Monday, December 25, 2006

Merry Christmas!




Hope you all have a very merry Christmas!

Thursday, December 14, 2006

St. Goar

It's been one of those weeks, so I thought I'd present a few more pictures from Germany. These are from our final stop - a little river town called St. Goar. (And this weekend, if we finish decorating, some more house pictures.)



A path through the woods, climbing up to the castle above the town.



Looking at the Rhine from halfway up the hill.





Two views of some of the castle. There's a portion of the castle that is in very good shape (in fact, it's been renovated into a very nice hotel), but this obviously isn't it. :-) It was fun to climb around in, though!

Friday, December 08, 2006

New school

Finally, after more than three years in Chicago, we've found an aikido dojo we like! And it's less than a mile from our new place, so we can even walk there. (Although for weeknight classes, I end up going straight from work and walking from the El station.)

I am remembering, however (after a couple classes), how out of shape I am! I have sore spots where I don't even remember moving during class... but I also remember that this, too, shall pass - once I go to class regularly for a couple of weeks.

The dojo has a website if you're interested in seeing it. No pictures of the class space, though - which is a shame, because it's really nice.

Sunday, December 03, 2006

Let it snow

Well, after a week in downstate Illinois for a hearing, I raced the storm back to Chicago. We didn't get nearly the snow the forecasters said we would (of course), but I was still glad I didn't get caught out in it! Some pictures from Friday morning (out our front window):




And we're slowly getting settled in - one thing we've finished (functionally, anyway) is the guest room! Picture below:

Sable is watching for guests to come visit...

We even have a guest bathroom!