Presidents' Day Weekend

A 4 day weekend for me, but only 3 for Maddie as 02/19 was a hurricane make-up day! I took Friday off work as Maddie was out of school for a teacher work day. We had a MUSC appt then spent the rest of the day at Magnolia Gardens. Maddie spent time with her tutor on Saturday morning. They worked on this quarter's weather science project. Sunday was a dump site clean up. That's right, Charlotte's room received a deep clean. Over 20 bags of trash, 7 bags if recyclables, mounds of clothes that I have been sorting and washing today. Charlotte now has to allow daily admission to her room for "search and seizure of trash."
We are trying to get the house ready for market. Painters were in this week and completed work on the great room and entrance. We needed to have those 18 ft walls contracted as we are getting a little old for that level of painting!

Oysters and The Crown

Work on Saturday with an expo at the convention center. Maddie went to a birthday sleepover so Poppy and I had an evening out. Evo is so good near Park Circle. An oyster roast at Home Team BBQ on Sunday.
The Crown is a series I recently heard of during awards season. I began watching it a couple of weeks ago when I had the flu. I finished the first two seasons this weekend - 20 episodes in 2 weeks. It is wonderful. I thoroughly enjoyed each episode - wonderful character studies in a beautifully filmed production. I must say that King Edward VIII was a terrible man. I had to research (aka google) as much as I could about the Duke of Windsor. What a jerk.

Super Bowl weekend.

Some sunshine on Saturday, but a rainy Sunday. Knocked out last week and weekend by the flu. Better this weekend, but busy as we have begun getting our house ready for market. The stager came out and provided suggestions for each room. We rented a storage unit and cleaned out the guest room. It will be the first room for painting with a new job each weekend. Should keep us busy until spring. Charlotte's room (aka Charlotte the Hoarder) will prove to be the most challenging.

Warmer Weather

Thank goodness we had 60 to 70° days this weekend. It was wonderful to thaw out after a couple of weeks of winter. Home Team BBQ Friday night, Madison had a friend over Friday night until Saturday afternoon - lots of giggling! Poppy and I had an adult evening out on Saturday with some of his former workmates. Lots of time outside today.
My niece, Olivia, is at the University of Edinburgh for her junior year spring semester. She has been sharing pictures of some of her adventures. I loved the one of Loch Ness!

A Busy Week

Maddie spent Monday with her favorite babysitter, Cousin Katie ( who turns 16 today). Maddie went to Savannah with Poppy while I went to Columbia on Tuesday. Maddie went back to school on Wednesday as the holiday break had been  extended due to the snow and ice. Maddie had a 3 day  video EEG at MUSC Thursday afternoon thru Saturday afternoon. She tolerated her EEG hairdo, loved when she could switch to a battery pack and visit the playroom. Today, Charlotte treated us by preparing a delicious dinner.

Snow, snow, snow in the lowcountry

We had a little over 6" of Snow at our house on Wednesday, after about 2 hours of sleet. Wow, not this much snow in Charleston since 1989. Of course we have limited resources to deal with such a situation in the coastal South. Today, Sunday, is the first day over freezing since last Tuesday. Yikes, only 35°F for a very brief time. The snow has melted some over the past couple of days. Below freezing temperatures has meant that the melt just freezes for continued hazardous conditions.
Carrie, Wes, and the boys even had snow with accumulations on their property South of Savannah!
Charlotte worked on Wednesday (She and Poppy had quite the adventure getting her home) and a partial day on Friday. She did not go out to enjoy the snow otherwise!

New Year's Day, 2018

We welcomed 2018 with Charlotte working in the morning and a traditional meal in the afternoon. Maddie and a neighbor rescued an already thrown away tree from a neighbor's yard and played Christmas all morning.