Chris had a doctor’s appointment on Thursday with Dr. Greene in Vancouver. He thought he was going to get a shot in his arm to test for radial nerve damage. However after some discussion it was decided to just go ahead and set a surgery date for epichondylitis on 10/18/05. He is relieved to finally have a surgery date set. It will be done in Vancouver.
Teresa had a Cornerstone retreat on Friday and Saturday. She had a good time. They had bus trouble on the way home and all had to crowd into one bus but they made it home safely although about an hour or more late. The camp was camp Bethel near Aberdeen.
We found a TV at a garage sale yesterday to replace our broken one. We were quite pleased. We were not sure God would answer a prayer for a different TV but He provided and we are grateful. Especially with the surgery coming up it will be useful for distraction.
We went over to Mom and Dad’s on Saturday night and had a good visit. We were able to share some of our many tomatoes we finally got around to picking. I think I might have to cook some up because we have so many.
I have been kind of lazy reading and napping the last couple of days. It’s hard to get too motivated. Teresa and Chris also got a nap in today. We ate dinner at the church. It was a baked potato bar to raise money for the Uganda trip coming up on 10/10/05. It was very tasty and nice not to have to cook
Sunday, September 25, 2005
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
This has been a busy week. Monday Teresa started college and Chris and I worked. I had a staff meeting at 5:30 but came home and made a potato casserole for our home group potluck which Chris took to home group. I joined them after our staff meeting at apx 7:15.
Tuesday we worked. Chris tried tearing apart our TV to see if he could fix it since it had mysteriously died while we were in Seattle. :( But no luck, it is still dead. Teresa had a short school day but did homework and took a nap. She has been very tired lately. She had a blood test taken on Monday but her hmt is about 28.6 which is still pretty good for her. .
Today I was off so I did two little HealthWorks Northwest tapes, did a lot of laundry, changed Laura’s bed, collected garage sale items to sell if Grandpa Larry still has his garage sale Saturday and mowed the lawn and gave our stinky dog a bath. I also took Teresa to the doctor for any advice on Teresa’s tiredness. She took some different blood tests for mono and thyroid deficiency just to be sure. We are not planning a transfusion at this point although Teresa would kind of like one so she has more energy. She has been doing a lot of reading for her political science class. She keeps falling asleep though.
Friday Teresa has a retreat with Cornerstone that goes till Saturday night. This hopefully will be good but cuts down on homework time to finish her report for Political Science.
Chris is off tomorrow but has to go see the Vancouver Dr. Green and get a shot in his arm. He also wants to take our computer in to get it cleaned up and get new virus protection put on. I have to work tomorrow.
Tuesday we worked. Chris tried tearing apart our TV to see if he could fix it since it had mysteriously died while we were in Seattle. :( But no luck, it is still dead. Teresa had a short school day but did homework and took a nap. She has been very tired lately. She had a blood test taken on Monday but her hmt is about 28.6 which is still pretty good for her. .
Today I was off so I did two little HealthWorks Northwest tapes, did a lot of laundry, changed Laura’s bed, collected garage sale items to sell if Grandpa Larry still has his garage sale Saturday and mowed the lawn and gave our stinky dog a bath. I also took Teresa to the doctor for any advice on Teresa’s tiredness. She took some different blood tests for mono and thyroid deficiency just to be sure. We are not planning a transfusion at this point although Teresa would kind of like one so she has more energy. She has been doing a lot of reading for her political science class. She keeps falling asleep though.
Friday Teresa has a retreat with Cornerstone that goes till Saturday night. This hopefully will be good but cuts down on homework time to finish her report for Political Science.
Chris is off tomorrow but has to go see the Vancouver Dr. Green and get a shot in his arm. He also wants to take our computer in to get it cleaned up and get new virus protection put on. I have to work tomorrow.
Monday, September 19, 2005
Moving day...
“I can’t believe we got all that stuff packed and there was still room for the dolly”. We had finished packing and were waiting for Teresa to return from sewing at Aunt Linda’s. When she arrived we headed off to Seattle to take Laura back to SPU. We hit a little traffic but arrived about 5:30. We grabbed a quick bite to eat at Wendy’s before moving in since we couldn’t get in until 6:00. Laura’s room seemed much bigger than last year since it was only a double instead of a triple. We were able to bunk the beds and unpack quite a few boxes before we left.
Then we headed to Jonathan’s and Tonia’s. Watch carefully we told Teresa and we’ll show you the exit to take to Jonathan’s for when you are driving yourself. Laura had said it was exit 154B. We were in the far left lane all set to take the complicated left exit when Chris said this is 154A so he quickly crossed three lanes of traffic to right exit at 154 B and we soon realized we had made a mistake. We shouldn’t have listened to Laura! We headed in the general direction and then took the wrong exit on hwy 167. After another turn around we finally got on the right road in the right direction. We then turned to Teresa and said that is not the best way to get to Jonathan’s!
We saw Jonathan and Tonia pull into the parking lot just as we were rounding the corner carrying all our stuff so we timed things just right. We had a good talk although Teresa and Tonia were bored after awhile and fell asleep. Sunday we slept in until 9:00 (some even later) and watched a movie and played games. It was a relaxing trip.
Then we headed to Jonathan’s and Tonia’s. Watch carefully we told Teresa and we’ll show you the exit to take to Jonathan’s for when you are driving yourself. Laura had said it was exit 154B. We were in the far left lane all set to take the complicated left exit when Chris said this is 154A so he quickly crossed three lanes of traffic to right exit at 154 B and we soon realized we had made a mistake. We shouldn’t have listened to Laura! We headed in the general direction and then took the wrong exit on hwy 167. After another turn around we finally got on the right road in the right direction. We then turned to Teresa and said that is not the best way to get to Jonathan’s!
We saw Jonathan and Tonia pull into the parking lot just as we were rounding the corner carrying all our stuff so we timed things just right. We had a good talk although Teresa and Tonia were bored after awhile and fell asleep. Sunday we slept in until 9:00 (some even later) and watched a movie and played games. It was a relaxing trip.
Sunday, September 11, 2005
A Happy Anniversary
To celebrate our 29th wedding anniversary we had planned on going to an arts and craft show at Ocean Parks. When we rechecked the data the morning we were to leave we discovered it was really going to be at Ocean Shores which is much farther than we wanted to drive. Therefore we spent a rather stressful 45 minutes trying to come up with a plan B (which wasn’t made easier by the forecast of possible thunder showers.) We finally decided to go to the Oregon Gardens in Silverton. We have recently discovered an interest in gardening over the past year or two so this sounded like a good plan.
We hurried out the door after saying a quick good bye to Laura and Teresa who were headed up to Jonathan and Tonia’s for the weekend. We were hurrying out the door because we were late for church. Our church has been having special services since Wednesday in honor of Founder’s Week. This year the teaching is on The Judgment Seat of Christ. Saturday’s session was the end of that particular series of teaching although the teacher, Rick Howard, will be preaching Sunday also and we have continued meetings until Tuesday’s love feast to finish off the week. We arrived only slightly late and Linda had saved a seat for us. We enjoyed the teaching and it gave us a lot to ponder and talk about. It’s a subject we probably don’t think enough about.
After feeding the dog and grabbing our lunch we’d made, we headed out. On the way we discovered we had left the directions and camera so we made a quick turnaround by the Monticello hotel. One stop at Kaiser for some meds and we were on our way. We had a good trip down. We do our best talking in the car it seems. We arrived at the gardens about 3:15. We decided to take the tram for a general overview and then walk some. Everything was beautiful. We covered most of the park, both by tram and walking, before it started to pour about 5:45 and we had just reached the gift shop so the timing was good. We felt compassion for the bridal party whose outdoor wedding was to start at 6:00. We were glad we were not the parents of the bride or groom facing the move to inside the pavilion.
We took a few pictures of plants we might want to add to our garden in the future. We then started looking for a place to eat. We ended up at a Thai place in Woodburn that was nice. We ended the night at home watching a Netflick movie Wait until Dark which was suspenseful.
We hurried out the door after saying a quick good bye to Laura and Teresa who were headed up to Jonathan and Tonia’s for the weekend. We were hurrying out the door because we were late for church. Our church has been having special services since Wednesday in honor of Founder’s Week. This year the teaching is on The Judgment Seat of Christ. Saturday’s session was the end of that particular series of teaching although the teacher, Rick Howard, will be preaching Sunday also and we have continued meetings until Tuesday’s love feast to finish off the week. We arrived only slightly late and Linda had saved a seat for us. We enjoyed the teaching and it gave us a lot to ponder and talk about. It’s a subject we probably don’t think enough about.
After feeding the dog and grabbing our lunch we’d made, we headed out. On the way we discovered we had left the directions and camera so we made a quick turnaround by the Monticello hotel. One stop at Kaiser for some meds and we were on our way. We had a good trip down. We do our best talking in the car it seems. We arrived at the gardens about 3:15. We decided to take the tram for a general overview and then walk some. Everything was beautiful. We covered most of the park, both by tram and walking, before it started to pour about 5:45 and we had just reached the gift shop so the timing was good. We felt compassion for the bridal party whose outdoor wedding was to start at 6:00. We were glad we were not the parents of the bride or groom facing the move to inside the pavilion.
We took a few pictures of plants we might want to add to our garden in the future. We then started looking for a place to eat. We ended up at a Thai place in Woodburn that was nice. We ended the night at home watching a Netflick movie Wait until Dark which was suspenseful.
Monday, September 05, 2005
We like three day weekends!
Today Laura woke up at 9:30 to find the house still dark and everyone still asleep, even Wilson. After working the early morning shift I find it is getting harder to sleep in so I enjoyed this morning’s treat. At about 11:15 we headed out the door to visit Grandma and Grandad in Cathlamet. We made a slight detour to feed Susie’s cat on the way. It was a gorgeous day. Theo, as usual, had a delicious lunch for us.
I was able to find a few blackberries to pick although they were not as plentiful as I would have liked. The elk had picked off the closest ones and many of the rest were either moldy, or too high to reach or guarded by spiders, but thanks to Chris I did get a large tub filled. The girls made an attempt to help but couldn’t handle the spiders and determination required to get to the berries. It is really sad that none of my children find quite the satisfaction in berry picking that their mother does.:) They did enjoy the photo albums inside with Grandma and Grandad. We heard some interesting stories of Grandma’s move from Wyoming.
Last night Chris and I went to Mom and Dad’s and visited a bit and then played a game called Probe that we had picked up at a garage sale. It is a bit like hangman with each player choosing a word the others must guess. We also enjoyed talking to Jonathan and Tonia on the phone. We had a good time. The girls returned from their trip to George Fox to visit Kristin to find an empty house. "I wonder where Mom and Dad are now" We forgot to leave a note not expecting to stay out so late. Oops!
Now it is back to work and school tomorrow. I must go and make our sandwiches so they will be ready for tomorrow.
I was able to find a few blackberries to pick although they were not as plentiful as I would have liked. The elk had picked off the closest ones and many of the rest were either moldy, or too high to reach or guarded by spiders, but thanks to Chris I did get a large tub filled. The girls made an attempt to help but couldn’t handle the spiders and determination required to get to the berries. It is really sad that none of my children find quite the satisfaction in berry picking that their mother does.:) They did enjoy the photo albums inside with Grandma and Grandad. We heard some interesting stories of Grandma’s move from Wyoming.
Last night Chris and I went to Mom and Dad’s and visited a bit and then played a game called Probe that we had picked up at a garage sale. It is a bit like hangman with each player choosing a word the others must guess. We also enjoyed talking to Jonathan and Tonia on the phone. We had a good time. The girls returned from their trip to George Fox to visit Kristin to find an empty house. "I wonder where Mom and Dad are now" We forgot to leave a note not expecting to stay out so late. Oops!
Now it is back to work and school tomorrow. I must go and make our sandwiches so they will be ready for tomorrow.
Friday, September 02, 2005
Hurray for the weekend
Tonight is Friday night and we have been invaded by girls. Teresa is having a “sleep over” (where there is actually very little sleep) to celebrate her friends being ungrounded for the summer. Then Laura’s friends decided to come over also so they are holed up in Laura’s room watching a DVD on her computer since Teresa’s friends were in the living room.
Teresa is very pleased with her teachers this year. She has Mrs. Maldonado for Bible and Mr. Sparks for Spanish. She was dreading Spanish with the other teacher so she is very pleased. Mrs. M. is also teaching all the science classes at Cornerstone this year (but Teresa is not taking science this year).
We have been watching some of the coverage of the disaster from the hurricane. It is very overwhelming. It is hard not to know how to help. I wonder what would happen if every church could sponsor a family to be relocated in their town. Sure makes a person think.
In regards to our battle of the bees we have not won the war only that one battle. Since the battle we have had bees coming into Jonathan's old room through the phone line hole. They are mostly dead or dying so we are cleaning up about a dozen a day. And they stink! So we are still fighting the bees
Teresa is very pleased with her teachers this year. She has Mrs. Maldonado for Bible and Mr. Sparks for Spanish. She was dreading Spanish with the other teacher so she is very pleased. Mrs. M. is also teaching all the science classes at Cornerstone this year (but Teresa is not taking science this year).
We have been watching some of the coverage of the disaster from the hurricane. It is very overwhelming. It is hard not to know how to help. I wonder what would happen if every church could sponsor a family to be relocated in their town. Sure makes a person think.
In regards to our battle of the bees we have not won the war only that one battle. Since the battle we have had bees coming into Jonathan's old room through the phone line hole. They are mostly dead or dying so we are cleaning up about a dozen a day. And they stink! So we are still fighting the bees
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