Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Wow. That was quite a vacation. One of those where you come back fully rested, yet thoroughly exhausted. It was *so* great to see friends and family. That is what our vacation is about every year. We usually do a con or a getaway for just C&me, but the drive to WV and back in May is all about sharing time (And food, and beer) with our loved ones.
I didn't take many pictures (The ones that I did are on my Flickr page. Celena, the piano is dusty, but I think her personality shines through that! There are also pics of the rocking chair that my dad made for me. The flash photos show the real color of the WV native cherry wood that he used, and the semi-blurry non-flash pics show off the workmanship of the piece.), but here are some things that happened on our vacation:
-I moved my Twittering to web/desktop only, as I was ~1000 messages over my limit of 1500 last month.
-We started shopping for a new camera.
-I completed the front and back of Chrissi's Weasley sweater, along with half of a sock and most of a dishtowel. Those probably won't go up on The Rav until later this week.
-Chris drove 2150 miles while I knitted away.
-We went to the park with the nieces and nephews and I helped them fly a kite. In the sun.
-My brother announced his upcoming marriage.
-We visited yarn stores in Savannah, Ellicott City (x2), and Fairmont, WV.
-My parents got their first DVD player.
-We hung out on Kelly and Robbie's beautiful porch in North Carolina.
-We hung out on Mike and Angie's lovely porch, also in North Carolina.
-We hung out on Will and Trish's cool porch in South Carolina.
-We hung out on the porch of my childhood in West Virginia.
-We wondered why we don't have a porch.
-Oh yeah. Florida.
-Chris' grandfather died. =(
-But we did get to see lots of Chris' family that he hasn't met for years.
-We convinced the Morrills to buy Guitar Hero.
-Someone won my contest! But I'm not saying who yet.
-I gained four pounds.
Today I will return to work as normal, refreshed and invigorated, and missing my peeps very much. But Twittering less.
I didn't take many pictures (The ones that I did are on my Flickr page. Celena, the piano is dusty, but I think her personality shines through that! There are also pics of the rocking chair that my dad made for me. The flash photos show the real color of the WV native cherry wood that he used, and the semi-blurry non-flash pics show off the workmanship of the piece.), but here are some things that happened on our vacation:
-I moved my Twittering to web/desktop only, as I was ~1000 messages over my limit of 1500 last month.
-We started shopping for a new camera.
-I completed the front and back of Chrissi's Weasley sweater, along with half of a sock and most of a dishtowel. Those probably won't go up on The Rav until later this week.
-Chris drove 2150 miles while I knitted away.
-We went to the park with the nieces and nephews and I helped them fly a kite. In the sun.
-My brother announced his upcoming marriage.
-We visited yarn stores in Savannah, Ellicott City (x2), and Fairmont, WV.
-My parents got their first DVD player.
-We hung out on Kelly and Robbie's beautiful porch in North Carolina.
-We hung out on Mike and Angie's lovely porch, also in North Carolina.
-We hung out on Will and Trish's cool porch in South Carolina.
-We hung out on the porch of my childhood in West Virginia.
-We wondered why we don't have a porch.
-Oh yeah. Florida.
-Chris' grandfather died. =(
-But we did get to see lots of Chris' family that he hasn't met for years.
-We convinced the Morrills to buy Guitar Hero.
-Someone won my contest! But I'm not saying who yet.
-I gained four pounds.
Today I will return to work as normal, refreshed and invigorated, and missing my peeps very much. But Twittering less.
Labels: Travel
idyllicchick, 8:17 AM
3 Comments:
Denise, at May 14, 2008 2:04:00 PM
Sounds like a good vacation to me. Oh, and your childhood porch reminds me of my childhood as well. My mother's day trips to WV were always well anticipated. I always looked forward to playing in Uncle Bob's yard. :)
Hey, I got married in Ellicot City the first time.
I love front porches. Next year you can come and visit me on my front porch!
Also, you know you can have just select twitters sent to your phone, right? So if you just wanted Chris or Lorena, who would not overwhelm you with tweets.... you could do that.