the day to day. . .

• safe and uneventful travels. actually, i did fall in the airport and did see our esteemed state treasurer fresh from cocaine rehab in arizona so it was eventful! but no plane problems which i like!
• a good smoothie in the cincinatti airport!
• the annual meeting in a beautiful resort in deer valley. my room had a fireplace and a jacuzzi tub and the bed. . . . .. sigh. . . . . let's just say that i made the most of my sleep. it was lovely.
• a great meeting full of good training, lots of laughter, thanks from my ceo. . . and a diamond added to my watch!
• good phone calls with david while i was there. he called on saturday night because abbie missed me.
• a saturday afternoon by the pool with nicole, victor, tammy, tasha and georgie. victor made rum and cokes all day so we started yelling (ok, tasha started yelling) 'free cuba' and declared we would get kicked out of the restaurant that night. we did come close. between yelling 'free cuba' and quoting ricky bobbie, a good time was had by all.
• vanilla congac (sp)
• no bugs in utah!
• humidity back in charleston. wow. i didn't know humidity did my body so so good.
• a sweet homecoming and home-cooked meal with david last night.
• sleeping in my own bed.
• chats with michelle, chandler, mom, david, and dad while i was away.
• being in the 100+ club and all the hard work that celebrates.
• plans with nicole and tammy to roll out our training to the rest of the office in the next couple of weeks.
• planning my trip back to corporate next week and being able to spend time with some people i really like and respect.
• another fancy hotel room!
• the fireplace done and the electric run to our room so that we can sheetrock and rock that last wall and the floor!!!!! yay!
• a costco trip tonight and passing up the leather couch that was on sale. we didn't impulse buy and that's big for the smoaks!
• lunch with mom and poppie today.
• elizabeth peepee'd in the potty today and got an elmo book for a reward.
• a long talk with cindy last week. completely unplanned and completely lovely. tyler will be 2 in a couple of weeks. holy cow.
• craig's triathalon and how he rocked it! can you say, 'super-veggie-athlete'!
• michelle bryant's visit with michelle jones thompson in washington!
• michelle's visit with her girls to hawaii. amazing pictures.
• david's total commitment to the atlanta braves. in good times and in bad, he has supported, loved, fought with and celebrated this baseball team. for 30 years he's been a fan in the true sense of the word and i think that says so much about him and his willingness to be in commitment. the same thing for his passion for hunting and quite frankly, for our little family. i am in constant wonder and awe that he loves me with the commitment, tenderness, fun, passion that he shows me everyday. that sounds goofy, but i know what i'm feeling. i can't quite get the words out.
• david's giggle.
• the way he shows up at my office and hugs all the ladies and spends time with each one of them. his knicknames for them all. too cute.
• all of david's knicknames that people have for him - smoak, smoakie, dayday, smoat, white chocolate, the professor, mom calls him her SIL - son-in-law, his mom calls him a smartass! his sister calls him a jackass. i sometimes call him an ass, but mostly it's pet names . . .
• david filling up the hummingbird feeder when he saw one buzzing around.
• miss peabody, sandie and abbie.
• my routine.
• you, my little ski lift, you.

a week 'pon top edisto!

• edi-slow time.
• the long walk david and i took last saturday night on the beach at midnight by a fullmoon looking for mama turtles making their way to check on the babies. we didn't see any, but it was awesome anyway. the water was like glass.
• a rainy sunday that forced us to nap under the tin roof!
• a quick workweek of monday and tuesday and getting mama b's carpet pulled up so that david can put in her hardwood floors this weekend.
• the 4th of july at edisto with big d and shelbs, little b, whitty-whit and ben and susan. we had a great time in the water and little b and i even snuck in a 2 hour nap in the hammock. he's a good snuggler!
• david's homemade cheeseburgers!
• watching the fireworks that were miles away on kiawah. happy that the turtles on edisto were safe as no noise scared them.
• LAZY thursday of lunch at the sea cow and an afternoon on the beach. sigh.
• LAZY friday of a quick trip to fish or cut bait gallery and the kayak place and then an afternoon on the beach. . . sigh.
• dinner with susan on friday night - we snuck away to drink BEER while the grandparents watched the bad boys. awesome crab dip and dinner and good conversation.
• saturday at brickhouse. after i thought the week was ending, a visit to the jenkins compound and the historic float down the riva'. 150 floats of all shapes, sizes, colors, and animals! float out with the tide and back in with the tide. all the while sipping on my new favorite summer beverage, lemoncello, and eating boiled p-nuts. way too much fun! poppy fell out of his float and i almost spit out my drink! the thought of my mom on the turbanado princess chair float poppy picked out for her as she floated to other 'pods' to see what good food they had.
• annie and ada renee (like bridget renee) tied up to us - too much fun!
• knowing which float to get next year for poppy so he can drink his beer and sit up at the same time.
• my catcher's mit float. awesome.
• dolphins, egrets, baby birds in the tree off our porch at the beach.
• whitman's hugs goodmorning , goodnight, and everytime we met on the beach.
• fullmoons over the ocean.
• the golf cart 4th of july parade.
• the edisto piggly wiggly.
• banana sandwiches for breakfast, tomato sandwiches for lunch.
• king's market and all their goodies.
• tomato pie.
• the coast guard helicopters waving to us on the beach.
• the kiteboarders rockin' it over the waves.
• shagging on the beach without music.
• a week 'pon top edisto.

and back in charleston time.. . .

• work not calling me on vacation!
• david getting mama b's floor in with little effort and with help from alex and boxx. hearing that the 2 big boys and the 13 year old (alex) got in their fill of boy time with the stories david told me last night. burping, farting, giving alex a hard time. . . glad i wasn't there! knowing there will be more stories tonight.
• dad calling last night - back from canada and enjoying his crocs.
• my lazy day today getting mentally prepared to work tomorrow. . . sigh.
• dinner last night from the fishnet - fried flounder sandwich for $3.99. am i addicted if i want to drive back today and get another?
• a braves plan for august 4th!
• 2 trips to park city this month.
• reconnecting today with the people in my life.
• clean laundry.
• david working hard to provide cash for our room.
• picking out STONE for the fireplace, mantle, hearth and floor! at fieldstone and burney being there to help! a nice surprise.
• you, my little loggerhead turtle, you!