Wednesday, November 30, 2005
What's New?
Apologies all around... I have been recovering from a crazy youth conference over the weekend and a severe cold. I am still incredibly tired and trying to regain some energy for all that calls my attention. We had a wonderful weekend teaching sexuality education to about 35 youth, holding our first graduation for 9 youth who have completed all 4 sections of the curriculum.
So... what's new?
This week we had a strange weather occurrence here. After having a couple of weeks of -5 degrees (Celsius) and a good start to a snowy winter, the temperature rose to 15 degrees yesterday. Everything melted, we had two days of rain, and now the temperature is going back down again. It was very strange, but kind of nice - a repreive against winter's blast.
Sarah has gotten her old job back and started back to work yesterday. Dorothy's employer missed her so much while she was gone that she got a hefty raise. Meanwhile Zoe and Owen are in dress rehearsals for their Holiday Gala, which will be on Dec. 10th.
Yesterday I spent alot of time with my Dad as we were transfering the ownership of my friend's van to him. The plan is that we will have access to it when we need it. Meanwhile, our car was in the shop today with a poor prognosis. We are basically in the "drive it into the ground" phase.
On Friday, Owen passed his swimming level 3 (he used to be in level 6, but they changed the designations to less levels...all very confusing). Now he continues in level 4 at the JCC.
Oliver is making greater efforts at his homework and is focusing on earning money.
I was asked to attend an interesting meeting at another church tonight where they are dealing with a woman who has been in sanctuary at their church for several months.
So... what's new?
This week we had a strange weather occurrence here. After having a couple of weeks of -5 degrees (Celsius) and a good start to a snowy winter, the temperature rose to 15 degrees yesterday. Everything melted, we had two days of rain, and now the temperature is going back down again. It was very strange, but kind of nice - a repreive against winter's blast.
Sarah has gotten her old job back and started back to work yesterday. Dorothy's employer missed her so much while she was gone that she got a hefty raise. Meanwhile Zoe and Owen are in dress rehearsals for their Holiday Gala, which will be on Dec. 10th.
Yesterday I spent alot of time with my Dad as we were transfering the ownership of my friend's van to him. The plan is that we will have access to it when we need it. Meanwhile, our car was in the shop today with a poor prognosis. We are basically in the "drive it into the ground" phase.
On Friday, Owen passed his swimming level 3 (he used to be in level 6, but they changed the designations to less levels...all very confusing). Now he continues in level 4 at the JCC.
Oliver is making greater efforts at his homework and is focusing on earning money.
I was asked to attend an interesting meeting at another church tonight where they are dealing with a woman who has been in sanctuary at their church for several months.
