Be prepared to weep and be moved. If you have 10 minutes, listen to this speech:
http://www.scatterstick.com/leespeech.html
I used to work with her husband and have been following her story. I am humbled by their strength.
If you are interested, here is the whole story. Start at the beginning and remember to carry kleenex:
http://luchalee.wordpress.com/
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Saturday, June 9, 2007
A blog for Todd
See, Todd, I told you I would remember the title.
It's been a while since I posted and it is not due to lack of activity, it's due to too much activity. Summer is upon us and the ice cap called Michigan has finally melted and I'm in love with this place. Don't get me wrong, it ain't the Rockies, but Ann Arbor is an amazing town.
We are totally consumed with the house, work and travel right now. All great but I'm ready for a long, long nap.
The Job
The job is wonderful. No complaints...well I do have one and I will gladly take this up with my boss...during the interview process, they failed to tell me that the gardens has one of the largest Masusaga Rattle Snake populations in Michigan. I'm told that they are more frightened of me than I am of them. I don't believe them and I'm freaked.
We had a stream of visitors come through and we took them to see the Botanical Gardens and Arboretum. See if you can spot a Batla in the peony garden below:
My favorite trail with my mom:
(This is my office - jealous?)
The House
The house is good. We were warned about the unforeseen expenses of owning a home, so we bought a newer house and within three weeks we have experienced these unforeseen expenses. This past month alone, we spent a decent chunk of change on the following: Lawn Mower off Craig's List. Water Softener from Loews. Potting soil and gardening tools. Lawn Mower repair guy because buying used ain't always bright and sunny. There is a broken air conditioner that needs tending too as well. I'm thinking renting was not so bad?
We did luck out with a professionally landscaped garden and didn't have to add much to it. We returned home from NJ last week to find these opened:
The Trips
Two great nights in NYC with friends and family
A wedding in New Brunswick (or was it east?)
Pete got a yamaka:
Todd got a blue candle holder:
Next Trip - our honeymoon - finally. We are going to Belize and staying at Caves Branch Lodge. I'm pretty excited about this. If you go to the site, check out the honeymoon package and you will see what kind of adventure awaits us. We have opted not to sleep in the cave. I'm all for diving around and exploring but the thought of staying in a cave overnight where an entire civilization vanished is not my idea of romantic honeymoon.
Why can't I get paid to travel? We would be so good at it.
It's been a while since I posted and it is not due to lack of activity, it's due to too much activity. Summer is upon us and the ice cap called Michigan has finally melted and I'm in love with this place. Don't get me wrong, it ain't the Rockies, but Ann Arbor is an amazing town.
We are totally consumed with the house, work and travel right now. All great but I'm ready for a long, long nap.
The Job
The job is wonderful. No complaints...well I do have one and I will gladly take this up with my boss...during the interview process, they failed to tell me that the gardens has one of the largest Masusaga Rattle Snake populations in Michigan. I'm told that they are more frightened of me than I am of them. I don't believe them and I'm freaked.
We had a stream of visitors come through and we took them to see the Botanical Gardens and Arboretum. See if you can spot a Batla in the peony garden below:
My favorite trail with my mom:
(This is my office - jealous?)The House
The house is good. We were warned about the unforeseen expenses of owning a home, so we bought a newer house and within three weeks we have experienced these unforeseen expenses. This past month alone, we spent a decent chunk of change on the following: Lawn Mower off Craig's List. Water Softener from Loews. Potting soil and gardening tools. Lawn Mower repair guy because buying used ain't always bright and sunny. There is a broken air conditioner that needs tending too as well. I'm thinking renting was not so bad?
We did luck out with a professionally landscaped garden and didn't have to add much to it. We returned home from NJ last week to find these opened:
The Trips
Two great nights in NYC with friends and family
A wedding in New Brunswick (or was it east?)Pete got a yamaka:
Todd got a blue candle holder:
Next Trip - our honeymoon - finally. We are going to Belize and staying at Caves Branch Lodge. I'm pretty excited about this. If you go to the site, check out the honeymoon package and you will see what kind of adventure awaits us. We have opted not to sleep in the cave. I'm all for diving around and exploring but the thought of staying in a cave overnight where an entire civilization vanished is not my idea of romantic honeymoon.
Why can't I get paid to travel? We would be so good at it.
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