Happy Anniversary Baby!

36 years, 4 kids, 14 homes, 13 jobs, 11 cars, 1 hurricane and 8 pets ago, you and I buckled up and said “I do.” It’s been one amazing ride, hasn’t it?

Secret Gardens & Garden Secrets

One of the frustrations of living in our townhome up in Charlotte was my inability to have a garden. When I planted a small hydrangea by our front door that first spring after we moved in, my neighbor warned that the association would probably tell me to remove it.  The poor plant must have overheard…

Reflections on the past month..

We put our home in Charlotte on the market 30 days ago today. We accepted an offer from the first people who looked that very first day. We drove down to Florida for a family emergency exactly one week later. Hospital, hospice, funeral followed. My husband flew back to NC to pack up our stuff…

Bye Bye George…

So our unpacking saga continues..along with more than a few embarrassing revelations highlighting our tendency to lose track of “inventory” and overbuy when things are on sale. Exhibit A: I am the proud owner of 9 bottles of cooking oil; 4 olive and 5 canola. My husband is the equally proud collector of ridiculous quantities…

Reflections on the Past Week

I had a strange dream last night: I woke up around 5am and decided it was too early to get up. A little while later I woke up again and it was around 4 am. I woke up one last time, and sure enough, it was 3am! Time kept going in the wrong direction! Weird,…

Closing out a Big Chapter.

This is the ritual: Graduation– Loading up every square inch of my car (which I’ve gotten seriously good at)–road trip–unloading car contents into new apartment– Walmart and IKEA runs–hours of furniture assembly (which my husband has gotten seriously good at)  AND sleeping on the floor which my husband and I are both finding a tad…