I am generally pretty good at focusing on the things I (or we) don’t do well, or should be doing better. Today has been a day where we’ve been able to focus on some things that we have consistently done well. And because of some of those things, we have so many incredible people who…
Tag: family stuff
4 Unexpected Changes
When we moved to Dublin in 2012, we knew there would be a lot for us to figure out. Everything from learning a new banking system, to understanding how utilities operate, to figuring out where to buy various items you need (There are no mega-stores here and usually a pharmacy is only a pharmacy). That…
Summer Break
The Wilsons are not in Dublin. Thank you for stopping by our little corner of the internet. We are currently in the States and will return before the end of August. While we are gone the blog will be rather quiet…If you’re here because we’ve connected over the past few weeks, thank you for stopping…
Day in Dublin
Last week Liz and I began something we’d talked about for a while but had a difficult time getting started. While I am still looking for a job in Dublin, and we are still putting time and effort into fund-raising, the fact is our schedule has some flexibility. On top of that we are newcomers…
Heading West
Liz, Méabh and I dropped off Erin and Brenna on Saturday and drove to the west coast of Ireland. It was the first time since we arrived here last summer that we’ve taken any time to get away…it was long over due. We were originally planning to stay for two nights, but the hostel we stayed at in Doolin offered a free 3rd night. And free is hard to turn down.
We didn’t do a lot. We mostly relaxed. Well, as much as having an almost 2 year old around allows you to relax.
And yet another update (still no internet)
It is amazing how much you take for granted having internet in your house. While our family would gripe a bit about having only 1.6 Mbps to split among 5 people, we have discovered that 1.6 is much much faster than 0.0 Mbps which is where we currently are. According to the phone company and…
So, How’s the Church Plant Coming?
We’ve discovered since we moved to Dublin that there has been some misunderstanding about our time line for church planting. The common thinking seems to be that we would move here, and immediately start working on the plant. So after talking it over with a few people, it seemed that it would be helpful for…
Random Stuff In My Head
I guess I’ve been a bit obsessed with the house hunt recently (ya think?). Thought I’d take a few minutes to share some other things going on with our transition to Ireland. In no specific order: Méabh hates Mozart: Last week Liz mentioned that she has sung the Alphabet song to Méabh 3 times &…
The Week Ahead
At 2:15 this afternoon, my flight from Dublin to Boston will take off and shortly after that the 6 of us will be the most spread out we have ever been. One of us will be over the Atlantic Ocean Two of us will be in Ireland One will be in Northern Ireland One in…
We are still here
I have been a bit absent from my little corner of the interwebs lately. In the past three weeks we have, put our house up for sale, sold our house & bought a new one.
My Favorite Christmas Present
Yesterday I wrote that my favorite Christmas movie was A Christmas Story. Staying with that theme, I was trying to think of my favorite Christmas present from when I was a kid. The best I could do was narrow it down to two presents…and actually both were presents that I shared with my brother Jeff. One…
We’re All Back Together Again
While the blog has been a bit, empty for a while, we are still here! Thought I take just a minute to quickly recap what’s been going on and hopefully next week we’ll get things up & running again. How I spent my Summer Vacation: It is a bit of a blur, but let me…
Vacation Update
Things have been a bit quiet on the blog, twitter & facebook front. I’ve been enjoying the first of two weeks vacation over the past week. I have been on a break from email & most other electronic communications, but wanted to share a few highlights of the past week: Brenna learned to ride a…
The Week Ahead
Exciting week ahead before going on vacation for a couple weeks starting Monday…quick list in case you are interested: Monday: A couple meeting to look over how some of our ministries are structured. We’ll be working on some job descriptions & stuff like that. Later tonight we’ll take the girls out to shop for some…
Uncle Jack
Christmas vacation was something that our family had been looking forward to for 4 months, and our trip more than exceeded our expectations. September through December were a pretty rough few months in a number of ways, and our trip to Florida was simply relaxing and a lot of fun. While we were down there…
Shooting Stars
This is hockey weekend for the Wilsons. The annual Ithaca shooting stars tourament is being held at both the Rink and Cass Park. With Hannah out with injuries and Erin no longer playing, Brenna is the only one on the ice. Liz has been involved with scheduling volunteers, decorations and such and we both get…
Is it November already?
So over the past month I have been dealing with some guilt. It has officially been over a month since I last wrote something here. September & October were both a bit crazy…I ended up not reading very much, not blogging at all, and simply getting buried with stuff. The past couple of weeks have…
Has it really been a week?
Wow, just realize that normally I have a Saturday book recommendation…I actually finished up a good book, but not sure it is one everyone would enjoy…Reformed and Always Reforming, by Roger Olsen. He takes a really good look at standard “conservative evangelical” theology and calls us to something beyond that. I loved it. Since I…
I think there might be a lesson here…
I don’t like cats. I especially don’t like cats who use my carpet rather than their litter box. However, I don’t like carpet either. One of the most exciting thing when we bought our current house were the hardwood floors. They had been covered up for years with (ugh) shag carpet, so as we have…
a normal week…
**note: forgot to hit the publish button last week:) Last week was crazy…but it was a good kind of crazy. On Thursday & Friday I got to go up to the Willowcreek Leadership Summit (it is already on my calendar for next year). On Saturday, we took the church leadership team out for a trip…
still a bit hazy…
Last week is a bit of a blur… Sunday: Drive to Syracuse…Fly to JFK…Sleep on chairs in JFK Monday: Get up at 5 am…Fly to New Orleans…Discover Cafe Du Monde Tuesday & Wednesday: Walk around New Orleans…fly back to Syracuse…get to bed at 2:30 am Thursday: Up at 7:30 am for my one day in…