All is Quiet
...Maybe too quiet! If only because now that everyone has left I have the sheets and towels from 3 extra people to wash - they should have stayed longer to get more use out of them - and to eat the extra food we now have. We did send quite a bit home with Rachel and she’ll stop at Aunt Gloria’s to drop some off.
Kevin and Rachel gave us tickets to The Wizard of Oz on New Years Day - yes, the one with audience participation and costume contest for adults and children. The best part of the gift is that the “kids” came also. The chances of winning a prize definitely would have been good since there were 3 adult winners and only 3 adults in the whole audience dressed up but unfortunately we needed my brother here to encourage us. There were also props - bubbles for when the good witch came, kazoos, lollipops, bells and noise makers. The audience also sang along for many of the songs. I really appreciated Kevin and Jen attending because this type of program isn’t quite in their comfort zone whereas Rachel didn’t even need the song sheet to sing along.
I do hope we see Jen again now that the first meeting is out of the way - others will seem more fun, casual, less stress and questions and answers! I will need to google more to find out about Messianic Judaism. As we were pulling into the JCC Sunday morning it came up that at one point in her childhood her family did attend services but that it was a long story—so maybe next time. Kevin did say that they were thinking about trying out the service sometime in Charlotte but it doesn’t sound that Jen is committed to that faith tradition in particular.
We did get runs/walks in the last 3 days. Dave and Rachel really got their exercise today - ran to the JCC, and then did an hour spinning class followed by a light weight workout!
Hope everyone had a wonderful start to the new year! We did! Stay warm.
Posted by Maureen on 01/03 at 01:07 PM
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Did I tell you we had to have our circuit breaker box moved? They came Sunday and the house hasn’t been able to get warm since, but it’s okay-around 65. We need to do some caulking and insulating. And I need a new picture to hide the box which is now behind my back door. Maureen, have you googled Jews for Jesus? Glad everything went so well with your kids and the Wizard of Oz sounds like a lot of fun. I can’t remember where we meet next????
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 01/04 at 02:40 PM
Even I have turned up the thermostat - to 70 when the kids were home and now it is 67.
Carol Fay was to check her schedule and give us a date.
Haven’t googled JFJ but did get more than enough information under Messianic Judaism. Seems to me that it would be easier for a Christian to join - just recognizes more the Jewish tradition in Christianity. For a Jewish person - they would have to accept a lot of Christianity.
Why did you have your circuit box moved - not connected to the plumbing issue?
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 01/04 at 05:01 PM
No, our circuit to the garage kept tripping and when the electrician came to fix it, he said we were not allowed to have any permanent fixture within 3 ft of the electrical box. (It was behind my cabinets in the family room—accessible but still behind them.)
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 01/05 at 10:18 AM
Great report Maureen, it will be interesting to see how Kevin and Jen’s relationship develops! Sounds like she is a nice young woman.
Kate, glad you got your electrical stuff taken care of. We had a new box put in last year and at the same time, a dedicated line for our computers.
Next CC is at CarolFay’s - she was going to check her schedule and let us know. We might need to give her a shout out. I think I’ll just do that!
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 01/05 at 10:48 AM
My Mom played tennis and had always wanted to go to Wimbledon to see the tennis matches. Well, she finally made it ... my brother and his sons are touring Europe and stopped there to leave some of her ashes. I have really been missing her lately - wishing she could have met Nick and Jen - and they meet her.
I think Jen’s family approached the Messianic faith from a Christian perspective. In googling it -it sounds as if it is considered a Christian religion. The Jewish Court in the Rules of Return treat a person who is a member the same way as they to a person who has converted to Christianity and wanted to come back to Judaism.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on 01/04 at 08:56 AM