Amy Artisan

Woo hoo! I’m back in Chicago for, *gasp*, 10 whole days! Because of the July 4th holiday & a previously planned vacation day next week I will be working remotely from home next week & won’t head back to Chattanooga until July 9th. I don’t have big plans for the weekends but am looking forward to [...]

As I mentioned previously, when I was home with the folks over Father’s Day weekend we discovered a Mama Skink was nesting in our front flowerbed. Late last week Mama Skink hatched her eggs & for a few short days there were baby skinks in the front. As you can see from some of the pictures [...]

While back in town this weekend…at the top of the errand list on Friday was picking up the 2 weeks of held mail. In addition to the regular “boring” mail, magazines and catalogs I was pleased to see this stash of mail held several fun goodies!   I had mentioned earlier that I was participating [...]

Instead of heading to the airport to fly back to Chicago on Friday I picked up a rental car (a slick new Azera which the family has dubbed Hank) merged south onto I-75, set the cruise control & headed down to the ‘Ville to hang out with Mom & Dad. It was a fun weekend – filled [...]

Happy Father’s Day Dad!! “It’s only when you grow up, and step back from him, or leave him for your own career and your own home – it’s only then that you can measure his greatness and fully appreciate it. Pride reinforces love.” –Margaret Truman