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Finally, the new counters are on, the marmole...
January 29, 2009 by Sue in Wielesek
Finally, the new counters are on, the marmoleum is down, and the dishwasher is washing away. Darren was over today, and he and Bob went over the drawings to put the laundry room and a half bath in on the sun porch. Darren will put a stacking washer/dryer in the bedroom closet at the Polk Street house and put up a six foot security fence, as well as put a heater in the living room and fix the closet doors.
All this will be spendy, but my hope is to do all this stuff while interest rates are low. Hugs to all, Mom
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Happy birthday, Isa! She told me Seraph made ...
January 23, 2009 by Sue in Wielesek
Happy birthday, Isa! She told me Seraph made her a bundt cake, but of course Bob and I teased her about her Butt Cake. She sounded very grown up when we talked with her.
Bob and I went up to Portland late on Tuesday, as Cousin Ron was having minor surgery. We had a good Lebanese dinner with Anna, who is leaving at the end of February for another three months in France, and stayed the night at Seraph and Robbie's. All well there. Then we picked up Anna and had a quick but delicious breakfast, dropped her off at work, and spent the rest of the day with Ron. On the way home, we got a call from Jenny saying that the other bidder on the house dropped out and the house is theirs. Much excitement!
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Well, in rereading my last posting, I realize...
January 07, 2009 by Sue in Wielesek
Well, in rereading my last posting, I realize what it means that the best laid plans go oft awry. On Sunday afternoon, Jenny was so sick that Sadie went over to her house, loaded with photos to sort. And when we took Sadie to the airport on Tuesday afternoon, she learned that no flights were leaving Denver, so her flight was cancelled. We went back to the airport at 4:30 this morning for a 6 am flight, and she just called saying her flight would leave Denver for Boston just fine.
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Tomorrow's the last day of the holidays for u...
January 04, 2009 by Sue in Wielesek
Tomorrow's the last day of the holidays for us, except for Russian Christmas, the day Sadie flies back to the east coast. I'm hoping that Sadie got R and R'd a little. She seemed tired and a bit raggedy when she got here. I think that we're all so used to her getting top grades at top schools that we think she does it effortlessly. Christmas was hectic but fun, with lots of accomodations for snow. Seraph borrowed Jenny's SUV to go up and pick up Robbie and Isa, but it turned out that the snow was so bad in Portland that trains and busses weren't running, so Seraph brought Anna down as well, and they all got in late on the evening of the 23rd. Next morning,Sadie took Isa for a play date with Sam and Emma, and then Robbie, Seraph and Isa were off to Hanni's in the afternoon. Seraph and Isa came back late that night, and Robbie and his mom went on to midnight mass. Seraph, Sadie, Isa and I had a lovely early morning on Christmas Day, with Isa delightfully cheery in spite of her late night. Seraph and Sadie fixed a hearty brunch for 12, with Jenny, Dez and Jordan arriving mid-morning and Adam, Jamie and the kids arriving at noon. We were pleased to have Yayoe and John for brunch; he is a congenial sort.
Adam and Jamie had to cancel their usual Portland trip because the snow was so bad, and they went up on (oooh, can't remember) either Friday or Saturday. In fact, the snow was still so bad in Portland on Christmas that Bob borrowed Jenny's SUV to take Anna back to Portland. We all promised Jenny we would never again tease her about having a big car. They made a family event of the trip, with Deb and Aric going along. Deb and Aric stayed with Chuck and Joann, Deb's brother and sister in law, and Bob stayed at
Anna's over night. They came back the next day, with tales of the city still clogged with snow.
Lohring came over on Christmas afternoon, and took all of us
except Jamie and Emma, who needed a rest, and Hanni and Robbie, who may also have needed a rest, to see "Twilight". The girls had decided Chinese take-out was the appropriate Christmas dinner, which turned out to be a good choice.
Seraph, Robbie and Isa left for Hanni's, Jenny packed up the boys, and Lohring, and the day drew to a close.
Jordan, Dez and Isa got together to go see "Desperaux"
on Saturday morning, and Isa, Emma and Jordan came over for a play date on Monday afternoon, with Jordan and Isa sleeping over. They had a great time dressing up as pioneers and hanging out in Bob's room. I think they were playing "Little House on the Prairie", because they called him "Pa" all afternoon. We met Seraph, Robbie, Hanni and Jenny the next morning at the Glenwood to return kids, and then Seraph, Robbie, Hanni and Isa left for Portland. Sadie
went up to visit them on Thursday, delivering them to the airport on Friday for their trip home. It's now Sunday, and the house is clean enough to see the floor everywhere but the hall! I talked to Robbie this morning, only briefly,as they were on their way to Taos. He said that their flight was fine but the train to Albquerque was crowded. I finally got unlimited long distance on my phone so I can talk to them at home, as they don't have cell phone reception at their house, and have to go out to the road to use cell phones. We're hoping Jenny will be over this afternoon to help Sadie go through more photographs. The guys will start on the kitchen remodel soon.
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