Month: April 2008

BASEBALL!!

Woo!  I’m going to the new Nationals Park tonight!  I’m very excited!  S and J had extra tickets and my calendar was open.

Everything I’ve heard about the stadium is great!  I’m gonna have me a hot dog or maybe some chili (there’s two places in the park) or maybe something else.  They let you bring food and water in to the park so I’ll take a bottle of water but I’ll buy my food there…  $5 or so for a bottle of water is a bit much!

Anyhow – woo!  Baseball!  Hopefully I’ll get some photos to post later.

Edit: Quick report – Nationals Park IS besutiful!  Great food! The evening was nice and cool!  Teddy didn’t win (again).  Photos later.

“Uh… um… I have no idea.”

That was my (oh so) eloquent response to the nice lady when she asked me “What color are your roof shingles?”  I’m having a roof/attic fan installed so she wanted to know what color fan they should order.  What a novel concept – matching the fan to the color of the roof! 

Apparently that question is not always asked (or considered) because when I went out to look at my roof I noticed grey fans on brown roofs, white fans on black roofs and silver fans all over the place. 

I was able to tell her on the initial call that I would not like the hot pink model – even though I do not have a townhouse association to deal with, I thought that color was best left out of the running.

I still find it kinda interesting that none of the previous owners of my house put in a fan.  Not all that interesting I suppose since it’s taken me nine years to do so myself.  One house out the back has three fans on the roof – ok, how much hot air have they got in there?!?!?

Anyhow, my question to you is – do you know what color your roof shingles are (without looking)?  Mine is dark grey/black.

Home Sweet Home

I’ve been home for a week and I’ve not been alone any time I’ve been in the house.  Basil and Gracie have never been far away.  I took this photo Monday while I was working from home. 

Right now, Basil is sleeping on the hassock leaning against my leg and Gracie is sleeping on my empty suitcase behind the sofa.

 

That’s a great “Welcome home!” from the kittehs – they’re staying close…

Coincidence? I think not.

I don’t remember where I read this but someone said “Coincidence is when God chooses to remain anonymous.”  I’m not sure that I believe that, or maybe since I read it I look more closely for God in my life.

S and her mom B have been on my mind (and in my heart) since I returned from vacation on Sunday.  B had been sick and losing her battle with cancer.  All day today especially, they were both on my mind – a feeling that would not leave me – so I prayed, a lot.  B died early this afternoon – surrounded by family.  So this was no coincidence that they were in my heart today – my job today was to pray – and I did.

I think I knew B before I knew S.  I met her on a tour to Russia almost 14 years ago.  She had a head of red hair and I remember when I met her I thought she was a cool lady.  I sort of watched out for her on the trip.  I helped her with her bags some and walked with her at times and just kept an eye out.  During the trip and over the years I called her “Lady” (not like Jerry Lewis!) that’s just the name I called her instead of B.  She always had a smile for me, we sometimes reminisce about the trip to Russia or I’d just walk up give her a squeeze, she’d squeeze me back and that was it.  I will miss those squeezes and her smile.

I will continue to pray for S and her family as they begin their lives without B – she will be missed – by many.

 

Home again!

There will be much more later but for now we are home from Prague and Budapest!  Quite possibly the best vacation EVER!  C is much fun to travel with.  So proud seeing K being all growed up! 

This is a sample of the over 1,700+ photos I took in the trip. 

 

Chain Bridge and Buda Castle Hill in Budapest.

32,000 more!

so, over the last two days we’ve walked over 32,000 more steps!

not sure how many we walked the days before, but I’m sure it is around 15,000 plus – which means I should not mind weighing in at the Fat Club next week!  Just need to keep the walking up when I get home!

Today we went to the Great Synagogue – which is the second largest in the world (second to one on NYC) – it was very impressive and sad.  Then we went to the House of Terror which is a museum dedicated to the WWII German occupation followed by the Soviet occupation – and the system of informants, interrogations and torture that went on at 60 Andrassy Road.  We finished by going to a memorial on the banks of the Danube Rive which is comprised of 60 pairs of brass shoes – to memorialze the thousands of Budapest Jews who were marched down to the river, shot and thrown in to the river…

It was a solemn day, interspersed with much more walking.  Tomorrow we head to the castle and do some last minute shopping before we head homeon Sunday!