"Not all those who wander are lost." – J. R. R. Tolkien
Taking annual leave during the school year is almost impossible in my job as an administrative assistant at the local university, so other than a day or two here and there, I save it all for the summer. The thing is, there is rarely money for any long, exciting vacations, so I don’t have much... Continue Reading →
Please excuse my lateness for posting my week-3 photos, but at least I'm only a week behind instead of my usual months or years... 🙂 As is usually the case, I am buried up to my eyeballs in homework, barely a few weeks into the new semester, and struggling to find a balance between all... Continue Reading →
"When you look at life, the greatest happinesses are family happinesses."~Joyce BrothersDon't be too surprised, but I'm back for the 2nd week in a row of my 52-week photo project!  Only 50 to go... :)This week's theme over at Iotamaker is the "Family Room." (Follow the link to see more great interpretations.)Our house isn't big enough... Continue Reading →
Welcome to week one of 2013! I, for one, am more than happy to see 2012 speeding away in my rear-view mirror. Â It was a bugger of a year in many ways, beginning straight-off with Tom losing his job, heart-wrenching family struggles, and the loss of my dad in October. Â However, with the bitter there... Continue Reading →
So, for the final part of our ballooning trilogy, I have to share what happened after the balloon had landed and we'd all crawled safely away... After packing and loading the balloon into its snug little trailer, we all packed into the chase vehicles and headed back to the launch site.  "Awesome experience!" I was thinking to... Continue Reading →
So to continue on with yesterday's balloon story, here are some more pictures from before and during the ride. Tomorrow I'll share the story about the very unique "after." We had to get up at o'dark-hundred, absolutely the earliest I've been up on a Saturday for a longggg time...  Luckily, my mom still had some of... Continue Reading →
living life on the back roads 