Creating an Urban Homestead
I would have cried had it not been so ludicrous; picture me in a downpour wearing heels and white pants while a dragging a metal gate behind the 12-foot trailer being towed by my minivan.
First sign of trouble: a disturbing grating noise coming from behind the van as I drove to see a performance of “The Nutcracker” at Samford University. My first thought; please don’t tell me I’m dragging my gate down the street. I’m already late. Continue reading “The Gate from Hell”
It’s been a while since the last post. This is not to say that things have been dull.
I am 99% finished with the house in Avondale (the one that I posted BEFORE photos of) and have a very interested party who may even be submitting an offer today. Stay tuned. AFTER photos shall appear next week. The place is gorgeous. The best one yet. And I say that with profound gratitude to all Mike did to help me in this business both before and after his death. I really feel like he was looking out for me in all of this, as crazy as that may sound.
I’ve been doing a bit of yardwork here and there. We’re going to set up a garden fort on Monday, which would have been Mike’s 41 birthday. There is a large part of me that is still either in denial (I cannot believe that Mike is really gone forever) and wants to fight this reality (NO! and maybe if I say it again, it will all turn out to be a horrible nightmare). Continue reading “Update”
Today is Avery’s birthday. I’m sure if Mike were alive, he’d have a much clearer idea of what the day of Avery’s birth was like, since I was doped up in the hospital after an emergency c-section. Continue reading “Avery's birthday wish”
After having some peaceful, productive and friend-filled days, nothing is more disheartening than coming back to the hard cold facts (and for about two weeks now, they seem harder and colder than ever): Continue reading “An honest answer to "are things getting better?"”
So we did some normal family things.
On Saturday, I took the kids to a Circus/theater performance filled with amazing gymnastics and humor. Kind of a highbrow version of Barnum and Bailey–it was what I imagine Cirque du Soliel is like. Many in the Cirque Works troupe are former olympic and college level gymnasts, with a couple of trapeze artists and a contortionist thrown in for good measure. Continue reading “Birdhouse Factory (Cirque Works) and Soccer”
A blessed week of relative peace. I can’t explain what triggers it, but when it happens, I am grateful.
Last weekend I lived through the yin and yang of emotions all bundled up in a bunch of old record albums. Continue reading “On riding the emotional landscape and listening to LP's”
It’s that time of year again; The Redmont School is selling 300 raffle tickets for the annual 10,000.00 giveaway. Tickets are $100. If you’re in town, that will get you into a dinner and raffle prizes as well as the big prize drawing on 3.29.08. Winner need not be present to win, but should let me know so I can be their proxy (because I will be there). Continue reading “Redmont School 10k giveaway fundraiser”