiving
The Thanksgiving 4-day weekend is almost over. We had Thanksgiving dinner at Derek’s uncle’s house, with all of his family. It was fun. Lots of food. Lots. On Friday, we tried to shop with the rest of the crazy people, to get good deals. We did alright. But, we tired quickly. We went to dinner […]
Apple Pie
Derek and I made a homemade apple pie last night. It was fun. Lots of work and some frustration.It’s for Thanksgiving TOMORROW!!! I wanted to make a pie, so I could put leaf designs on the crust. 🙂
My Birthday
Yesterday I turned 27. That is very old. We didn’t do much of anything because I haven’t made many new pals in Winston-Salem. We DID go to dinner at Lonestar where I had the worst restaurant experience I can ever remember. The server sat at a table with friends about five feet away, our food […]
Jake’s Birthday Weekend
We went to NY this past weekend for Jake’s sixth birthday. We got him Finding Nemo. We had a party with Pokemon cupcakes. We went to see Elf and it was great!! Anyhow, the weekend was awesome. I’ve posted some pictures here.