sunday

…in Richmond with Kim & Leslee….a trip to Babies-R-Us to return boy themed things because Kim just found out she’s having a girl! (and to think, we only got lost once!)

Photo Op

We need a new vehicle and are finally in a postition to get Nathan’s dream car – a 15 passenger cargo van. See, we have this thing called a band. Bands have things like people in them. People in bands have stuff like drums and guitars and amps and keyboards that they carry around with them. We want our band to be able to travel in one vehicle and since a motorhome (my choice) is out, we’ve settled on the cargo van. We think we may have found what we want, a lovely little gold number in our price range, not too far from home. This morning, we had the following conversation.

N: Can we get a vanity plate?

 J: I thought you didn’t like them. What did you have in mind?

N: TLVS

J: Are you serious?

N: Yes, that way when pull into a show people know who we are.

J: Uh, ok.

N: And then if we get a ticket the ticket will say TLVS and then we can take a pitcure of it and use it for band stuff.

Weekend at the Beach

I got to spend a weekend at the beach with my closest girlfriends. We rented a little cottage a block from the water in Colonial Beach, VA. Even having just taken a week off from work I still relished the time away. We happened to catch the Potomac River Festival so there was plenty to entertain us in the tiny golf cart community that Colonial Beach turned out to be. There were parades, an arts & craft show, a carnival and fireworks.

I’m the only Fall birthday in the bunch. Everyone else celebrates in the Spring and Summer so I saved my presents for this trip knowing full well that I would never be able to wait for the rest once one had been given away. So the May birthdays were a little late, the June were right on time and July was a little early! I had the idea to make fairy charms with the fairy representing a fun take on what each of them means to me. I used a photo of a group of girls on a beach trip in 1956 so it just naturally fit with the project! I do need to say, ladies, you should really know how much you mean to me because I used the original photo for these! Here’s how they turned out……

Maria is my Imagination Fairy because she’s always there with a creative story about Milo. He has the most incredible adventures when Maria’s telling the story.

Leslee is my Giggle Fairy because she is absolutely hysterical but only because she practices every morning in the mirror while she’s getting ready.

Kim is my Internet Fairy because she can look up anything faster than anyone I know. She spares me a lot of aimless wandering about in the Magical Internet World.

Sarah is my Periodical Fairy because she gets the most amazing selection of magazines and catalogs at her house. There’s always something new to browse, shop or read.

Christy is my Absentee Fairy because she not only moved away but couldn’t come on the trip. She loves elephants and I miss her.

In Christy’s absence, a new friend Wendy got to come on the beach trip. Wendy is great fun and I know I loved having her join us! A wide variety of pictures from the weekend are posted in my flickr…please enjoy!