Monthly Archives: September 2010

Family of walkers…

This weekend Kris and her girls walked in a Breast Cancer Walk (Carrier Cares) as they have for the last several years. Thank you for caring!

The Bailey’s walked in a Kidney Walk (Team Timmy). Thanks for caring!

We should all be proud that we have people in our families who believe in action and make it happen.

Please share pictures and results of your efforts.

First Day of Fall…

The seasons on Earth officially change Wednesday, heralding their shifting nature with an astronomical feat: the autumnal equinox.

The month of September also marks the ‘Wine Moon’,  the lunar cycle when grapes are harvested from the arbors, pressed and put away to become wine.

The full moon closest to the Autumn Equinox is known as the ‘Harvest Moon’, since farmers would also harvest their crops during the night with the light of the full moon to aid them.

So..go enjoy a glass of wine and toast in the new season!

What’s up…

Kelsie said she was learning many new things in school but nothing hard yet!

Delaney tie-dyed shirts in class with her mom Friday- she loves Mr. Herman.

Farley is traveling to NH to see her girls…

Erin is going to visit Beth- they are all going to have a good time.

Bear continues to grow- he can jump up onto the furniture, he still makes me laugh (a lot) and we start puppy training this Wednesday for 6 weeks.

Edited: They cancelled the class…not enough people.

What’s up with you?

We’re getting a new roof!

For the last week and half, we have been working to get a new roof on the house. Come to find out, recent storms did a lot of damage and we were able to get our 19-year old roof (that needed to be done anyway) covered by insurance! WHO-HOO!!! We went with an architectural style shingle and they’re bit lighter in color than we thought they would be, but we are happy we’re finally doing it. We’re doing the work ourselves, with a lot of help from David’s brother. It should be done by the end of the week (we think).

We also replaced the lights on the front of the house and on the side of the garage (because the insurance adjuster broke one when he was throwing his rope up to get on top of the roof… DOH!). So, needless to say, we got those replaced too… and thank goodness, because the previous ones were ugly and brass. The new ones look fantastic.

Time to Make Your Reservations to Ring in the New Year!

I just wanted to let everyone know that we have started rolling with the wedding plans. The Hotel Clarence in Seneca Falls is taking reservations for us through October 31 and they should be at the rate of $130. Call #877.788.4010 and I believe you just have to tell them it’s for the culver-dessis wedding. For safety reasons, we urge everyone to stay if you can because we don’t want anyone driving on New Year’s Eve. And you don’t want to wait because they only have 48 rooms which book up at the holidays.

It will be a late ceremony/reception with hors d’oeuvres and cocktails, and then a simple breakfast the next morning.

We look forward to ringing in the new year with each and every one of you and we are very excited! Hope to see you there!

Project…

When we had the fench built, they told us to wait 30 days before staining. This week is the first “nice” weather we have had in a long time. Linda has started the fence- hope we can knock it out quickly.

2 months…

We have had Bear for 2 months- he has doubled in size, almost has potty training done and is a delight. Upcoming is his neutering and training. I think he is doing well but a little formal training from an expert won’t hurt.

Remembering Matthew…