Wednesday, November 28, 2007
UNCLE MICHAEL CHECKING IN
I'm impressed by everyone's technical abilities. Nice to see photos and I enjoyed the Mary Poppins trailer/spoof, Matthew. It was a perfect Thanksgiving Day, followed by a lovely weekend with Mom and Nicki in Chicago. We went to Alinea, which vies for Charlie Trotter's position as top restaurant in Chicagoland. $80.00 got me an extra course consisting literally of a thumb's-worth of noodles in butter over which the waiter shaved part of a truffle--not even one whole mushroom! I'm too low-rent for that kind of fare!
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Reno in Autumn
So good to have Emilie home!
In part, this is because she makes everyone scarves for football season.
It's difficult to get Lucifer to look at the camera, but he is nonetheless adorable.
Preparing for our first hosted Thanksgiving. On the menu:- Herb-rubbed duck in cherry sauce
- Squash with a cider glaze
- Shrimp-pumpkin bisque
- Roast parsnips
- Onion tarts
- Bacon-wrapped dates
- Chestnut cheesecake
The invitees anticipate...
...and finally tuck in.
It all looked nicer before it hit my plate.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Hello from Nicola!
As most of you have gathered this week has been a very sad time with the loss of my sister, Cathy. Emilie did a beautiful statement/eulogy as you have read on this blog. Thank you Emilie it was very moving and true to word and heart. Tomorrow is Monday and we will have a visitation from 3-9 P.M. and a funeral service on Tuesday at 11:00 with lunch to follow. My White family/siblings have all gathered to share and support in this time and we have also had lots of memories and laughter. My Meyer family as always have shown great love and compassion at this time. All of the Meyer family have always been kind and understanding with Cathy and I thank you for that. But as in all of life there is great sadness and great joy. The joy part of the week was going to Northfield Minnesota and watching Dominick compete and compete well in Nationals. He has acheived one of his collegiate goals which was to be a National All-American. He came in 25th in a field of over 280 top runners . It is great to blog but please give him a call. His team also came in well at sixth place out of 35. Go Point! Stephen is outside now on a very cold and windy night setting up a fire in the pit so we can have Smores with California, Florida and North Carolina fam and make them brave the wilds of Wisconsin. Love and thanks to all! Nicola
As most of you have gathered this week has been a very sad time with the loss of my sister, Cathy. Emilie did a beautiful statement/eulogy as you have read on this blog. Thank you Emilie it was very moving and true to word and heart. Tomorrow is Monday and we will have a visitation from 3-9 P.M. and a funeral service on Tuesday at 11:00 with lunch to follow. My White family/siblings have all gathered to share and support in this time and we have also had lots of memories and laughter. My Meyer family as always have shown great love and compassion at this time. All of the Meyer family have always been kind and understanding with Cathy and I thank you for that. But as in all of life there is great sadness and great joy. The joy part of the week was going to Northfield Minnesota and watching Dominick compete and compete well in Nationals. He has acheived one of his collegiate goals which was to be a National All-American. He came in 25th in a field of over 280 top runners . It is great to blog but please give him a call. His team also came in well at sixth place out of 35. Go Point! Stephen is outside now on a very cold and windy night setting up a fire in the pit so we can have Smores with California, Florida and North Carolina fam and make them brave the wilds of Wisconsin. Love and thanks to all! Nicola
aloha from molly
Matthew is teaching me how to blog. I will write more later. It's always important to take baby steps so I don't burn out. Frankly, trying to top Jeff 's bear story was too much for me. Love, Molly
Saturday, November 17, 2007
My Beloved Aunt Cathy
I am unsure how to begin this post because I am unsure how to encapsulate the loss of my aunt Cathy White into a compressed and composed "blog". However, it also seems strangly appropriate because with each new technology Cathy's ability to express herself grew. I think that Cathy would have loved typing out a blog post to all of us.
For anyone who does not know Cathy White died sometime early Thursday morning while sleeping in her fathers home. Details of the funeral and visitation can be found at http://www.daleymurphywisch.com/. While I could not be there, everyone who saw Cathy after she died said that the scene was one of peace and ease. And for myself, I choose to believe that if Cathy felt anything it was just her muscles, always so tight, releasing the spirit so long traped in such an inept body.
In many ways Cathy was always a paradox. She was the best listener I knew but she was hard of hearing (which may have helped when I played her my oboe solos). She was the most open human being I have met but she was unable to speak (I am certain that I am not the only one to have relied on this paradox when I needed to confide a secret). Cathy White was my image of strength, and energy and endurance even though she was never able to stand on her own. And most amazingly, Cathy was given a life full of obstacles and operations, discomfort and disability and yet she was always grateful and joyous. How lucky I was to grow up with such a teacher.
And how lucky I was to learn what caring for a loved one meant from my granny Harriett and my Papa Phil, my aunts, uncles and mom and dad. Each would say that the privilege of knowing Cathy was leagues beyond compensation for the effort of caring for her. This is undoubtably true. But that truth lives beside the truth that Cathy literally never took a step that someone was no behind her. Cathy never ate a meal alone. And Cathy never went to sleep that someone had not just tucked her in. Harriet and Dick and Phil have a relationship that is evidence of the boundlessness of that love. I think that growing up with Cathy has made the kind of love I am capable of giving deeper. Because I cannot be in Beloit this week to give som of that love, I would like anyone who reads this to hug these people and send them love and thoughts and prayers by the bucketload.
Finally, I am trying to embrace this loss with the grace and even joy that I think Cathy herself would. Last Sunday, James and I were cuddling up for a nap, and talking, and I fell asleep midsentence and he laughed and I woke up and he said "I just felt all of you relax, and I thought of Cathy in the hot tub." Now I love the image of Cathy in a hot tub, but I also love that the image that my husband has of my aunt, whose condition is defined by its spastic nature, is one of my aunt relaxing. Cathy's most enduring lesson for me is by accepting life as it comes, grace and peace and joy may be found anywhere if one has the strenght to see it.
Peace and joy, my family. What a loss. What a woman.
For anyone who does not know Cathy White died sometime early Thursday morning while sleeping in her fathers home. Details of the funeral and visitation can be found at http://www.daleymurphywisch.com/. While I could not be there, everyone who saw Cathy after she died said that the scene was one of peace and ease. And for myself, I choose to believe that if Cathy felt anything it was just her muscles, always so tight, releasing the spirit so long traped in such an inept body.
In many ways Cathy was always a paradox. She was the best listener I knew but she was hard of hearing (which may have helped when I played her my oboe solos). She was the most open human being I have met but she was unable to speak (I am certain that I am not the only one to have relied on this paradox when I needed to confide a secret). Cathy White was my image of strength, and energy and endurance even though she was never able to stand on her own. And most amazingly, Cathy was given a life full of obstacles and operations, discomfort and disability and yet she was always grateful and joyous. How lucky I was to grow up with such a teacher.
And how lucky I was to learn what caring for a loved one meant from my granny Harriett and my Papa Phil, my aunts, uncles and mom and dad. Each would say that the privilege of knowing Cathy was leagues beyond compensation for the effort of caring for her. This is undoubtably true. But that truth lives beside the truth that Cathy literally never took a step that someone was no behind her. Cathy never ate a meal alone. And Cathy never went to sleep that someone had not just tucked her in. Harriet and Dick and Phil have a relationship that is evidence of the boundlessness of that love. I think that growing up with Cathy has made the kind of love I am capable of giving deeper. Because I cannot be in Beloit this week to give som of that love, I would like anyone who reads this to hug these people and send them love and thoughts and prayers by the bucketload.
Finally, I am trying to embrace this loss with the grace and even joy that I think Cathy herself would. Last Sunday, James and I were cuddling up for a nap, and talking, and I fell asleep midsentence and he laughed and I woke up and he said "I just felt all of you relax, and I thought of Cathy in the hot tub." Now I love the image of Cathy in a hot tub, but I also love that the image that my husband has of my aunt, whose condition is defined by its spastic nature, is one of my aunt relaxing. Cathy's most enduring lesson for me is by accepting life as it comes, grace and peace and joy may be found anywhere if one has the strenght to see it.
Peace and joy, my family. What a loss. What a woman.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
THE BEAR
I've never heard of anyone hitting a bear before. Maybe animals are drawn to her Corolla. Is a car big enough to kill one? I messed up a part of the car when I hit a cat, which is way smaller.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Bear
I was driving home after a visit with my friend Don in Eagle River Monday evening and at about 9:30 I hit a black bear.
Did I mention I was driving Nicki's car.
The car is drivable with $1600 damage. I am OK/it is a bit unnerving. I could not find the bear on the roadside so it must have kept on a going into the woods.
Matt, if you would have been along I would have sent you into the woods to check on the bear.
Hope all is well with everyone.
Did I mention I was driving Nicki's car.
The car is drivable with $1600 damage. I am OK/it is a bit unnerving. I could not find the bear on the roadside so it must have kept on a going into the woods.
Matt, if you would have been along I would have sent you into the woods to check on the bear.
Hope all is well with everyone.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Hello from Nicola
Hello to all; Today is the first day in ten days that I felt like I was on the road to recovery. Unfortunately, Stephen appears to have a small case of my nasty bug. My good friend , Beth Woodruff aka Scholten has been back and forth to Beloit the past month because her mother has been very ill post a long bout of ovarian cancer and is now at home on Hospice. For some reason I felt compelled to go there today and arrived at the Scholten's house with a Diet Coke for Beth, a coffee for Walt and a salad lunch and spent from 11:00 a.m. till 2:30 p.m. with them. Joyce, the mother had slipped into a coma earlier in the week and was unresponsive but not in apparent pain. I left and Joyce passed away at 3:30 today. Beth and I have been friends since I was sixteen and I felt great that I was able to be with her on such a difficult day.The visitation is set for Friday with the funeral on Saturday, Stephen and I will be in Northfield Minnesota watching Dominick run at Nationals. All for now Nicola
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Nationals
I stopped by home between cities only to find Nic had twice been so sick she had to return to Beloit + miss the cross-country regionals, couldn't even have ridden had there been a driver. So we both missed their best run ever. Dom was 9th overall ( one off my prediction-8th) + the team only 6 points out of first place behind almighty La Crosse, in the strongest region of the nation. That's an AUTOMATIC bid to the nationals in Northfield MN, where we have our hotel reservations for next weekend. Nic may be in the hospital by then at this rate, tho.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
A little help
I have a class project that I need a little help with. I have to find two people out side of school that would like a little help with a behavior change. It is a good change for me to get practice, get to know some of the family deeper, and a chance for the people who what to do it to find out lots about themselves and have an opportunity to be a healthier person. If any one is interested, just email me at dmeye985@uwsp.edu or feel free to call me at 608-207-5119. Thanks and I hope everyone is doing well.
Misc.
I assume Matt's post means Molly + Wes are in Hawaii. Good for them! If you check the ENE sky you'll see a pretty big "star" that's an exploding comet now greater than planet size + noticeable by eye even in the lights of Chicago. It blew on Oct. 23 + you may well have noticed without realizing what it is. Sat. Dom's team needs to come in 2nd for an automatic bid to nationals tho they may be able to get in as at large team- conceivably as low as 5th because they're the strongest region. So call him that night if you think of it.
For the many fine cooks in our family, Nic + I read The Chinese Chef, which is very descriptive of the food but its role in connectedness-e.g. no single servings. We both liked it a lot + especially the tone of cooperation/connectedness. I also thought Nicki could at least pronounce the Chinese phrases, which I wish I could do. I hope for that spirit in our family event. (Ironically I write here alone with the computer in front of my plate.)
On a sad note, Frieda Allen, who lived next to Todd + went to school with me from kindergarten on found her daughter dead at Edgewood College, apparently from a bulemia-related heart attack. Her dad, Chuck Curtis, also is a classmate of mine + Jim Schroeder, who will come up for the funeral. Un forunately I cannot join him.
Maria + Nicki I finally did lesson plans for faith formation that I'll save for next year. It was fun to have more structure than I could fit in.
For the many fine cooks in our family, Nic + I read The Chinese Chef, which is very descriptive of the food but its role in connectedness-e.g. no single servings. We both liked it a lot + especially the tone of cooperation/connectedness. I also thought Nicki could at least pronounce the Chinese phrases, which I wish I could do. I hope for that spirit in our family event. (Ironically I write here alone with the computer in front of my plate.)
On a sad note, Frieda Allen, who lived next to Todd + went to school with me from kindergarten on found her daughter dead at Edgewood College, apparently from a bulemia-related heart attack. Her dad, Chuck Curtis, also is a classmate of mine + Jim Schroeder, who will come up for the funeral. Un forunately I cannot join him.
Maria + Nicki I finally did lesson plans for faith formation that I'll save for next year. It was fun to have more structure than I could fit in.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Monday, November 5, 2007
Go Pack!
Thanksgiving should be interesting with the Pack steamrolling through the season. And hopefully some Christmas ideas to be negotiated.
SuzyQ
Wow! I'm impressed! Em started the blog in part because of her aunts' complaints, yet until Suzanne they had been conspicuously absent,even tho I'd specically mentioned their sisters' weekend as an inspiration for my Christmas plan. Way to go Suzanne!
Tell Lauren she is HOT. Maybe you shouldn't let her pass out those pictures. The rest of you look good, too.
I've been steadily writing Marcia, + I cut + pasted a playing card for her that I dubbed The Cancer Card. In honor of Phyllis, who was never afraid to use it. And now Marcia has, but not with the physical card, of course.
Keep taking bites out of crime.
Tell Lauren she is HOT. Maybe you shouldn't let her pass out those pictures. The rest of you look good, too.
I've been steadily writing Marcia, + I cut + pasted a playing card for her that I dubbed The Cancer Card. In honor of Phyllis, who was never afraid to use it. And now Marcia has, but not with the physical card, of course.
Keep taking bites out of crime.
WHOOHOOO
Busy week for me (I am actually posting from my Intellectual Property class) but I just had to say WELCOME SUZANNE. The cookie recipies look great. So happy to see you and the pix.
Kisses
Kisses
The White's have arrived
Thanks Em for setting this up.
YES one of Nicki's family has finally posted on the blog.
All well here in Illinois...more later
YES one of Nicki's family has finally posted on the blog.
All well here in Illinois...more later
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Friday, November 2, 2007
What a good day!
I made mass for all souls day at 12pm. Then I went to Best Buy to return a computer battery and I didn't have the paper work for it, so I got an in store credit for $40 more then I payed for it. I dint know how that worked out but I got a camera to replace my stolen one. Here is a picture I took with it.
All souls day
I hope every one comes across a little bit of free time where you can just pause and think of the love ones that you have lost. Miss them, feel the moment, and then know how blessed you are to have had them in your life!
Thursday, November 1, 2007
MARCH OF THE PENGUINS
I never saw that movie but I dig penguins...but not as much as I dig Angelina Jolie. I love the movies with unrealistic gun fights and people jumping out of buildings. It doesn't hurt when the person doing those things is the hottest woman alive.
Wanted
That looks like a great movie, and move where Morgan Freeman talks is going to be great. I mean March of the Penguins......
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