Chrissy's Photo A Day

Oh my goodness, my kitchen looks beautiful. Just look at that limestone floor. We worked at the house all day today painting walls and tr...

Tonight we went with my mom to a Bike club/Wine tasting club gathering and the people had their Christmas tree mounted upside down. it was...

Happy 27th anniversary to Chrissy and Dan. We went to a department holiday party and had a really nice time socializing with my colleague...

Squirt designed, built, and programmed this display device for my office and the facilities crew (three men) drilled two holes in my wal...

Dan found this tile on the website, Specialty Tile, in Atlanta. We tried to go see it last weekend and the store was closed for the Thank...

Our fancy Kitchen Aid stove and hood is installed.... See, the den behind it is a royal mess. Our moving date is December 14th so soon we...

The view out the other kitchen window.. a nice red Japanese maple. They are in color all over town right now. See the blossoms on the bush...

  I met with some old high school friends today for lunch. Good times.

We got our fridge installed today! This is the Squirt's room-- a nice deep grayish blue. Peaceful. Our room again, as a contrast...

  We chose this green for the girls' room since they both like the color. It's the largest bedroom and will fit a futon as well f...

  We started painting with our bedroom. It's a nice light/gray tinged blue.

  The countertops are in!!! We met with our interior decorator today and picked out all the paint colors for the house. Let the paintin...

Went to the house this morning and took photos of the tile samples with the cabinets. Photoshopped them across a wall and disliked them al...

  This week was exhausting. Meetings every evening M-Th. So today I decided to go to Montgomery with Dan to look at tile and carpet. We ...

This is the rug we currently have in our den,  but I may use it in the dining room because I like the colors there. Today starts a very bu...

25 years ago today my Nana died. I only got to spend the first half of my life with her in it... and I wish I could talk to her and spend ...

   

Remember this day: Up at 6:30. Wore my purple dress and boots. Drove to the Boys and Girls Club to get my letter. Came home and m...

Dan painted our metal window black. I love it! The cabinets arrived from the shop!  Looking fantastic.

Our laundry room is a beautiful shade of blue, and out kitchen is painted a beautiful neutral color. Dan has been working hard on painti...

I voted today, even though my vote really didn't count. Alabama passed 10 amendments to the state constitution and voted down one---th...

Little Sister, who used to be called Aunt Baby by my children when she was a tot and they were tween/teens. I left DC today after a good,...

I taught my little sister how to crochet today. She caught on fast. We went to a concert this evening at a church nearby. However, I enjo...

My stepmom Jaq picked me up from the city this afternoon for a visit with her and my little sister who is 14. They live in a suburb outsi...

I found NSF this morning. We had a full day of proposal debate and discussion. I'm beat! I have 11 proposals to review tonight. Oh bo...

I'm in DC - flew in over the muddy Potomac and the yellow-orange-green trees. Tomorrow I join other academics from around the country...

We haven't had rain in a while and the critters are fighting over the water in the bird bath. After this fight I filled it up again fo...

Sunday. Mom and I went to see the work at the house. Here is the view from the living room to the kitchen. And the picture you've b...

This is the train that goes through town every hour or two. I live a couple blocks from the tracks right now and hear the whistle all the ...

  Today was Wednesday Writing Day. That means I stayed home all day and wrote. I wrote two reviews for NSF proposals, wrote the second dr...

Today I felt like myself again after a four day migraine and the pit of darkness. Rode my bike to school for a meeting at 10, worked unti...