Sarah's bday visit

I had the best visit a couple of weekends ago for Sarah's birthday. In this picture Isaiah and Sarah had just bonked heads and Sarah is bravely and (very nicely smiling although I could tell it hurt like the dickens). The photo is a little out of focus but I still thought it was a great picture of the two of them. Ellen is indeed an enthusiastic and very capable big sister. She watches out for Zai. Aren't they cuties! I had no idea that this was the preferred way to eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches!

the Week in review

Well Bunco was a hoot, I even won! 12 Angry men was very angry... I am afraid that most of the actors just all seemed angry the same way.... there wasn't enough differentiation in their characters to suit me.... I guess.... and I was really really tired and we didn't have the best seats so it wasn't my favorite experience at the Fox. I must say the highlight of the week was a trip to Calhoun where we used Christmas money and wedding money (thanks to the moms) to help buy carpets for the dining room and bedroom. We are really pleased. You may not be able to tell from the picture below, but there are just the right colors of green and maroon in the carpet. It really matches quite nicely and makes the room much much more comfortable. We also added this saucy mushroom mistress to keep feeling fine frog company. They seem to be getting along quite well. She makes me smile. Check out her "arms". "Oh Yea" said in a very Mae West kind of voice.

Lots of excitement this week

An evening out with the ladies in the neighborhood tomorrow night and going back to the Fox to see 12 Angry Men on Thursday. Can't wait :-). Been a long time since I have seen a play in person.

Barnsley Gardens

We took Wood's mom to see Barnsley Gardens on Friday. It was built in the late 1800's by a wealthy cotton purveyor as a cool refreshing spread away from Savannah. Since we are about 5 hours from Savannah, I'd say they really wanted their distance. Now it is a really fancy resort with golfing, horseback riding and fancy restaurants. Normally the gardens are gorgeous and we saw great promise for a beautiful spring but right now they were in their winter slumber. So we toured the ruins of the house.

Nutcracker at the Fox 2006

Last night Wood and his mom and I went to see the Nutcracker Ballet at the Fox theater - we also saw it there in 2004. Before the show started we were entertained by the Fabulous Fox theater organ player all decked out in a sparkly silver jacket -( I snuck a picture...well me and about 200 other people)

As you can sort of tell he plays this HUGE pipe organ with more bells and whistles than you can shake a stick at. I would love to hear a Bach concert on this gem. Anyway that part is always great fun and definitely worth arriving early. The first half of the Nutcracker was a little bit of a snooze. It is a two hour production with a 20 minute intermission. All the really familiar songs are in the second half and it seems like the first half is just a long setting of the stage for her dream when all the good stuff happens. Although there is giant pig being chased by a butcher (for the families Christmas dinner) and the rat king part in the first half- I was thinking this might be a little scary in this version, but I guess it was just me, cause the little kids around me were laughing when he died- it was quite melodramatic. Wow, I have not seen such excellent dancing- the lifts and the twirls and the leg extensions and gee I don't know what you call it all, but I was on the edge of my seat. It was really quite thrilling! The costumes were gorgeous. Oh- Wood and I also joined a gym yesterday. We checked a couple out and then decided... this one has great equipment, better hours and is cheaper. We start Jan 2.

Feeling fine Frog

Anne and Mark gave us Feeling Fine Frog to help keep an eye on things.... I think he is laying down on the job

Right now he has a couple of friends helping out to make sure the pansies don't get out of line.