Last week, Rob and Lois celebrated birthdays — way too far above the magic number of “29” for us to count!

We celebrated together in Savannah with the family…

Labor Day weekend was spent hanging out with some great friends, the Stones. We took a short overnight trip to Chattanooga and crammed as much in as we could. Lookout Mountain, the Aquariums, IMAX, the Children’s Museum… you name it, we did it!
We had a fantastic time and are so lucky to have such good friends to travel with. Now we have to plan our next adventure!

We visited Savannah a couple weekends ago – our last “fling” before the start of school.

Friday night, we had dinner with Mike & Heather and the girls. They came back to Mom’s to visit for a while…

Saturday morning we did some last minute back-to-school shopping.

Then the girls and Rob went to see his family on Saturday afternoon and had a blast. They went swimming, had a cook out and really enjoyed themselves with the family. The girls always love seeing the cousins and hanging out with them. And, the best part was they got to stay up late because Momma wasn’t there to enforce bedtimes! (I was at Mom’s)

Rob had his own fun, swapping games with the boys.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance. – Jane Austen

Mary Beth has finally bid adieu to the training wheels on her bike… she spent most of the July 4th weekend practicing her new skills and now races around the cul-de-sac outside our driveway like an Indy driver. We are so proud of her for trying something new and she is loving the new freedom that comes when you get your “wheels.”

For those of us in the Atlanta metro area rainstorms are an opportunity to raise our voices in praise and thanksgiving. This “100 Year Drought” we are suffering through has me watching every drop of water that we use in our house. As I brush my teeth, I’m thinking about just how much water we all waste if we let the water run as we brush. As I wash clothes, I’m trying to cram as much into my washing machine to get the most use of that run of water as possible. We are waiting to run the dishwasher until it’s bursting at the seams with dirty dishes (and using paper plates more often than not)

But…

The one conservation thing I can’t do… I just simply CANNOT handle… is the non-flushing. The local radio stations have started this campaign, “If it’s yellow, leave it mellow; if it’s brown, flush it down.” I am not even going to touch on the eeewwww factor of just the little slogan. But, I just can’t get over this whole concept… don’t flush!?! Are you serious?!?!?

That’s one of the beauties of modernization (besides air conditioning, which I can’t survive without) We don’t have to deal with that “stuff” being left around. It’s supposed to be gone when you are done! I am just so grossed out by the whole concept. LEAVE IT? ICK! How unclean it would feel to walk into a bathroom and see yellow water just as you are preparing to do your “business.”

let’s face it…

We all pretend like the only people who use the “potty” that we frequent is ourself. If you start to think about how many other people used it, you’d just get too creeped out. But to walk in and find something someone left behind? Just to save a few gallons of water?

NO THANK YOU!

I’ll skip a shower a week, go without in some other ways… but I will not stop flushing… that’s just yuk.