Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Summer in full swing
Ulster kids arriving in 2 days. We are getting the house ready for the guests. Gabriel has successfully moved out (with his friend's help) the non-working TV from the basement. Also installed our new microwave, which everyone loves. Our old microwave had an irritating way of thinking you pressed one number instead of another. So you would press 20 and it would think 90 and you would blindly start it and over microwave your dish. Anyway, we found a new one at Home Depot and Gabriel successfully installed it.
Ulster kids come and invade East TN for a month and hopefully don't get into any trouble in the process.
Anna has this week off of work and will resume her nanny job next week again. It is working out well and her charge (Kris) is an easy kid to care for.
Ulster kids come and invade East TN for a month and hopefully don't get into any trouble in the process.
Anna has this week off of work and will resume her nanny job next week again. It is working out well and her charge (Kris) is an easy kid to care for.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Rain, rain
GO AWAY!!
It has been so rainy lately, not a day goes by it seems that we don't have a deluge. And this morning was no different. It absolutely poured and poured. Then the sun came out and it was nice and then it poured again.
Not a great year for our pool membership...oh well.
We are hoping that it is not so rainy when our Northern Irish Teen arrives next week, many of the activities are planned for outdoors. Last summer we suffered through 100+ degree weather for almost 2 weeks with the Irish kids, but the pool was a great respite. Rain will dampen the mood considerably.
Gabriel has yet to finish his room, and we need to buy a new mattress for the top bunk. All will happen by next week.
It has been so rainy lately, not a day goes by it seems that we don't have a deluge. And this morning was no different. It absolutely poured and poured. Then the sun came out and it was nice and then it poured again.
Not a great year for our pool membership...oh well.
We are hoping that it is not so rainy when our Northern Irish Teen arrives next week, many of the activities are planned for outdoors. Last summer we suffered through 100+ degree weather for almost 2 weeks with the Irish kids, but the pool was a great respite. Rain will dampen the mood considerably.
Gabriel has yet to finish his room, and we need to buy a new mattress for the top bunk. All will happen by next week.
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Summer has arrived
School is out, the pool is open and summer has arrived.
Gabriel is helping out with the regatta this weekend. It's a National regatta, so there are thousands more people in Oak Ridge this weekend. (A good time to leave for the week!) I will help out a little tomorrow.
Anna's summer job has proven to be less than we thought. She was to be a nanny for a family, but that family is experiencing some job slow down and isn't using her that much. She will likely work some next week and sporadically the rest of the summer. She takes her ACT test this week for the first time.
Marian is reading a lot this summer and playing with friends. We are also starting a sewing club and I will teach her and a friend how to sew (we are doing baby clothes, smaller everything...)
Will step down from my leadership in the women's ministry here and step up to lead the pro-life group. Never a dull moment.
Bogdan is having an easy summer at work, the beam line comes "down" each summer for necessary maintenance, so he is not on call until August 1st. So, no midnight or 3am calls for the summer!
Our Ulster (Northern Irish) teen arrives 3 weeks from today, and Gabriel is readying his room by re-installing the bunk bed. (Which will stay for the year when our German student arrives in August!)
Gabriel is helping out with the regatta this weekend. It's a National regatta, so there are thousands more people in Oak Ridge this weekend. (A good time to leave for the week!) I will help out a little tomorrow.
Anna's summer job has proven to be less than we thought. She was to be a nanny for a family, but that family is experiencing some job slow down and isn't using her that much. She will likely work some next week and sporadically the rest of the summer. She takes her ACT test this week for the first time.
Marian is reading a lot this summer and playing with friends. We are also starting a sewing club and I will teach her and a friend how to sew (we are doing baby clothes, smaller everything...)
Will step down from my leadership in the women's ministry here and step up to lead the pro-life group. Never a dull moment.
Bogdan is having an easy summer at work, the beam line comes "down" each summer for necessary maintenance, so he is not on call until August 1st. So, no midnight or 3am calls for the summer!
Our Ulster (Northern Irish) teen arrives 3 weeks from today, and Gabriel is readying his room by re-installing the bunk bed. (Which will stay for the year when our German student arrives in August!)
Monday, May 20, 2013
Nearing the end
School is nearing the end, less than 2 weeks left.
Thunderstorms have been off and on for 3 weeks now. Marian has only had one game cancelled but her practices have all been rained out, so needless to say they are rusty during softball games.
Gabriel finished rowing for the season and will take it up again in the fall. He is now officially my handy man, I give him a list of tasks to accomplish and he gets it done. At $50 a week, I think I am getting the deal.
Anna is busy with end of the year exams and papers. She just finished a paper on Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby. She is counting down the days to the end of school (everyone is!).
There have been 4 funerals in the past 4 days. I did the food for the first, and sang and played guitar for the other 3. What a whirlwind.
We had a nice visit from our niece Meghan and her friend yesterday. They spent the day at Dollywood and we met them for dinner close by. They have had a blast in TN and loved the scene in Nashville.
Thunderstorms have been off and on for 3 weeks now. Marian has only had one game cancelled but her practices have all been rained out, so needless to say they are rusty during softball games.
Gabriel finished rowing for the season and will take it up again in the fall. He is now officially my handy man, I give him a list of tasks to accomplish and he gets it done. At $50 a week, I think I am getting the deal.
Anna is busy with end of the year exams and papers. She just finished a paper on Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby. She is counting down the days to the end of school (everyone is!).
There have been 4 funerals in the past 4 days. I did the food for the first, and sang and played guitar for the other 3. What a whirlwind.
We had a nice visit from our niece Meghan and her friend yesterday. They spent the day at Dollywood and we met them for dinner close by. They have had a blast in TN and loved the scene in Nashville.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Pictures from the weekend
Tony and Claire Quintanilla (Anna's godparents) along with their children, Pedro, Mikki and Polly
All of us together, along with Anna's friend Robyn
Meghan Panter, Anna's confirmation sponsor, Anna, Bishop Richard Stika, Claire and Tony
Meghan, Anna, Bishop Stika, me and Bogdan
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Busy weekend
Anna was confirmed today at our 12noon Mass with Bishop Stika. He gave a lovely homily, talking about his recent meeting with Pope Francis. Anna did the first reading and although nervous, was very good.
Her godparents, Claire and Tony Quintanilla, were here for the weekend, along with their kids. They made a special trip from Chicago to be here and it was good to see them. Bogdan was even able to arrange for Tony to visit the lab and see his work.
Only 6 more weeks of school or so, the kids are counting the days. Marian has state testing all week this week (along with the rest of TN). She is not too worried, but we hope she does her best.
Bogdan will head to NV this week for a meeting on a project, to Nellis AFB, and will be back on Friday.
Her godparents, Claire and Tony Quintanilla, were here for the weekend, along with their kids. They made a special trip from Chicago to be here and it was good to see them. Bogdan was even able to arrange for Tony to visit the lab and see his work.
Only 6 more weeks of school or so, the kids are counting the days. Marian has state testing all week this week (along with the rest of TN). She is not too worried, but we hope she does her best.
Bogdan will head to NV this week for a meeting on a project, to Nellis AFB, and will be back on Friday.
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