Snow Days

Tomorrow will be the 4th snow day in a row. Totally unprecedented.

My productivity has decreased drastically from Monday, when I was a cleaning/de-cluttering/productive machine. Now we are bored and ready to leave the house. Tomorrow I am going to the grocery, even if I have to go on foot.

Christmas in NC, New Year's in Atlanta

We spent Christmas (and a few days afterward) in NC this year. We were surprised on Christmas evening with SNOW... and a lot of of it!

Doug enjoyed seeing his 15 year old cat, Hobbes.

On Tuesday we went to Winston-Salem, then to the Branches' for supper. The Kornrumpfs came too- Nathan is adorable!

We returned to Atlanta on Wednesday and began the process of unpacking, putting away, cleaning out, etc. On Thursday, I took the plunge and got about a foot cut off my hair for Locks of Love.

On Friday night we went to see Amy's concert (plus Matthew Perryman Jones) at Eddie's Attic. It was a fun way to spend New Year's Eve- of course we didn't actually stay up until midnight- we went to the concert at 7 and went to bed by 10:30 :)

On New Year's Day we hosted a brunch and had a bunch of friends attend. It was a nice way to start the new year!

Frist and Family

Saturday we went to Centerville for several hours. The highlights were:

MamaJune's new iPod

and live music at the Chamber of Commerce on the square

On Monday we went to the Frist Center with Nana to see two exhibits. We saw the "Birth of Impressionism" and the Chihuly exhibit.

back in Nashville

We arrived Thursday for a week in Nashville.

Friday night we went to the Stites' home for a potluck.

girls

serious

cup of good cheer

precious

Mmmm

October-November

A few happenings...

We had a baby shower for Abigail in October. It was at Gail's house and she did a phenomenal job decorating. She thought of EVERYTHING! Here are the pictures:

Abigail's Shower

The last weekend in October we had some friends over for chili, and the next night was Funival at church. Here are some pictures of our favorite church kiddos:

Chili Supper and Funival

The Nigerian quadruplets (and their mom, Ose!) returned home the first week in November. Here are Ose and me at the Funival:

Their last Sunday at church with all of the volunteers:

And here we are at their going away party:

Their story is here: http://osebabies.blogspot.com/

Update

Pretty flowers from the Williams... they go well with our tablecloth!

Things have been going much better the last day or so. The nausea is completely gone, I can walk fine, I am getting my energy back, and I have begun easing off the pain meds. I still have a few things... tightness in my chest, residual cramps in my stomach, and chills. Hopefully that will all be gone in a few days.

Today was my first day back teaching. The students (and teachers... especially the science teachers) were very curious about my Black Widow encounter. Most wanted to share with me their own spider stories... which I don't really care to hear right now! After hearing a number of Brown Recluse stories, I guess I am grateful I wasn't bitten by one of those, since that evidently causes your skin to rot (yuck!).

As Mom already mentioned, we won't be decorating for Halloween with spiders anytime soon!