The View from 30,000 Feet

I’m on my way to Chicago for the weekend for some fun family time at Jen’s parents’ house. She, Brian, and the nephews are en route, and her brother and his new wife are in town, too. (Yes, I realize that, technically, they’re not all my family, but honestly, everyone is so welcoming that it seems like those lines have blurred entirely.) There’s going to be golf for those inclined on Saturday and to-be-determined sightseeing for the rest of us, as well as a big party on Sunday afternoon. Topping it off, Brian & I are hitting a Bruce Springsteen concert on Sunday night, which undoubtedly will be — as always — a great time.

But all that fun is not why I’m blogging tonight. No, I’m blogging because I’m in the airplane and there’s free wifi! Woo hoo! So, I’m writing simply because I can, and because I’m just the kind of girl who gets super-excited about Internet! On! The! Airplane!

Think I’m not really in flight right now? Well here’s a picture of the drinks cart (and flight attendant) that just provided me a soda to prove it.

I love modern technology.

212-243/365: The Dog Days

At long last, Project 365 is making its return. Once I got beyond a couple of weeks behind, I realized that I could just keep stalling and present the entire month of August as one slideshow, with only a few duplicated images (I had only posted the first few days in my last batch). And with my stalling thusly rationalized, that is what I decided to do.

Making a House Our Home – Finally

So we bought our house in February 2008, and moved in in March 2008.  Since then, we haven’t had a thing – nothing – on the walls.  We painted several rooms but have hung nothing.  My friend Amy recently threatened an intervention if I didn’t rectify the situation post-haste.  Thanks to the Aaron Brothers buy one, get one for a penny sale in July and several trips to Houston Photo Imaging, we now have many things framed and hung in our house.  Funny, but it actually does make it feel more like home!

The office has our panoramic NYC, some of my favorite National Geographic maps framed and hung (although most are oddly sized so they don’t fit in standard frames – urgh!), as well as our diplomas – the most expensive pieces of paper we own have taken ten, five, and three years respectively to get framed!

Chris's side of the office - without the desk which needs to get carried upstairs

Eileen's side of the office

The TV room is DC central – with pictures of Georgetown/Key Bridge, the Lincoln (on its way compliments of Sarah), the Jefferson (in all four seasons), the Washington Monument, and the Capitol…they lady at the store said, “you’re not from these parts, are you?” when assisting with frames for these pictures and the diplomas!

Our bedroom has a fun mix of art collected from our travels…and the hallway has some of my favorite shots of people from the Sonrise School in Rwanda and random people in Cambodia and Vietnam.