THE FIRES & SKYPE

Rohan, please let us know that you and your family are ok. Is your parents house ok? I have been looking on the maps, but I not sure exactly where they are. What a tragedy...I am so sorry!

Ok, yes, we need to work on setting up the calls through regular email or new postings because arranging through commenting is definitely problematic. I am in for this Friday the 13th..yikes...@ 8:00 eastern, if we are still on.

Lily, so happy it went so well on Saturday....keep us posted!

Sorry...

Roh - I am so sorry I was not there to skype with you last night. I am having internet problems at home...the problem is i have been stealing it forever and just need to sign up for my own service...it is a money issue. ANYWHO I tried to get on and couldn't - I couldn't even this morning and am currently at work writing this.

I also wanted to say I am so scared for you folks home -- is all ok? I have been watching the news and am amazed at what has been happening!!! My god it is aweful!!!!

lastly on a slightly more positive note...I had my date on Saturday...and I have to say I think I can speak for both of us...we are head over heels...I honestly think...and this is so strange to say...he might be "the one". I can't even talk about right now because I am still processing it. I have never met anyone like him...he is so kind and funny and handsome and sweet and shit...he even likes me...it is all a little "WOW" right now. I will write more in detail about what we did later.

SO ok - when is the next skype date...the 13th right, 7pm central? I am on it - I will try to get service connected by then...so lets confirm on the 12th - cool?

Skype??

We are going to have to change the way we book Skype calls. I thought I was supposed to speaking to Kathy on the 6th and Lily on the 8th. So, can we all confirm when we are Skype-ing next. Is anyone available on the 13th at 8pm New York time?

Hot hot hot

Today was the hottest day in Melbourne history - 115.5 degrees Fahrenheit. Most of the state of Victoria is under some sort of bushfire threat. There is an enormous bushfire less than five miles from my parents' house and they have their bags packed and are ready to go. A cool change and a change in wind direction may work in their favor. More here and here.

Rooster And All Three Chicks

Here are a couple of all three of us!

Snowy Days

Our chosen mode of transportation these days!


Hey everyone,

I am finally peeking out of my "no work" malaise. I have had a few jobs lately, so I don't feel like I have to re-think my whole career. When I don't work for a while, I start questioning everything....what I am doing, my career choices, blah, blah, blah. I am constantly plagued with a stream of "bright" and often "not-so-bright" ideas running through my consciousness. The "recently ridiculous" being a mobile that I made for Tifenn's baby in which I hand felted and sculpted a shepperd girl, a wolf in sheep's clothing and a flock of sheep all hanging from a branch corseted in red felt. Tifenn upon receiving the gift suggested that I try to sell these. Mmmmmm...that could be fun! I made lists of where I would sell them, sourced all of my materials, envisioned meditatively constructing these everyday in complete serenity and bliss. Well, it's a good thing that my husband draws me back to reality. Once we tallied the hours spent and what I would hope to get for these...I would be lucky to make $5 per hour. Anyway, for today I am once again a working stylist.

Roh, I am so sorry, but we can't Skype on the 7th. The kids are having a sleep over and Albert and I are actually going to a dance party at the Bubble Lounge. No kids....what will I use as an excuse to come home when I am tired at 11:00? I could do the 6th?

Roh, has it cool down there? We have had so much fun in the snow this year. Sorry Lily, I know you don't even want to hear the word sn..(*)(&(*^*! We just got 4 inches yesterday. Although, I now clearly understand why people have kids when they are young...yesterday after school, we went sledding in a blizzard, rushed home, did homework, cooked dinner, then I was pulling both Louis and Grace up off of the ice at Wollman rink until 8:30 last night. Roh, you can tell Hannah and Sam that they were missed at the "2nd & 3rd grader PS 321 Skating Night". Whew, and I have to do it all over on Thursday with Grace's class.

Lily, relax and just have fun Sat night....remember, he's the lucky one!

run run run

well! I finally got y ass out there again and
I just came back from doing a loop! YEA!!!!!!
That was soooo hard, my legs were like tree stumps
but I did it!! So beautiful, the lake is frozen over,
there are patches of ice everywhere and sun and shadow
complementing all of it...just gorgeous!

Now that I know I can do it Kathy, lets start up
on sat or sun mornings again, ok?

Wouldnt that be great if we could have portable
skype and all run together at the same time, talking
each other on as we run??? We actually could do it
if we all had iphones, skype works on it....

So thats the big news for this week!

cheerio,
Kristen