Cookie Day 2010

Cookie Day - A day where people that know the Covert's randomly drop in with pre-made cookies or the inclination to bake or decorate cookies OR the audacity to just eat cookies and socialize. Any way you get there you will leave the same...full and sick of cookies for a little while. I missed last year but made up for it this year with Cookie Day prep activities. It was fun and I appreciate the Covert's hosting it again this year. I snapped some photos to commemorate/document the day.

Girl Power!

I have a couple of friends that were laid off last year, both female and both architects. They weren't planning on having to "go out on their own" but under the current economic circumstances that is what they are doing. They joint ventured on a Knox Housing Authority "Request for Proposal" recently and came in second in the selection. There were four firms short listed(my current firm did not make the short list)and all of the other firms were ones that have been established for years. They came in above all but one! I am very proud of them. I know they worked hard on the RFP and learned a lot in the process. It is encouraging to see people exceed their own expectations.

Tasty treat after a hard day

Yesterday was a long day. It started with Church and ended with rum cake and tv watching with friends. In between those events, throw in Father's Day and the last bit of moving/cleaning from the old house in between rain showers. I didn't even make it to Sears to buy the hedge trimmer.

Oh, as for the picture...I came home from dropping off my Dad's truck (which he has graciously let me use this whole time in moving) and was just planning on cleaning myself up and watching a movie. I checked my email and had an invite from friends that live in the new neighborhood to come to dinner and visit with them. I had been meaning to meet up with them and last night they caught me at a good stopping point since I wasn't going to be productive around the house at all.

The company and the food were excellent. I was also introduced to a new t.v. show that may make me upgrade my cable package so that I can continue to watch it, "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria" on BBC. I am a "Sound of Music" nut so this was right up my alley. A whole bunch of women trying to be "Maria" in Andrew Lloyd Webber's production of the "Sound of Music".

I was driven home around 10:30pm because we realized it was too dark in the neighborhood to walk back home...it wasn't because of the rum cake. :) Next time I will bring a flashlight and leave an outside light on at the house since I still have trouble finding it. I am such a newbie to the neighborhood. All in all, yesterday was a very good and productive day.