ellie is organizing and exploring
The last half of 2006, we spent a decent amount of time with my husband’s family.
*We went on a vacation together.
*We participated in a volunteer project together.
*We spent Christmas together (I worked Thanksgiving).
*We spent birthdays together, including my mother’s last birthday. That was a really special day, which I will always remember. In a bizarre way, this occasion could be considered a sending-off party. I knew Mom was near death, yet I was in deep denial about it, too.
- We had impromptu gatherings, which were fun. Not easy to squeeze these in when you live two and a half hours away from each other.
I’m not ready to take this goal off my list, because this needs to become more of a ritual. Birthdays should automatically be a reason to get together. Last year, we didn’t do that with everyone’s birthday, and I don’t feel good about that.
Jan 09, 2007, 08:12PM PST | 3 cheers | 0 comments
ellie is organizing and exploring
... but gotta turn it into a routine or ritual.
we spent a wonderful weekend with them.
and we’re going to spending our first real vacation (in over three years) with them in a week’s time!
Sep 08, 2006, 09:08PM PDT | 2 cheers | 0 comments
ellie is organizing and exploring
in the past three weeks, we spent two weekends with my in-laws.
we had a great time.
if we can keep up a pace of at least once a month, that would be great. and make it so we do productive activities while together. they have many projects which need attending … i can participate in those.
Jun 16, 2006, 11:26PM PDT | 0 comments
ellie is organizing and exploring
Four days this past week, my husband and I helped his parents pack up and clean my brother-in-law’s house, getting it ready to sell.
My brother-in-law got a job offer at the last minute and moved 1,000 plus miles away. He couldn’t get his house ready in time; the job started almost immediately.
So, we chipped in and helped his parents.
I did a decent amount, though could have done more … probably.
I have a difficult time with doing manual labor type chores. It’s a terrible thing to say.
I’d rather sit down with a textbook and learn a new subject. Or try figure out some issue with my computer or computer language.
But I did help with this project.
One perk: Found out near the end that my husband’s parents offered to pay us for our hours of work.
Because I was working slowly, I only put in half of the time I actually did something.
I hope they’re O.K. with the work and amount of it I did do.
Sep 12, 2005, 07:41PM PDT | 0 comments
