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Ever since we arrived here in Budapest, the counsel that we have received from the staff that have been overseas for a long time is that one of the strategies for surviving here for the long haul is to make winter FUN! The best way that they have found to do this is [...] [thumb:242:l]I’m a little late getting the pictures from Christmas uploaded (click the thumbnail to see more). We had a great time as a family. Since then we have been locked in our house in hibernation. Valerie has been a little sick so we haven’t gone anywhere. It has been video [...] I haven’t blogged much about my Fantasy Football team and most of you probably don’t care (except Grant & Rob), but it’s what I’m interested in so it is what I blog about. I finished the season second to last after a pretty good start. I took the big risk in the draft by going [...] [image:219:c][image:218:c] [thumb:216:l]Last year it didn’t snow until late January. This year we have had snow on at least 10 days already. We haven’t got huge accumulations and it usually melts in between, but it has snowed a lot. The kids seem to be enjoying it. Click on the picture to see more [...] Here’s another recovery update. I’m 2 weeks and 2 days post-op and doing a little better every day. The biggest challenge is figuring out how much to do and how hard to push myself. The conventional wisdom on the recovery from this surgery is to do “normal” life as much as you [...] [thumb:213:l] Kirby Ann, my 5 year old, is in her second year of Hungarian Pre-school (Óvoda in Hugarian). She loves every minute of it. Today was the Christmas party so everyone dressed up. Here she is with her teacher Rita and some of the other girls (click on the picture to see [...] [image:211:c] I figured since we would all be at church and we would all be moderately dressed up, it [...] I’ve been getting out regularly since I was released from the hospital. I’m supposed to walk everyday, but that has been difficult since there is snow and ice on the ground here. Last night was Kendall’s School Christmas Concert and I was determined to go. It was snowing/raining/sleeting/etc . . . but [...] I started this week attempting to read through the Bible (again!). I’ve started many times before, but I’ve never finished. I might not finish again this time, but it doesn’t mean it isn’t worth starting. As I read through the first few chapters of Genesis, they talk about how everyone lived to [...] |
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