Middle of the week

Hey, I am up, not going swimming and it appears the rest of the hood is sleeping still too! I see our almost accurate newspaper guy almost got the paper near my step today. At least he got it here, seems to me since we got a new delivery person the delivery of the paper is hit or miss. There is a couple great fall festivals going on this weekend, there is the Kingstowne Fall Festival down by Panera from 10-2 PM and a few others around here, I am going, for the first time to Art on the Avenue in Del Ray. It should be awesome, check out the website: http://www.artontheavenue.org/

Let's see, what else is going on? Weather is still good, kids still outside playing, that always makes putting them to bed a bit easier. No new babies in the hood yet, but we are on watch for Lisa and Mike. I see the triplets are not back from their trip to NYC, I bet they had fun.

I haven't been walking with the dog in the afternoons to see the couple of cars that pull up and load about a dozen kids in their cars after they get off the school bus, but I will try to catch that sight again. That was the final straw that led me to start this blog. Hellooooo??? Must have children in seatbelts, kind of a big deal law. And, how far away do you live that you have to drive your kid(s) to the bus stop?? The elementary school is just up the road, for how much you drive you could walk them to school right? I will get to the bottem of this, plus, they keep their cars running and the fumes are gross. (see I can be a bit snarky on this blog and get away with it)

First Post of Trish in the hood

So...how to start, let's start by driving into our little piece of paradise in Northern Virginia. This neighborhood is really great, during major elections we are truly blue and red, there are military, government, diplomats, and regular Joe's living here. Like I say, a little slice of life.

As you turn off Manchester Lakes, you see three options, go right and you are in Alexander cul de sac, we call it the rentals. Lots of rentals, no grass can grow on the front lawns, big ol' Christmas balls hanging in someones tree, another has some tree sprouts growing from the rain gutters. Then, there are some cute well maintained houses, but not as many as the others. This whole development used to be a farm, clearly not a very productive one, I mean how can you 'farm' on a clay base?? I had never seen so much clay so close to the top soil in my life when I moved here and tried to dig and plant bulbs. Anyhow, B doesn't like to walk thru that part, but I take the dog walking almost every day...gotta see what everyone is up to right?

If you turn left you are on Alexander Ave. this is a nice street, all friendly, for the most part, and they keep the front yards looking good. Lots of friendly dogs...Our best friends live on this street, keep reading and you'll eventually meet them, Haley's parents and Emma and Jack's folks.

If you go straight you end up in Ericka Ave. Love it! And, this is where a lot of the action takes place. Today there is nothing happening, just a lot of rain, and for some reason Myles, my dog, is barfing...totally gross and he doesn't have to clean it up...that would be me! I promise to keep this funny, light and interesting, so keep coming back there is more to come.