No AC :(

First, yes it was the hottest temps in the country today here in DC. A whopping 96 degrees. Bad news -- AC still not really cooling, Good News - I am getting a brand new AC/Heating Unit June 15th.

Lance (my ex -husband) got a fantastic promotion today at work. It almost seems like karma because it is right before the kids come down for the summer with him. It will be more money, day hours and no weekend work. I am so glad that he is doing well....and also somewhat sad that it never came to be while he lived here in NoVA but he is a Mississippi boy at heart.

Onto other thoughts...I downloaded the a free trial of RRS. It is really awesome to be able to get all your news and blogs in one place without having to jump from webpage to webpage. The one for mac is Net NewsWire

Very cool site.

I did try out and get an account on corkd

I am Vawinelover and I have already written one review :) In case you don't know Corkd is a free, web-based service that makes it simple to review and share wine.
The just started up about a week ago and already had 4000 members. You can become drinking buddies online. :) Not real drinking buddies but friends with other people that like trying good wines.

Wine review blog

This will be a quick one today since I am on deadline for two books right now for National Geographic. (aka NGS)


Today summer turned on here in Northern Virginia (NOVA). Last week we had the coats on and this weekend it feels like Florida was transported to my backyard...along with several hundred bugs and humid temps. We are going to be adventurous this year and plant a small garden. The kids and I (Bug - my youngest girl, Skatergrl - my beautiful wantabe skater girl, and GB - my 9 year-old Mr. Bossy) are going to plant squash, tomatoes, corn, peppers and green beans. I even rented a tiller last week and till it up. Boy, I am glad not to be a farmer.


Cool page you might want to check out...Mike sent this too me today
http://corkd.com/Wine Review Blog
You can post your own wine reviews...how cool is that. I am going to have to try it soon. The Virginia Wine Festal kicks off next week. Great fun and even better wines to try.


Ok......that all for now.stayed tuned to tomorrrow..I might take out the AC guy if he does not come fix my AC.

Katy's First Communion

Katy's First Communion was beautiful today. I had to almost bribe her to get her to wear a dress but in the end I think she had fun picking it out. Afterwards we went to Gabriel's ballgame and tonight....Mike and I get to be all dressed up and go to the White House Press Photographers Dinner. Very, very fun :)

Starting to blog

Here is a photo of Katy and Gabe, 7 and 9.

Ok...here is my first attempt to blog. As my profile says I will be writing about all softs of crazy and interesting things...well interesting to me. :)

You will here about my kids -- Katy, Gabe, Adam and my step-daughter Briana


I will see if I can capture images of the teenagers but it might be a harder task than I think. :)