The George Family Journal

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

The Bathroom: Phase 1

No, not peeing, dear family, remodeling!

Stu and I loved the tile bathrooms in Oz so much that we’re working on redoing our bathrooms!  Or, bathroom, rather.  The master bath will soon be covered in tile.  So far we’ve had to hacksaw some bolts, but we’re getting there.  The vinyl is up, the floor is now swept.  I’ve got to take the door off and get that little white ring and the toilet’s wax ring up today and then we’ll be ready to lay the backerboard down!

On another note, we think the little man may be teething, this time some molars, which are apparently very painful.  He’s very clingy this morning, wouldn’t let me put him down for over an hour, and then finally he just conked out.  It took a bit to weasel out from under him, but I did and this is what remains: 

I promise, this week I will post Oz updates and photos!

Sunday, October 21, 2007

I’m just full of posts this evening…

I forgot to mention what we did this weekend, other than have dinner and make cards…

Yesterday morning I was planning on taking some of my students hiking.  I’m teaching a class about the Appalachian Trail this quarter and I decided, since I only had five kids, that I was going to take them hiking.

Well, I pulled out of the driveway and the Forrester was making a lot of noise.  I go under the stone bridge and finally pull over.  The Forrester had a flat. 

I called home and woke Stu up.  I walked home, met him and Alexander, and Stu had to drive me out to school at 7:00 in the morning!  Oops! 

Our hike left a bit late, and got back a bit late, but I think we had more fun than Stu who had to change a flat and take the car to the mechanic, who informed us we need four new tires....good thing we didn’t get the Rodeo fixed!

Anyway, here’s a successful hike photo from yesterday!

Christmas Time is Here…

When you’ve got family all over the world, you’ve got to start your Christmas planning early.

All I need to do is wrap Nan and Pa’s pressie and I’m near the wrapping stage with Stu’s Nan’s pressie.

The problem is, I’ve gotten sidetracked making cards.

Here are some samples you all will most likely be getting for xmas this year! 

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

Raise Your Glasses…’Cause This Party is Going to Damascus

Hello all!  We’re home from Damascus.  We hiked in the Grayson Highlands for a few hours until the weather turned bad and we had to run out before getting stormed upon.  After that we headed to our B&B in Damascus, the Lazy Fox.  Miss Jennie is 83 years old and cooks a MEAN breakfast of eggs, bacon, sausage, cheese grits, apple crepes, baked apples, baked pineapples, fruit tray, biscuits, gravy, hot coffee, hot tea, orange juice....oh, my mouth is watering just thinking about it.

Tuesday morning we headed to the Virginia Creeper Trail--an old railroad track that’s been turned into a hiking/biking/horse trail.  We got dropped off at the top of it and biked 17 miles to Damascus, stopping along the way to eat at the Creeper Trail Cafe, which had wonderful Philly subs!  We even got some ice cream before Alexander decided he’d had enough of the dirt from the trail and screamed the last mile back to the bike store!

Well, that’s all from Buena Vista for now.  Hope everyone’s having a wonderful time.  Stu is very excited about Elmo, the chicken, whom he is getting for his birthday on Sunday!

Sunday, August 05, 2007

Vive le Chesapeake Bay!

We had a wonderful few days at one of my friends’ houses on the Chesapeake Bay.  We lounged, rode boats, went over bridges, walked on beaches...basically lived the life.  Alexander loved being without clothes and his appetite was HUMONGOUS!  I guess what they say about beach air is true!

Tomorrow we head off to Damascus to ride the Virginia Creeper Trail, hike with the ponies, maybe do some emerald mining, and maybe heading to Virginia’s Highland Festival in Abingdon.

See you in a few days!

Monday, June 25, 2007

Welcome

Joy, Alexander, Gwyn and I welcome you to our journal!