Thursday, August 20, 2009
Friday, February 29, 2008
Something terrible has happened!
Well, all except for these tumors on the boys' butts there isn't much to report on our END.
Mark, Kerry, Creigh and Joey.
btw,
the butt tumors turned out to be balloons that the boys got at the caucus we attended - GO OBAMA!
Michigan Family Update March 2008
The Michigan had a busy month after returning from Hawaii. LP worked three weeks and spent one of them in the looniest loony bin he's ever been in (complete with feces spreaders, money hungry administrators who wanted to pack them crazies in like sardines, many heartwrenching cases.....etc.)
He's licking his wounds in Ireland and squeezing concertina with the world master player, Noel Hill, along with 12 other celtic music wankers. Good medicine for the doctor!
Jessica is planning a trip to visit Vince and Holly to do some sniffing of the teaching job market in DFW.
Kelly's geeked because she found some wonderful girls to share an apartment with next year.
Jay helped is firm score a mega, big buck, sizemo project -- designed a new Ann Arbor downtown library...!. Woah mama!..he done landed a big one.
Donna is left-brain wanking on income taxes, the building project, and administrative support for LP. She had a melt-down upon arrival back from Hawaii and announced that we were selling everything and moving away from this god-awfull-winter-hell-hole. But she came to her senses. So, I guess we'll stay for a while and sample a little more snow-birding next year.
God continues to bless us all with good health. PTL. We love keeping up with e
D&L
He's licking his wounds in Ireland and squeezing concertina with the world master player, Noel Hill, along with 12 other celtic music wankers. Good medicine for the doctor!
Jessica is planning a trip to visit Vince and Holly to do some sniffing of the teaching job market in DFW.
Kelly's geeked because she found some wonderful girls to share an apartment with next year.
Jay helped is firm score a mega, big buck, sizemo project -- designed a new Ann Arbor downtown library...!. Woah mama!..he done landed a big one.
Donna is left-brain wanking on income taxes, the building project, and administrative support for LP. She had a melt-down upon arrival back from Hawaii and announced that we were selling everything and moving away from this god-awfull-winter-hell-hole. But she came to her senses. So, I guess we'll stay for a while and sample a little more snow-birding next year.
God continues to bless us all with good health. PTL. We love keeping up with e
D&L
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
40 Days Post-Hawaii
Only that many days later? Seems like months. I am hard at work with my continuing organization/purging of stuff. Also, am quite focused on finishing the decorating I had in mind for our Arizona home, with the goal of FINISHING things- not my strength. But I have surprised myself. I am highly motivated to get that part of our lives on cruise.
Papa and I visited our Seattle family, and enjoyed the boys while Mark and Kerry celebrated their first anniversary. Highlights of this trip: watching those boys play basketball! They are VERY GOOD players-surprised the heck out of me. Also, joined their chess club which Kerry started at their school. Again, they surprised me with their skill. Then, saw an attorney to discuss possible charitable corporation for Kerry, us, or both. Kerry is a natural-born fund-raiser, community developer, and cock-a-mamie schemer. Very intriguing.
I will be teaching a class at our new church on blogging as a spiritual practice. It is so accessible now with blogspot, and it has been a very transformative discipline for me, so will share about that, along with the vicar, who also blogs. So far so good on the church front.
We are struggling with problem-solving about care for Rod's mom who is sinking deeper into dementia which is creating a serious burden for Rod's sister. How to help from long distance. Tough questions.
Art- I am working on some cool ceramic beads which I hope will be worthy of entrance into my Edmonds Co-op's annual gallery show. If not, oh well, but I hope to teach a class on this at my friend's studio here in Tucson. Some of the techniques draw upon the talent of booger-rolling, a skill I learned from my dad. I learned in class today that others have older male relatives who had that skill. We decided it was a necessary skill in the days when laundry was a difficult and less-often performed household chore. That's it for me. Let's hear from the rest of you!
Soon we will travel to Dallas to visit when Jessica is there visiting Holly and Vince. Not really a family reunion, but I am betting on a good Uno game and lots of animal petting. Love to all- Mom/Gramma/Auntie
Papa and I visited our Seattle family, and enjoyed the boys while Mark and Kerry celebrated their first anniversary. Highlights of this trip: watching those boys play basketball! They are VERY GOOD players-surprised the heck out of me. Also, joined their chess club which Kerry started at their school. Again, they surprised me with their skill. Then, saw an attorney to discuss possible charitable corporation for Kerry, us, or both. Kerry is a natural-born fund-raiser, community developer, and cock-a-mamie schemer. Very intriguing.
I will be teaching a class at our new church on blogging as a spiritual practice. It is so accessible now with blogspot, and it has been a very transformative discipline for me, so will share about that, along with the vicar, who also blogs. So far so good on the church front.
We are struggling with problem-solving about care for Rod's mom who is sinking deeper into dementia which is creating a serious burden for Rod's sister. How to help from long distance. Tough questions.
Art- I am working on some cool ceramic beads which I hope will be worthy of entrance into my Edmonds Co-op's annual gallery show. If not, oh well, but I hope to teach a class on this at my friend's studio here in Tucson. Some of the techniques draw upon the talent of booger-rolling, a skill I learned from my dad. I learned in class today that others have older male relatives who had that skill. We decided it was a necessary skill in the days when laundry was a difficult and less-often performed household chore. That's it for me. Let's hear from the rest of you!
Soon we will travel to Dallas to visit when Jessica is there visiting Holly and Vince. Not really a family reunion, but I am betting on a good Uno game and lots of animal petting. Love to all- Mom/Gramma/Auntie
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Coming Soon
I gathered some nearly random input from family over the holiday. I intend to turn these bits into some art over the next two weeks. Here is the raw input as text.
Golf.
Spirit.
Black sand.
Jesus Fish.
Akaka Falls.
Build Legos.
Two sea turtles.
Jumping off cliffs.
The movement of the sun.
Intoxicating sweet smelling lei.
Why does the first bird sing in the morning?
Life is a bath. All paddle about in its little poop.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Yesterday in Paradise
We drove to the Hilo side (Puna district), had a Watsu and table massage. You start in a 96 degree pool and are moved and stretched like a pre-natal infant, then put on a massage table for a deep lomi lomi massage with big strong hands. Fantastic!
Then we drove to a little town had Tai food and met a sweet couple of young artists who invited us to their studio. Turned out, he was an amazing Christian musician who writes incredible songs. We swapped music and stories. Stayed 3 hours. Got back to the Magic Sands at 12:30 a.m. Party Geekbags!!
Today, the dolphins put on a jumping show right outside our lanai. Ohhhh...it will be so hard to get on that plane tomorrow. Love to all, Donna & LP
Hawaii 2008- Our Vision
We (Rod and Marian) have reserved two 2-bedroom 2-bath condos at the Kona Coast Resort, directly next to the Kapalu'u Bay from December 24 through the 31st. The resort is first class, and has lovely facilities including pools, kids play areas, and a great poolside bar/restaurant. These condos are spacious, and include a third sleeping area (pull-out queen sofa in the living room), and have nice big lanais. They are located about 25 minutes from all the great snorkeling spots at Captain Cook and walking distance from the Long's Drug shopping center.
There is a 14-day (before arrival) cancellation policy, so there is no urgency or pressure to decide now whether you want to come to Hawaii next Christmas.
It seems so soon to be thinking of traveling again, but as we learned, reservations must be made very very early to get decent rates and a variety of choices. To wit: the rates went up by $70/day later the day I made them.
Your 'round the world trip was exhausting, but if you make your plans a little earlier, you can get there on non-stops, or easy one-stops through Honolulu. Our trip out of Phoenix was really very easy.
OK, well ponder this, loved ones, as you contemplate your many options for next year's Christmas. I'll e-mail a few more relevant details separately at a later date.
There is a 14-day (before arrival) cancellation policy, so there is no urgency or pressure to decide now whether you want to come to Hawaii next Christmas.
It seems so soon to be thinking of traveling again, but as we learned, reservations must be made very very early to get decent rates and a variety of choices. To wit: the rates went up by $70/day later the day I made them.
Your 'round the world trip was exhausting, but if you make your plans a little earlier, you can get there on non-stops, or easy one-stops through Honolulu. Our trip out of Phoenix was really very easy.
OK, well ponder this, loved ones, as you contemplate your many options for next year's Christmas. I'll e-mail a few more relevant details separately at a later date.
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