Comments | katequicksilvr: LOTS to catch up on!!

katequicksilvr

LOTS to catch up on!!

Jun 25, 2007 14:42

...I just blew back into town a couple of hours ago, and have dozens of photos to download and lots of sketches and paintings to scan...manana! LOVELY trip to the Shenandoah Valley--not what we'd planned, but what we needed, I think...except for the bad fall
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virginia, travel, journal, sketches, joseph

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Welcome Back! mrscogan June 25 2007, 21:32:22 UTC

Except for the all it sounds like a vacation to be envious of!

Re: Welcome Back! katequicksilvr June 25 2007, 22:55:57 UTC

Thank you! And yes, people from all over the world go there to do just what we did...maybe even people from the Poconos and Adirondacks! ;-)

abbie_normal June 25 2007, 22:29:56 UTC

missed you, lady! i hope the house next door behaved while you were away. never can tell about these wild, untamed places...the civilized touch can't wander too far afield!

katequicksilvr June 25 2007, 22:58:27 UTC

I worried about that! It seems to have made some progress in my absence, but of course not as much as I hoped. Mark had another job to do, and took his OWN family on a camping trip this past weekend...thank God the old chimney bricks are out of the former Rose Room and both front rooms are almost drywalled. Looks like more wiring, too. There must have been more prep work too, there's more lath on the floors in the library and kitchen (I thought we were DONE with that!)

tuatha242 June 26 2007, 00:40:40 UTC

Well..you needed a nice vacation..but you have the patience of a saint. How long til your honey moves to the house permanently??

"the patience of a saint"... katequicksilvr June 26 2007, 13:35:32 UTC

"the patience of a saint"...pretty sure he'd laugh at that one! ;-)))

I'm not really patient, I just try to accept things as they are. I set goals (sort of!) but try not to get too hung up in expectations.

It will be after he retires, a long year from now... :-( But he'll be here, and I'll go there again and we'll have good times in between. It's sort of like dating, with injuries. :-)

Oh, funny, we had planned THIS one to be nice, relaxed, no surgeries, stress, house buying, paper signing, family visiting or other people stresses. WRONG...

Re: "the patience of a saint"... tuatha242 June 26 2007, 18:01:55 UTC

Things tend to work out differently than planned..i guess it's good to learn to go with the flow..He looks to young for retirement:)

Re: "the patience of a saint"... katequicksilvr June 26 2007, 18:27:22 UTC

I've had to learn that or spend a lifetime in frustration! :-))

And yes, he is younger than most in the private sector. He was career Navy, retired from that, then went to work as a civilian for one of the departments of the Navy. He's eligible for that retirement next year, and will probably work at something else after that, but HERE!

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kwintt June 26 2007, 04:26:16 UTC

So glad you are home, my friend. I hope that J. heals up quickly and flies to your side. The restorative part was very good, so sorry about the pain part. We are looking forward to paintings and sketches.

katequicksilvr June 26 2007, 13:54:38 UTC

Thank you, Miss Karen! I hope he does too...he went to work yesterday, but he was SO not ready to sit all day long in his cubie. He's off work again today, lots of pain. I hate not being there!

Looks as if you had a productive time while I was gone, too--I looked at your blog last night, lovely work! LOVED the lemons...

For anyone who hasn't bookmarked http://karenwinters.com/kblog/ I highly recommend it! What an inspiration...

Re: Welcome back ! anonymous June 26 2007, 11:52:04 UTC

Hello Kate,

So glad to have you back. Sorry to hear about Joseph's fall. Hope his back gets better very soon. I'm sure with your loving care that he will.
We are all looking forward to seeing the paintings & pictures from your much deserved time off. Take your time catching up, it will still be there tomorrow. You have been missed!

Jan

Re: Welcome back ! katequicksilvr June 26 2007, 13:56:15 UTC

Thank you, Jan, I just wish I were there to GIVE it! He's at his place in Virginia and I'm back in Missouri...

You're right about the catching up, of course...some things are pressing (orders, an article assignment) and some not so much. So why do I want to do the "not so much" first?!? ;-)