We got home at 8:30 last night.  Happy, happy, happy! I didn’t mention it earlier, but Sarah spent four nights by herself; it’s the first time she has even been home alone at night without us and we are proud of her for reaching that big milestone.  As I wrote before, she was joined the rest of the time by her friend, Hope and her…

Last Thursday in Albuquerque, we took to the sky on the Sandia Peak Tramway. We went to 10,000 feet where we could see for 11,000 square miles. Since our house back in Manteo is at 14 feet above sea level, it was quite the change of pace! (I took this photo of the second tram coming in the opposite direction.)…

Hello from Albuquerque, New Mexico! We were supposed to land at 10:45 last night (12:45 our body’s time) but due to storms at La Guardia we were put on another plane and landed two hours earlier than planned. I was one happy woman to be able to get to bed early! …

And we’re back! Sorry about this past week of radio silence; I ran into some complicated, frustration-producing technical issues which I will not bore you with. The important thing is that Smithellaneous is once again live.  Can I get an amen? In one of my posts last week, I mentioned that I had somehow neglected to get any pictures of Steve with the baby.…