Brighter Blue

Scooter and I have been wanting to paint our front door since we moved into our house. It was a blue/gray color that was called "Storm Cloud." How depressing. We considered a number of colors. I knew I didn't want a neutral color - I wanted something bright. We thought about red - lots of people have red doors, but somehow I didn't think red would look right.

One day it occurred to me that we had some left over bright blue paint from another project. I told Scooter I thought it might look cute on the front door. He agreed that we could try it sometime. When he came out of his office a few hours later he was surprised to find that it was done. It is quite bright but we are surprised by how much we like it. It makes our house look more cheery and welcoming. The longer we look at it the more we like it.

Before

After


From depressing gray to cheery blue.

My Husband Is Podcasted!

When Scooter was at Oxford getting his Masters he wrote a paper. It was published in the Journal of Neurosurgery in July. Maybe I'm biased, but I think that being the primary author on a paper that was submitted to that distinguished journal before you've even started medical school is pretty special. I'm kinda proud of him - can you tell? If you want to read the abstract you can click here.

Tonight I was exploring the JNS website and came across this. It is a podcast of Scooter's paper! Go ahead - listen to it. It is fun to listen to the serious narrator say "Scooter." Just publishing it was cool, but having it included in a podcast is even better!

Great job babe. Here's to hoping there are many more to come.

Josie's Visit

This is Josie. Isn't she darling? She is one of Scooter's sisters. Not only is she darling, but she is extremely hard-working as well. She is also one of the most thoughtful people I know. She came out for a visit a couple of weeks ago. We had a great time with her. We were really busy and did a lot of things but only took pictures of one of our activities so I will apologize for all of the pictures pretty much looking the same. We took her a little gathering at the medical school then we went downtown to the Power and Light district for dinner at The Peachtree and gelato afterward at Cosentino's (their gelato is the real thing and the passion fruit is to die for!).

The next day we went to tour some of the homes in the Parade of Homes. It was so much fun and we all got lots of ideas about what our homes would look like if we had a million dollars to spend on it. One trend we noticed was that the size of the master bathrooms and closets was almost ridiculously large. The master suite took up a third or more of the level of the home on which it resided. It would sure be nice though. I kicked Scooter completely out of our closet months ago. He gets a few drawers in the dresser, but 95% of his clothes he keeps in his office closet. He really is a good sport about it.

We went down to the Louisburg Cider Mill like we did last year. It really is a charming little place. Looks like it might be fast becoming an autumn tradition. The cider donuts are to die for and the cider is even better.

We did some other things but mostly we just wanted that hard-working girl to relax! Thanks for coming Josie! We love you!



Anyone else want to come for a visit? This whole medical school thing makes it virtually impossible for Scooter to leave Kansas City, but if anyone else has a hankering for a little Plowman-time consider yourself invited!

Two Years Ago Today

Two years ago today we arrived in Oxford and started the biggest adventure of our lives. We still miss it. Our feelings are as sentimental as they were last year. The more time that passes, it seems, the more grateful we become for our experiences. We've already started scheming about how we can get back there....