Back in June Harv was going to work full time for maybe two months. After two months (middle of August) it was going to be another two weeks and then another and another and now . . . . who knows? It's the end of Sept and he's just emailed that he's staying full time for "a while longer"! Ah well, he's enjoying it and he is being compensated for it.
Just so "they" remember we have vacation scheduled in two weeks and it's set in stone. We're babysitting. Can scarcely wait.
Friday, September 29, 2006
Monday, September 25, 2006
To every one of you...
edited to add: the text below is a link. click on it, and watch the movie. You'll enjoy it!
Consider yourself hugged.
Consider yourself hugged.
Friday, September 22, 2006
Hard to believe but . . . .
Amanda is attending her first Daisy meeting today. For the uninitiated, that's the kindergarten version of Brownies/Girl Scouts.
Wasn't it just yesterday she started walking?
Wasn't it just yesterday she started walking?
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Thirty-two!!!
I see a couple beat us to the page to wish you Happy Birthday, Jason. My excuse--we're two behind them!
Hope you had a good day and got lots of goodies.
We love you much!
Hope you had a good day and got lots of goodies.
We love you much!
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Happy Birthday, Kimmy!
I hope you have a great day!
Hard to believe, isn't it, the number of candles that should be on our cakes...wonder where all the time has gone?
Oh well, like you always say...you'll never be as old as I am, so you have nothing whatsoever to worry about. :)
Since we can't have a big party for you, here's a picture of one instead! Enjoy!
Hard to believe, isn't it, the number of candles that should be on our cakes...wonder where all the time has gone?
Oh well, like you always say...you'll never be as old as I am, so you have nothing whatsoever to worry about. :)
Since we can't have a big party for you, here's a picture of one instead! Enjoy!
Thursday, September 07, 2006
Recent Pictures
Laura before her first day of school on Tuesday. She was really excited to go back.
Thomas this evening. He is getting more and more "smiley" everyday.Monday, September 04, 2006
Friday, September 01, 2006
I've been remiss, I guess
I've not written anything in a while--someone even reminded me I hadn't emailed in a while. Pretty bad since I'm usually a "chattermouth". Mostly, though, it's because there's not been anything to write.
We've not taken any trips since mid-June, had no company, nor done anything very exciting. Harv painted the living room/dining room, moved some cabinets around in the kitchen and built (with stacked wall cabinets) a space-saving "pantry" in the kitchen. He's not done any more because we're "getting company" and we don't need a torn up kitchen when they're here. But, once they're gone, he'll begin some sheetrock work in there to further modify the look. Gotta have a "project", you know!
"Company" is Dotty and Tom. They're flying to Vegas early next week and will come down here for a long weekend--as everyone probably already knows! I'm really looking forward to seeing them--Harv is too. He'll even take a day off work.
He's been full time since the middle of June which is why we've not done much of anything. It'll run, probably, to the middle of September and then he'll go back to half time--I hope. He/We really miss those Friday's off! He may be working from home part of the time, too. That'd be nice--fewer miles to drive each week. We'll see, though. That may not materialize.
Come October we're heading for Colorado. Bob earned a bonus--a Caribbean cruise. A short one but that's good because it's right at Ellen's mid-terms! Anyway, we'll go up the weekend before the cruise and, hopefully, Rachael will be baptised that Sunday. Otherwise we'll have to make a second trip and it might be cold! Anyway, they leave on the 19th and return on the 23rd--Thursday to Monday. So, we might stay the remainder of the week they return or we might head back here--don't know yet. It's possible Harv's Florida sister, Linda, will fly to Denver as she's free the week of the 23rd and wants to "go to Fall". Denver will definitely be "Fall" in mid-late October!
Ginny was there in mid-August. She flew out and was there about 10 days. Envied her! She got all that time with the girls. She said she told Ellen that Liz was so much like her (Ellen) at that age (almost three)but that Ellen didn't like that too well. I told Gin that Amanda was very like her (Gin) at age five--right down to the sulks and pouts and Gin wasn't too happy to hear that, either. She said Rachael was sweet and pretty and easy (as she was in June) and that the only time R cried was when she was hungry, wet/dirty or tired. She is beginning her research for her thesis and plans to graduate in May--after that, who knows?
Amanda started kindergarten last Thursday (it's still Thursday here as I type). We haven't talked to her since but she was really, really excited, of course. I don't think Liz is going to "school" this year--their godmother has in-home daycare licensing and Liz and Rachael will stay with her when Ellen's at CU-Boulder. Liz is progressing with her potty training, though, and quite proud of herself. Rachael, last I knew, was sitting up (and getting on her bottom by herself) and beginning to crawl some. Heck, she'll probably be pulling up by the time we get there! She'll be 10 mos old--or almost.
Ellen is either teaching or proctoring a couple of classes/labs, I believe, and taking her course work She was officially admitted to the PhD program in linguistics during the summer. She has her built-in research projects at home--believe she's researching language development in toddlers.
Steve is happy with his new job (and so is Ginny) and I think it's probably making it much easier for him to manage his diabetes. He's back in the kitchen, too. He likes to cook (and Gin hates to cook) so that's even better.
Bob is doing well. His restaurant was remodeled and updated so it was closed for a time but he wasn't free. Despite being closed and losing sales, he won the cruise bonus and perhaps another one. Bonuses are based on sales increase over previous fiscal so, if that wasn't taken into account he was screwed!
Nothing much going on. Harv's sister, Donna, and her husband left for St. Louis in early August so we haven't been running around antiquing with them. They won't be home until early October--got a new granddaughter coming 18 September and they have to care for the older one who is three and a pistol. In addition, Donna's brother-in-law in Illinois is dying of ALS so they're making "running trips" from St. Louis to Rock Island every 10 days or so. It's tough--they are 73 and 77--the heat and humidity are hard for her and then the stress of his younger brother dying.
Enough!
We've not taken any trips since mid-June, had no company, nor done anything very exciting. Harv painted the living room/dining room, moved some cabinets around in the kitchen and built (with stacked wall cabinets) a space-saving "pantry" in the kitchen. He's not done any more because we're "getting company" and we don't need a torn up kitchen when they're here. But, once they're gone, he'll begin some sheetrock work in there to further modify the look. Gotta have a "project", you know!
"Company" is Dotty and Tom. They're flying to Vegas early next week and will come down here for a long weekend--as everyone probably already knows! I'm really looking forward to seeing them--Harv is too. He'll even take a day off work.
He's been full time since the middle of June which is why we've not done much of anything. It'll run, probably, to the middle of September and then he'll go back to half time--I hope. He/We really miss those Friday's off! He may be working from home part of the time, too. That'd be nice--fewer miles to drive each week. We'll see, though. That may not materialize.
Come October we're heading for Colorado. Bob earned a bonus--a Caribbean cruise. A short one but that's good because it's right at Ellen's mid-terms! Anyway, we'll go up the weekend before the cruise and, hopefully, Rachael will be baptised that Sunday. Otherwise we'll have to make a second trip and it might be cold! Anyway, they leave on the 19th and return on the 23rd--Thursday to Monday. So, we might stay the remainder of the week they return or we might head back here--don't know yet. It's possible Harv's Florida sister, Linda, will fly to Denver as she's free the week of the 23rd and wants to "go to Fall". Denver will definitely be "Fall" in mid-late October!
Ginny was there in mid-August. She flew out and was there about 10 days. Envied her! She got all that time with the girls. She said she told Ellen that Liz was so much like her (Ellen) at that age (almost three)but that Ellen didn't like that too well. I told Gin that Amanda was very like her (Gin) at age five--right down to the sulks and pouts and Gin wasn't too happy to hear that, either. She said Rachael was sweet and pretty and easy (as she was in June) and that the only time R cried was when she was hungry, wet/dirty or tired. She is beginning her research for her thesis and plans to graduate in May--after that, who knows?
Amanda started kindergarten last Thursday (it's still Thursday here as I type). We haven't talked to her since but she was really, really excited, of course. I don't think Liz is going to "school" this year--their godmother has in-home daycare licensing and Liz and Rachael will stay with her when Ellen's at CU-Boulder. Liz is progressing with her potty training, though, and quite proud of herself. Rachael, last I knew, was sitting up (and getting on her bottom by herself) and beginning to crawl some. Heck, she'll probably be pulling up by the time we get there! She'll be 10 mos old--or almost.
Ellen is either teaching or proctoring a couple of classes/labs, I believe, and taking her course work She was officially admitted to the PhD program in linguistics during the summer. She has her built-in research projects at home--believe she's researching language development in toddlers.
Steve is happy with his new job (and so is Ginny) and I think it's probably making it much easier for him to manage his diabetes. He's back in the kitchen, too. He likes to cook (and Gin hates to cook) so that's even better.
Bob is doing well. His restaurant was remodeled and updated so it was closed for a time but he wasn't free. Despite being closed and losing sales, he won the cruise bonus and perhaps another one. Bonuses are based on sales increase over previous fiscal so, if that wasn't taken into account he was screwed!
Nothing much going on. Harv's sister, Donna, and her husband left for St. Louis in early August so we haven't been running around antiquing with them. They won't be home until early October--got a new granddaughter coming 18 September and they have to care for the older one who is three and a pistol. In addition, Donna's brother-in-law in Illinois is dying of ALS so they're making "running trips" from St. Louis to Rock Island every 10 days or so. It's tough--they are 73 and 77--the heat and humidity are hard for her and then the stress of his younger brother dying.
Enough!
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