Chrissy's Photo A Day

Today Dan and the Storyteller demolished the opening from the kitchen to the dining room, and they removed the built-ins that separated...

This is the middle school. I was here today for a meeting with a student teacher. My sisters went to middle school here but I did not. It ...

This is where I went to High School. I met with a student teacher here today in the 300 building. Afterwards I worked from home and then S...

This is where I went to Junior High School. Today I visited a student teacher here. I was not impressed with the main building because the...

Worked most of the day then rode my bike to the new house to check in on Dan. He made great progress. Rode my bike back and we went to di...

We spent all day at the new house. I pulled weeds until my hands had  blisters, and I was wearing gloves. This is a photo of a prevalent p...

We bought a house today! Accomplishments were tearing out all the carpet in the hall and den, removing all the staples from the floor, r...

Walk through today! The house is almost ready for closing tomorrow at 10am. See the kitchen? This scene will be very different in a few mo...

Today everything gelled for me. I felt like a university professor. I think at UK I still felt like a rookie but today I really felt like...

  I woke last night with a migraine that was really really bad. I think it was caused by whatever I ate at the restaurant last night. It ...

I got a new bike!!!! My former bike was an '85 Cannondale and my body just couldn't take the bent over posture. So we looked a...

Dinner tonight at the new place in Opelika with southern fare. I had a very productive evening working on my courses which start next we...

Breakfast at Panera with two wonderful high school girlfriends this morning. Little Coke (in the middle) was in town doing some work for...

I got to work and there was a sticky note on my office door from my college friend Joodie (that's not how it's spelled, but it sou...

Yesterday was an all-day orientation for new faculty. Today I had meetings all day with the department. I got home around 5pm tired, and ...

We went to Lowes and Home Depot today to check out cabinets for our new kitchen. This is our favorite style. Mom had us over for dinner:...

We left Denver this morning and arrived in Auburn late afternoon. I miss Jes. She developed a fever and headache and her drain sites got...

This is the scene I want to remember from today- Jes and her dad lounging together and comparing apps on their iPads. Today was big- J...

Today I spent all day helping Jes. I did all her laundry and gave her back rubs and combed her long hair and went shopping for her. It i...

Jes went home from the hospital today. We got her home around noon and she got in her own bed and slept for hours. She showered and we...

Too tired to blog. Photo of Jes in her second walk. With Root.

We arrived at the hospital around 9:40am this Monday morning for "the cure." As in the cure from cancer. Jes was excited and ...

After a nice breakfast at our B&B we went to a shopping mall for a little outing. Jes and I got makeovers at Aveda. Here's her smi...

We had an uneventful flight to Denver. But when we landed we learned that the B&B we booked had "lost" our reservation. W...

Worked all day on another grant proposal. Leftovers at Mom's for dinner: carrot curry soup and steak sandwiches. Leaving in the morn...

So far this month has not been bad at all. Today I escaped to my office in the morning so that the bug men could spray chemicals and treat...

So I stayed home today to work on my course syllabus and lessons, and decided it would be healthy to eat an apple. Went back for a bite and...

Kissing July Goodbye. This July has just been a nightmare and so much work and worry, I'm not even going to grace this last post of th...

This is my view out my office window. I hear the bells of Samford Tower every 15 minutes. Comforting. This is my office full of boxes a...

Today we had to bake our belongings in black plastic bags on the front walk. The landlady called to inquire so I told her about our bugs. ...

Yes, this is disgusting. This morning I was getting ready for work when Dan asked me to come look at a bug he found while making the b...