The Good Life
March 21, 2008 by Lin
What a great life this is. Sitting in my office on Thursday and our friend Willie Pierce pops in to offer me a part-time contract job. Just a little “technical editing” gig that will provide some extra cash to help ease the tax season burden. Yea!
Last nite we drove down to the coast for an art exhibit opening (Negrotto’s Gallery) in Biloxi. The exhibit was the digitally remastered prints of John James Audubon, limited editions, and gorgeously fabulous. We were in awe at the wonderful work done by the artists who are releasing these prints as a fund-raiser for the National Audubon Society. Anyway, it was great and great fun. A number of people who knew The Writer or who knew who he was were on hand for meeting and greeting, and much networking was done by all.
Barry & Georgia drove over from Mobile to attend with us and for dinner and visiting afterward. Georgia got to meet the gallery owner, Romy, and make contacts there. Georgia and we talked about Penland this summer. And we generally got to catch up with what’s going on in their lives, making some plans for the upcoming book artwork, travel plans, etc. Before we knew it, it was 10:00 and we were closing the restaurant down. Time for the drive home (much longer coming home at 10 p.m. than going down at 4!), arriving near midnight, then tending to the house critters, so it was VERY late before we crashed and burned. And, of course, the dogs were ready to get up at 6, having slept 20 hours the day before!
Ron went to another artsy event with the H’burg Arts Council at lunch, while I met with Valerie to do Southern Pines Animal Shelter business, then dinner tonight with Beth, Rita, and Faye (yummmmm — thai). A very busy end of our week, and a good beginning to my long weekend.
We got the contract for the Dauphin Island rental in the mail today — can we really afford to do this?! Along with that contract was something from the state tax commission . . . I didn’t even open it, didn’t want to know. I signed the contract, addressed that envelope and stuck it out for post tomorrow. I went back to open the MTC envelope….might as well face that music! A check! For just about enough to pay for the house in April!
It is a good life. And we are very blessed! Just gotta keep the faith! Blessed be.
Oh, and the shared calendar now works just fine!
I came across your blog on Technorati. Nice site layout. I will stop by and read more soon.
Mike Harmon
Thank goodness the shared calendar is working fine. I was beginning to worry. I’m having difficulty keeping up with your schedules and I’m just reading it! What product did you end up using successfully?
Congrats on the Dauphin Island rental. Tell me more.
Love reading the updates on you and The Writer. God Bless.
Hi, Kathleen!
We ended up going with Google Calendar since it’s free and supposedly easy. Well, it is easy until you factor in my sweet husband whose need to complicate things completely unwinds me! Anyway, he tweaked and worried at it until it works, which is all I cared about anyway!
Yes, we are taking a real vacation this year, replete with one destination, a base of operations, and a definite time frame! Very unlike our usual “trips” which have us leaving for an undetermined time, spending lots of time “on the journey” and never really having a “destination” in mind. It’ll be different from what we usually do and enjoy, but this, too, will be fun. I am definitely looking forward to the change of scenery. April is gorgeous on the island, if you’re looking for a get-away! sugar-sand beaches, remoteness, and a sense of isolation, all the while having the “real world” just 20 minutes or so away in the form of Mobile.
You guys up at State have surely been in the news in the last few weeks. Hope to catch up with you soon and hear all the latest! Thank you for your continuing support of our little lives and dramas. You are a valued friend, friend!
Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation
Anyway … nice blog to visit.
cheers, Bacchanalian.
Thanks for the visit, Mike. Please come again and join the chatter!