It's a very hot summer for the northeast. Everyday is in the high 80's to 90's with humilityl weather we don't normally see until the end of August if at all. In-spite of the heat, K loves being outside even if that means she's panting and over heated when I finally call her in. So…
4th of July weekend
So what did we do for the 4th? Well a week with L's parents we were ready for a weekend in. We spent most of the weekend working on the house, . We also got some quiet time to just regroup together. On the 4th we celebrated with burgers, local hard cider, and dessert. For…
Curb Appeal
Now that we are official in summer all of our trees are providing full shade and some of our flowers are blooming. We are excited that this year we have had the opportunity to watch the rhodi we bought last year bloom. What is even more exciting though is to see the tall Rhodi's next…
Dollywood
Yes we went to Dollywood. We decided it was the best amusement park for our vacation and right by the smokey mountains. We got up early and found parking easily. We started the morning by walking to the back of the park where most of the more high intensity roller coasters were. Because its as…
The Great Smokey Mountains
Tuesday night we settled into our hotel right next to Dolly's Dixie Stampede and try to adjust to the Vegas-like touristy area we found ourselves in. (I think I could have prepared L a little better for what this would be like). We decided to start our adventure by exploring the Great Smokey Mountains. We…
Memphis Botanical Garden
On Tuesday of our road trip we spent the morning just L and I at the Memphis Botanical Garden. A large garden with many different areas, it was the perfect relaxing day date. We enjoyed their Japanese garden with a pond including koi fish, swans, and red bridge. They also had many intricate…
Downtown Memphis
The next day of our summer trip, we met my brother work downtown Memphis . We walked with him to the more famous area of Memphis: Beale street. We came into town after Elvis week and saw a few impersonators still wandering around. As we approached Beale street, we stopped at a famous peanut shop.…
Memphis Zoo
L and I were very excited to finally have our summer vacation. We decided on a road trip encompassing 7 states and with two destinations. On August 15th we left very early in the morning for a long day of driving across to Ohio, down through Kentucky and over to Memphis Tennessee to visit my…
Summer Projects
My Spring semester of teaching ended mid-May, although grading and meetings continued after that life definitely slowed down. Then I thought I'd be teaching a 10 week ESL summer school but enrollment ended up being too low. So I have this summer off from work. As those with teaching jobs know there is joy and…
Citrus Brownies
So normally I am much better about posting goodies about a week or so after I make them (and no I have not forgotten about my bread of the month posts) but as I have repeatedly stated; there has been a great lack of routine this summer and down time to write has been scarce.…
