Nothing Much to Talk About

Greetings.  Nothing really big going on, but I don't want to lose your attention before Christmas (there will be really good posts then) so here are some random observations and occurrences and photos so you don't forget what we look like. 

We have had sunshine this week - about half the days for about half a day each time.

This is Kristine.  My wife.  I'm sure everyone is wondering how well she is enduring having me around the house so much.  Her response:  "Chuckle, chuckle.  I enjoy it.  It's like having my best friend around all the time and I never get tired of him."  She's the breadwinner now (English lessons four times per week).  Doing yoga most days now.  Going strong with Czech.

Kristine has season tickets to the orchestra.  Sometimes she takes me; sometimes she takes Caleb.  They play really good stuff.  Kristine's going to make a post all about it sometime.



 What I miss most about home:  Barnes & Noble

This is Lucy.  She's still 10.  Lucy is enjoying watching Zach & Cody and Hannah Montana on YouTube these days.  A teacher hit her on the head with a pen the other day.  They love embarrassing kids here.  It's kinda like the old Pink Floyd Another Brick in the Wall piece about We Don't Need No Education.  She got a turn on the potters wheel the other day.  She wears T shirts when it's cold out, so the people all up and down the street ask our friend Jana what's up with that (they really bundle up here).  Jana just explains that she's an American.

What I miss most about home:  Peanut Butter

Caleb, Age 13.  BIG NEWS!!! He finally reached level 55 in World of Warcraft and can now create....DEATH KNIGHTS.  He got an extra hour of screen time this week when Kristine gave him a quiz and he got 139 out of 144 of the most common noun declination patterns in Czech.  Our extra fencing lessons are paying off for him. 

He does not look like this anymore.  He got a haircut, but this one was cooler than the sort of dorky one he has now.  He has a facebook account (or is it Kristine's account with his name?).

What I miss most about home:  My friends



Silas here.  Three.  Here is what he is saying right now..."Bum soldier.  Bum soldier.  Woo who!  Chink Chink Chink Chink.  No you are my horse.  Horse stay there.  Come back okay horse.  Bye horse.  Bye horsey.  Waaaaa waaaa waaaa wasss.  Kahck ahck."  We had an unhappy time today (I didn't get much sleep and he was crabby), but we went for a bike ride and that helped.

What I miss most about home:  Silence.  Your yellow house?  Yeah.

This is me.  I don't have a job. 

I've started writing.  One of those life long dreams, you know.  The more I do it, the more fun it gets. 

I pulled a calf muscle a month ago, so I only just started running again.  I need to be ready for the inaugural Mankato Marathon next October.

Learning Czech is going.  I also learned the endings.  Now I gotta work on vocabulary. I gotta prepare a talk for church tomorrow in Czech.  That will be an adventure.

What I miss most about home: Yerba Mate (the herbal drink from Argentina).

We've got Monday and Tuesday off from school, so we might have some fun stuff to report soon.

Peter