Saturday, February 14, 2015

Valentines Day

We spent the day driving to Seabrook. We are here and looking forward to hitting the beach tomorrow. Settling in and hoping to sleep well and late. Also Doggie did well on the drive (usually gets sick) and that is a plus.

We'll keep you updated. Happy Happy y'all.

Peace, Health and Happiness.

Elisa

Friday, February 13, 2015

Vacation

Sorry the update is late. Must pack for tomorrow. I'll let you get to reading.

Tamara

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Vacation Time

One more day and then one full lovely week off. Something to look forward to for sure. On top of the actual time off we will be at one of my absolutely favorite places on the planet (mind you, I don't travel much). But the Washington coast is oh so great. Having very few people around (it's the off season) makes it even better.

May you all have a great weekend.

Peace, Health and Happiness.

Elisa

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Chocs and Over-Priced Roses Ahoy

This coming weekend is Lupercalia - beware of goatskins!!

It's also that over-hyped, commercialised, guilt-inducing, sickly sentimental, rose-butchering, St. Valentine's Day rubbish.

If you're the sort who loves the day, loves getting cards, etc. Have a great day and I hope you get everything you desire.

If, (like me), you're about as romantic as a slap in the face with a wet kipper join me in a session of "bah, humbug" and pray not to get any cards.

Have a good weekend whichever it is. Goodnight and may your God/s go with you


Ze

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

February Already??

Loads of updates for you. Can't think of anything to ramble about.

Except politics. And I'm pretty sure you don't really care about my opinions on the upcoming British elections and the sudden desperate scrambles by the various parties to make themselves electable...

It's February already. How did it get to be February already... Come to think of it - how did it get to be 2015 already. I'll swear it was the turn of the millennium only a little while ago...

It's been bitterly cold lately. I want it to be spring.

Ze

Monday, February 09, 2015

Vacation Preparations

My day was filled with the usual routine. I've got things I need to get done this week before mom arrives.

Our bathroom needs a good scrubbing and the open areas could use some vacuuming. Both Cal and little e got their rooms tidied. E and I also need to do a little pre-vacation shopping.

The kids at school are gearing up for a four day weekend. I'm taking one more day off and must get my sub notes updated for the new semester classes. Other than that, I won't have much to do much to prepare the sub for my school day. Kind of a nice change from previous years.

I'm ready to relax by the ocean, play some games with the family, walk the dog on the beach and read, read, read.

Tamara

Sunday, February 08, 2015

End of Weekend

The sun came out today. The rain held off until tonight. Hopefully we can have a beautiful day like today this coming up weekend while at the beach. Usually a little windy, rainy and fewer sun breaks, so we will hope for more.

Full work week between now and than. Mine is filled for sure.

Few more updates to enjoy tonight. Have a great week.

Peace, Health and Happiness.

Elisa

Saturday, February 07, 2015

Vacation Planning

We've started planning our trip to the ocean in a week. My mom arrives on Thursday. Saturday we'll head out for four days of fun in a lovely house with a hot tub and game room. Plenty of hiking on the beach, a trip to the Hoh Rainforest, and card and board games should make for a relaxing vacation.

Tonight's update is tiny. Let's hope for more tomorrow.

Tamara

Friday, February 06, 2015

Finally Friday

One more full week of work and then one very needed full week of vacation. Tamara's mom arrives Thursday morning and we leave for the coast one week from tomorrow. Something totally to look forward to. Lists will get drawn up this weekend.

Enjoy your updates.

Peace, Health and Happiness.

Elisa

Thursday, February 05, 2015

Light Night

Kind of late with the update tonight. Looks like it's a good time to catch up on Ze's nights.

Tamara

Wednesday, February 04, 2015

Cold

It's cold. I'm cold. We had snow. (Just a smidgen - nothing like the quantities that Scandinavia & the USA have suffered). Can it be spring soon please.

So much horror in the world right now - it's too much to dwell on.

Enjoy your updates - there's plenty to keep you busy for a big.

See you next week. Goodnight and may your God/s go with you

Ze

Tuesday, February 03, 2015

Ramble Time

And my plea was answered - we have a ramble.

    A Ramble...by scribingbard52

    As I sit here in my study, in my 350 year old cottage, looking across a timeless valley view, and just having celebrated 24 years with my lovely wee girl Suzy, I am musing over how time passes. Not in the form of a physics problem - or even from an astrological or horological point of view - but in terms of what we remember of those years as they pass... and why.

    My Veedub camper needs to be MOT’d next week, this is a legal responsibility here in UK and engraved upon my mind from the sheer terror of forgetting and the consequences thereof.

    My blood pressure annual check is due at the local surgery... I try hard to ignore this for as long as poss cos I am TOTALLY phobic about needles and blood tests.. But, sigh, eventually the Doc tracks me down... curses... darnit... busted!!! I must drag myself to the surgery.

    My memory of the day that my wee Suz came into my life is a fresh as the day it happened... I remember the weather, what we ate, and how beautiful she looked then - and still does today.

    Memories of my teaching days, and the children I still see in my minds eye. For example Ryan. We were deep into the genetics of the Drosophila fruit FLY that has no wings... and Ryan suggested that it should be called a WALK!!! I still smile at the wit of it and remember his 15 year old face clearly. He will now be in his late 40’s and I wonder how his life has been.

    Painful times also - we all have those. So why do we remember them? Surely so that we are not doomed to repeat the same mistakes again.

    Last evening we watched a programme about Auschwitz. It followed some of the survivors in their lives since then. Some chose to remain, understandably, in that time and to relive the dreadful events every day. One man described how he took even the smallest kindnesses and saved them as bright sparks in dark days and continues to do so, even now. Many spoke of nightmares and others of wonderfully serendipitous moments that led them to lifelong friends.

    One man who had tried to distance himself from the camps, decided to begin to tell his story because he said that ‘evil will flourish if good men do nothing’. A paraphrase of a famous quote but powerful none the less.

    The world must NEVER forget the horrors of the Concentration Camps or the ‘Final solution’ of the Nazis. Never can those times be consigned to archives.

    So our memories are sometimes precious, sometimes terrible, often salutary and always a learning experience.

    We have them for a reason.

Thanks scribingbard52 - you're a star

Ze

Monday, February 02, 2015

No More Fireworks

Things in the city can try and get back to normal. Our rain has returned. It seems only fitting that today was mostly gray and rainy. The team did well yesterday but not as well as New England. There is always next year. I am sick of everything being blue and green and all the craziness of folks in the city as well. Back to average we go.

Enjoy your updates.

Peace, Health and Happiness.

Elisa

Sunday, February 01, 2015

American Football

It's Super Bowl Sunday here in the US and we're managing to mostly ignore it. I've been checking my Twitter feed occasionally to check on the score. I'm sure we'll hear a few fireworks if the Seahawks score.

Our day has been mellow. I went through the piles of paper on my desk. Found a form I should have mailed in December. Popped it in the mailbox today at the grocery store. Ah well...better late than never I guess.

Our evening will be full of relaxing and getting our stuff rounded up for work and school on Monday. Others will be spending their evening either feeling crushed or jubilant.

Tamara