Brian made the move but is still getting situated.
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
Sunday, August 28, 2005
Thursday, August 25, 2005
Updates
It's Thursday and my only day off this week so I have been catching up on my errands. (sewing, shopping, buying Teresa’s college books, cleaning a little). Each day seems full. Here is a little of what we have been doing:
-Laura has been house-sitting so we have mostly seen her for meals, then she heads off with her friends although we did manage to go shopping together twice.
-Teresa has been quilting with Aunt Linda, spending a last day with Kristin before she goes off to school, school shopping, going to orientation for running start and working and hanging out with Laura.
-Saturday Chris and I went garage saling with Ed and Bev Hilliard and then worked on fixing kitchen cabinets at Frank’s house.
-Sunday we went to church and did errands around the house.
-Monday was work and home group.
-Tuesday Jan went to work and school shopping with the girls. We had great success at Ross. What bargains.
-Wednesday Chris had a meeting after work and Jan did some computer work at home and laundry after work.
-Today we are going to dinner at Mom and Dad’s with Bev and Deborah. They are down for one day.
-Saturday Chris and I are going to Jonathan’s and Tonia’s for a mariner’s game and will spend the night and go to church with them.
-Laura has been house-sitting so we have mostly seen her for meals, then she heads off with her friends although we did manage to go shopping together twice.
-Teresa has been quilting with Aunt Linda, spending a last day with Kristin before she goes off to school, school shopping, going to orientation for running start and working and hanging out with Laura.
-Saturday Chris and I went garage saling with Ed and Bev Hilliard and then worked on fixing kitchen cabinets at Frank’s house.
-Sunday we went to church and did errands around the house.
-Monday was work and home group.
-Tuesday Jan went to work and school shopping with the girls. We had great success at Ross. What bargains.
-Wednesday Chris had a meeting after work and Jan did some computer work at home and laundry after work.
-Today we are going to dinner at Mom and Dad’s with Bev and Deborah. They are down for one day.
-Saturday Chris and I are going to Jonathan’s and Tonia’s for a mariner’s game and will spend the night and go to church with them.
Thursday, August 18, 2005
The battle of the bees
Our phone was not working. We did not know this at first since we could call out. Then we began to hear that people could not get a hold of us. That is strange. We did a test and we discovered we only had a one way phone. A call to the repairman resulted in a visit (too early in Teresa’s opinion). Thus began the battle of the bees. “I cannot work on your phone line until the bees are gone.” He says. Armed in a long sleeve coat with a hood I sneak up on the swarming bees (all seven or eight of them but is seemed like more in the narrow passage between the hedge and the house.) I spray the hole and they are stunned but rise again to fly away. Again and again I risk shooting the hole with the deadly(?) spray but the bees are unaffected.
So off to Fred’s to arm myself with something more deadly. This time when I shoot the hole with my spray it turns to deadly foam. Now they are trapped! Ha ha. For extra measure I set a trap for those bees away from home with a trusty soda bottle trap. Nothing will stop the repairman tomorrow I say. I arise early and spread more deadly foam before leaving for work. By 4:00 the bees are dead and I am ready for the repairman to fix my phone. He arrives soon and finishes the job after many search and find missions to find all our phone jacks. Why are they all behind desks, dressers and book shelves… even wires coming out of the attic? Alas I hear the ringing of a bell. It is our friendly phone now working again. We are no longer cut off from the world. We can rest safely tonight having won the battle of the bees and restored communication with the world.
So off to Fred’s to arm myself with something more deadly. This time when I shoot the hole with my spray it turns to deadly foam. Now they are trapped! Ha ha. For extra measure I set a trap for those bees away from home with a trusty soda bottle trap. Nothing will stop the repairman tomorrow I say. I arise early and spread more deadly foam before leaving for work. By 4:00 the bees are dead and I am ready for the repairman to fix my phone. He arrives soon and finishes the job after many search and find missions to find all our phone jacks. Why are they all behind desks, dressers and book shelves… even wires coming out of the attic? Alas I hear the ringing of a bell. It is our friendly phone now working again. We are no longer cut off from the world. We can rest safely tonight having won the battle of the bees and restored communication with the world.
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