Finn....

He's pretty smart for a 10-week-old... :-)



I have 2 new jobs, aside from babysitting for the 2 families I already have. One is managing the affairs and patent approvals of 2 inventors who happen to be very good friends of mine. (ask me if you can't guess who they are... haha)
The other is spending an hour 3 times a week playing with Finn so he won't get too lonely while his mother (Dr. Carroll) is at work. Really, it's not so bad. :-)

Elaine's wedding (and I suppose it was Nate's too...) :-)

The drive up to Jackman was loooong- especially since it was the first time I had done such a thing by myself- about 3 1/2 hours each way. But it was so gorgeous, I really enjoyed it. And- it was perfect wedding weather down by the water...

I may be partial, but I never saw such a beautiful bride as Elaine--



It was a very small service and I was the only person I knew there, except Elaine, but it was the best and by far most spiritual wedding I have ever attended. I was very happy to be there...


Now, they live in Freeport!! Yay! :-)

Update

we're making some changes to the house.... and grounds.... and the barn.... and driveway....
Even though all the work is unbelievably loud, and there is scarcely room to walk on the driveway amidst crews working on the barn, deck, siding, etc.., (and their cars and trucks and saws and dogs.... and Robín hauling wheelbarrows of huge rocks),
it hasn't been so bad to have all the shouting and laughing for the past few weeks. (Of course, when I'm studying it gets a bit crazy and I often need to visit the library- and I could do without all their smoking, but they are all very nice) When the next door-goats start screaming at 4 PM the crews starting hollering right along, when we're going to start making lunch they offer advice on how best to boil pasta, and when I was cleaning the attic today they were on the scaffold right outside the window having an enthusiastic sing-along. Basically, it's a zoo.... But the house it really looking lovely- and they were right about the pasta....