I spent all day at the Seattle Pacific University campus for the orientation of the Lutheran Volunteer Corps. Today was the simplicity fair, my part in which was a display on non-toxic cleaning products, as well as entertainment. It's amazing what one can do with baking soda, vinegar, and plain liquid dish soap--like soft scrubber (baking soda ( Read more... )

I have a new book to read....And Never Let Her Go by Ann Rule. It was passed along to me by my former housemate Tom, and I'll pass it along to someone else when I'm done. The reason being is that the book is a true crime special about a murder that happened in Wilmington, DE a few years prior to our time there (we were there '03-'04). It was a ( Read more... )

I need to make an online discussion posting for my Group Effectiveness class, but I'm gathering some thoughts here first to get organized...because I really need it, this is by no means a final draft. I'm still not sure how formal this is supposed to be ( Read more... )

Yay, I finally have a cookbook!

Being a recent Lutheran Volunteer Corps alumni, I am eager to help out in any way I can. Tonight I went to a support committtee meeting for the Seattle are houses, which really does need support, as the committee is kind of dwindling ( Read more... )

Home sweet home in the sagebrush...hahaha. I feel like a stranger here, even in my own room with things that are mine, but somehow some have lost their sentimental value over the years that I have been away ( Read more... )

What a great weekend ( Read more... )

My life outside of work has been crazy, in a good way. Lots happening. Nearly every night this past week I've been doing something, which has included drinking a few beers and playing pool on Saturday, ushering for 2 concerts in 2 consecutive nights: Sunday was Itzhak Perlman (the famous violinist, who by the way, has a great stage presence and ( Read more... )

This week is going to be sweet -- last night was open house at the Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts; maybe some pool at a pub tonight; tomorrow is Izthak Perlman at the Grand Opera (for free because I'm a volunteer usher); Monday again at the Opera House, this time the Indigo Girls; Wednesday is the Vagina Monologues at UD, some of the ( Read more... )

I've been doing a lot of file reading lately, and I've come to the conclusion that the incident I had with the resident who yelled at me wasn't that bad afterall ( Read more... )

ahem...I am going to do a little bragging. I have no time to give a full report on the happenings here in Delaware. But I do want to talk about future events -- and the benefits of volunteering your time ( Read more... )