Update

It's been a while since my last post but things haven't changed much. We are still unpacking boxes although we are down to the last 2 or 3, alleluia!
We've also had painters here the last few days painting our main floor and hallway upstairs. For those of you who saw my house in Virginia, I miraculously found colors very similar so I am very excited! I'm sure my brother Keith is sighing in relief since he didn't have to come and paint this house for me like the last one!
Morgann leaves for Sri Lanka this week and is "SO EXCITED!". Tyson finally started all day kindergarten (its been a shortened schedule thus far). Although its probable too late to save my reputation. By now I am probable known as the worst-mom-ever by anyone who runs in the kindergarten social circle. But I have to admit it is well deserved. I have forgotten to pick Tyson up from school more times than I really care to admit (the office has my number on speed dial). But now that is all over and he can come home with the other kids and I can concentrate on damage control! :)
Richard is going to Kashmir this week for an over night trip and has been to Calcutta twice already. So much for no travel in his new job, but its nice because it is very random and never more than a day or two. He likes his job okay but he is much busier than he or I imagined he would be. He still prefers the protection side of his job rather than the investigative side but overall he seems to be adjusting well.
I am currently taking Hindi classes and have been using my cook as a tutor and study partner to help me learn. I have really been enjoying it! Its not a very difficult language but the sentence structure is very difficult for me and I tend to say things backwards. Call me sometime and I'll give you a little taste of my Hindi. Besides that I have been assigned to teach the youth seminary class in our Branch at church. We are doing Old Testament this year and I teach 3 nights a week so I spend a great deal of time studying. Either Hindi or scriptures, take your pick!
Thanks again for all the great comments, I get them all and I really appreciate hearing from you!

Thanks For Your comments

Just wanted to let everyone know that I've gotten a few comments since my "comment tutorial" a few posts ago. Thanks, its great to hear what you have to say and nice to know who's reading my blogs.

Household Goods Have Arrived!

I'm sitting amongst a great deal of cardboard and paper as I type but I'm extremely happy to have my stuff. So far nothing has been damaged, unless you count a small tear in my mattress from the taco fold they had to wrestle it into to get it up the stairs. Which I'm totally grateful for since the alternative was putting my bed in the small bedroom downstairs and continue to sleep on the slab-o-marble like mattress we've been sleeping on for the last 6 weeks. If they hadn't got it up the stairs when they did I was about to cut it in two myself to get it up there. It took about 10 men to smash and twist and contort until we finally got it up the stairs. Oh happy day!

Besides the mattress trauma everything seemed to go smoothly. I had a couple neighbors and my friend Angela stepped in to help me since Richard is in Calcutta for the next couple days doing some interviews. Go figure they would deliver on the day he leaves! But my cook and housekeeper chipped in and did a lot of the kitchen boxes and started putting it all away. I'm sure we'll have to rearrange but for now it is in drawers and cabinets.

I think we did pretty good so far as to what we brought and what we left behind but I'm sure there will come a moment when I will realize I stored something I really needed and brought something I really didn't!

So anyway, I will be unpacking for a few days but I'm sure it won't be long before there is a new post. I'm just full of it these days!

MS Swim Meet

Morgann had her first middle school swim meet this last Tuesday and did really well. She looked as good as ever, for not having swam competitively for over a year now. She's been working really hard and made it onto the SAISA swim team which is the travelling team. They will be going to Shri Lanka in a few weeks for an international meet. What would that be like!





Morgann got first place in 3 of her heats; Breast, Free & Fly. She took second in her heat on backstroke. She was swimming in the next age range of 13-14 yr olds instead of 12 and under. Breast stroke still continues to be her signature stroke but I was impressed with how much her other strokes have improved over such a short period of time.


Morgann loves to swim but I think soccer still holds the number one sport-spot in her heart and spring is just around the corner!
YOU GO GIRL!!

Don't Hate Me!

Just wanted to introduce you to my cook/housekeeper, Mutua (pronounced moo-too). She is 36 and has 3 children, the oldest of which (21) just had her first baby. A 5pd baby girl. She is so adorable. I am planning on taking pictures of her so maybe I'll be able to post them at a later date.

Right now Mutua does the cooking and the cleaning but we are going to hire some one else to clean so that she can devote more time to cooking (food is very important in our house)!
She is very sweet and smiles alot. She knows a lot of english but I have a really hard time understanding her accent and some times the european words that she uses for things confuse me as well like; "finger chips" any guesses on what those are.....

We are supposed to be getting our household goods this week and the commissary is expecting a shipment of groceries in from Germany! That means real milk, YEAH! We aren't all that fond of boxed milk, but its okay on cereal. Its the little things that make me happy! I've realized yet again how little you can actually live with or without, but I'm still really excited to get my stuff!. The commissary here is nothing like what we've ever had in the past and is very small and VERY expensive. That German milk I told you about, costs about $4 a liter (quick math=$12 a gallon). Put that in your pipe and smoke it!

Quotes of the Day

• If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.
• Never miss a good chance to shut-up.
• Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile a way and you have their shoes.
• There are two theories to arguing with women. Niether one works.
• Duct tape is like "The Force." It has a light side and a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
• If you lend somone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.

Auto Rickshaw

I promised a picture of an auto rickshaw...so here you go!