Sunday, August 17, 2008

Prayers Needed!

Please keep Tim's Mom in your prayers. She suffered a stroke on Tuesday and has a long road to recovery. Here is the blog that was started for her: http://www.sandyperkes.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

St. Louis Visit ~ August 2008

Well, I was lucky enough to get back home to St. Louis for the first weekend of August. My friends, Amy and Tony, let me stay with them for the weekend (thanks guys!). While I wasn't able to make it back in time for Ferd's funeral, I was able to participate in my nephew's 2nd birthday party and was able to see my cousin before and after her baby girl was born. I think Gracie waited for me to arrive at the hospital :) Both Mom and baby are doing very well and I think Dad survived too.

Monday, July 28, 2008

Goodbye Ferd


I'm so sad to say that my "pseudo grandpa" passed away last night. I will miss him terribly!

Sunday, July 20, 2008

Polish Pottery Shopping ~ Bolesawiec, Poland




Well this was my third journey to Bolesawiec for pottery shopping (most likely my last on this tour of duty). My friends Becky and Donna ventured out on this express trip with me over this weekend. (For those that don't know, the express trip leaves late at night on Friday, arrives early on Saturday and heads back to Stuttgart on Saturday evening - so the bus is our hotel) We basically shopped till we dropped. This is always a challenging trip for me because it is like a scavenger hunt - you never know what your going to find or if you will see the same thing in the next store. I think we hit a dozen or more stores. It's crazy shopping! I guess because I already have my fair share of pottery I wasn't finding much too purchase.