A Saturday Full Of Pumpkin And Pride

Got a jump on our pumpkins early this year, and where else but the lovely and wonderful Ross & Ross nursery (tell your friends).  This was like last Saturday, and I'm just remembering now. Blurry.

Yuula picked out a nice white pumpkin only to have it eaten by Judee a few days later. So we  went back and got her another one and have it stored up high for the rest of the month.

She was quite fond of this little guy and even used it for her show and tell at dance class that day. I'm sure it was a hit. 

A dance class that we finally got to watch on television. I was rather impressed. Full stretches, across the floors and some combinations. All we could get out of Yuula was that they gave out lollipops at the end. I circled her in pink. 

After class it was straight off to Boston, and what a lovely drive. The only thing that could have made it better was if I could have gotten into Holy Land. Check it out. 

But we did have like 6 bags of these little nuggets to hold us over. Come to think of it I think half of the food I ingested that weekend was soft licorice. 

First stop: the Fallons, where we hung out with Miles and Isla until they both passed out, I'm assuming from extreme exhaustion. But naturally no such luck with Yuula. She was holding out for the party to get going. 

Miles and Yuula's contribution to Eric's train drawing.

The real reason we were there.

Line of the evening: "It's an Elton John book, because you're gay."

Dunks, Drunks, & Nearly Sunks

Goal for the weekend; catch-up with all the video we shot since our westward road trip. It's slightly unrealistic, but the penalty for failure is literally nothing, so...

Day #1

Such good cousins helping a little girl learn sports.

Believe it or not, none of us had a single drop of alcohol at that festival.

But the random fountain was intoxicating.

What's On The Menu?

A two day getaway has begun, mainly visiting the grands and doing a little Philly. Starting it off with a usual pass-by Hotdog Johnny's. They have very simple menu choices, ketchup or mustard, but a word of advice... do not order the fresh buttermilk.

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The South Is Full Of Friends

Ahh the South. Land of rain and ice and paralytic traffic on every road. Or at least since we've been down here.




At least the ride down was nice weather. Twelve hours down to Greensville is not nearly as rough as the full 16 it would've taken to get to Atlanta. And around 11 and a half Yuula decided she'd had enough of her carseat. She gave us her first ultimatum. Good thing we expected it.





First stop was Budd's. It was quick but effective, in the way that Budd got to hold Yuula and we go to listen to the Elf soundtrack about 9 times. Plus Budd's place has some great photo ops in the form of wall hangings. We snapped when he wasn't looking.





The next morning was a delightful ride thru the mountains into Jasper where we met Barb & Bill for a little meet the baby and a little Waffle House. It was here that we knew she was our baby by her reaction of unbridled joy and elation just being inside such a splendid place as the house of waffle. The waitresses could be less creepy tho.






From there we headed south towards our old home, the Canton Mill Lofts. When we lived there all the security gates were broken and it was easy to sneak in. Of course now that we want just wanted to literally take a walk down memory lane, the place is tighter than Fort Knox. And we couldn't remember the gate code.



Next on the stop list was the Fallon residence to see Kheli and her gigantic belly, so that Yuula can meet her future boyfriend. It's an arranged relationship. Kheli and her mother are at home waiting til her planned C-section, which is actually today at 3:15, so they welcomed some company to take their minds off the wait.





We planned to meet Jeff & Michelle but this is where the ice started coating the streets and Georgians are not equipped to deal with such a natural disaster. Mentally they don't have the salt. We postponed and headed to Acworth at 5mph to get some rest.




The next morning we went out to meet some of the old McEachern girls, Tiffany, Christian & Ashton. They all seemed to be quite happy in their current lives, as differing as the may be, and it's fun to think we all used to spend some good times skipping around a dirty gym to an Aphex Twin song.




Yuula met the Big Chicken.



We passed by the offices of Loud Security, the workplace of one Christina Smith. I played with the zen rock garden in the lobby and I finally realized what I want for Christmas. But full size, not the desk toy. Make it happen Santa.



We were feeling the effects of being in a car for almost 3 full days so we quick stopped by the enormous liquor store to buy some Taj Mahal Indian beer and then scurried back to the Krupp residence to introduce Yuula to Uncle Brian, Aunt Asriel, Aunt Theresa and cousins Madison and Charlotte over some French bread pizza. The rest of the family comes this weekend, but it's best in small doses.



stay tuned for more from Christmas South...

A Dog Named Tygert Colm

Holed up at château Budd for the evening. Always a good time catching up and reminiscing, we lived a life parallel once upon a time. Fast forward five years and it's different but same. We've got a baby and he's got a dog named Ty. Another parallel. It is good like that. Budd's been decorating his Christmas tree. He got one jingle up.

Again we stayed up too late. I thought I'd get some rest on this holiday getaway. Maybe tomorrow night. Can't sleep in because we're off to Jasper in the morning, Canton in the afternoon, and then Woodstock before we get to the Krupps, our final destination and home base for the rest of the week. For now we're in a comfy bed, quite high off the ground and the girls are already snoring. Day one was a success. Yuula's starts to break down at 11 and a half hours. Good thing we only had to go 12. The ride home should be interesting.

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Lovers Is For Virginia

Pretty quick for the longest stretch.

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By Way Of The Impala

Going well. We left the rental place at 8:40 and drove til Yuula woke up round noon in Maryland. We stopped to de-turd her, fill the tank and eat some turkey sandwiches. Laura is driving now, thru Roanoke and down to 77 south. We should be knocking on Budd's door a little before ten. I think he's gonna make us watch that Tim Allen as Santa Claus movie.

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Clearing The Cache

Everything's unplugged, the heat's on low, the car is packed, tetris style. I gotta jump in the shower and eat a bowl of 19, but we are ret to go. Enterprise then Greensville and all points in between is the first leg of our 2010 Winter Tour. We will attempt to keep you updated throughout. Should be interesting to see how Yuula deals with her first real road trip. Today should take about 12 hours. I estimate a complete and total breakdown by the time we reach Roanoke.

So I decided to clear out the cache of photos set aside to make it on here so here's a random collection, in particular order, shots from the last few days.

That should hold ya over. See ya.