slovakia

Mikulas and Chester Greenwood

Ten years ago, I had no idea two men were going to affect my Decembers every year. Which two men? Mikulas and Chester Greenwood, of course. Mikulas is a guy most of you at least have a concept of. Comes at night, delivers presents to good girls and boys, wears a red coat and all that? And he puts the presents in their shoes, of course. TRC and DC love the fact that they get TWO days of presents in December: Christmas and Mikulas. He came last night, and so yesterday we all cleaned up our shoes and set them […]

Mikulas and Chester Greenwood Read More »

Mikulas and Santa Claus

Yesterday, Mikulas came to visit our house. For those of you who aren’t Slovak, that means TRC and DC spiffied up their shoes two nights ago, then left them out. In the morning, voila! The shoes were filled with candy and some small presents. TRC got a WALL-E spinning toothbrush,and DC got a little puppy stuffed animal. They went over very well. Of course, this is also the first year that TRC has gone to school, which means it’s the first year he could tell other kids all about how excited he was that Mikulas had come, only to have

Mikulas and Santa Claus Read More »

Ireland Pictures and More

And just so I don’t get any complaints that my blog’s gettin’ too churchy for all y’all, here are some pictures of the family trip to Dublin on the way home from Slovakia. This was a fun trip, although everyone living in a small hotel room for four nights wasn’t necessarily the easiest thing we’ve done. Our days there consisted of waking up in the morning, feeding the baby, letting her get a good nap in and then heading out around 11. We tried to be back around 6 for her to get another good nap in before she ate

Ireland Pictures and More Read More »

Packing

And so it begins. We’ve spent the day packing, running last minute errands and checking the status of Dublin airport. It appears like everything there is fixed–delays abound, but at least there are no cancellations today. Let’s hope the same holds true for tomorrow. I’d post some pictures . . . but I’ve already packed the camera and the cables. So sorry. We leave tomorrow at 5:20 for a flight at 9:50. Anyone who wants to see us off at Bratislava airport better be there at 7:50, because that’ll be your one chance. 🙂 Writing update: I discovered a few

Packing Read More »

To Be Brief

Dentist appointment come and gone. Teeth appear good. And there was much rejoicing. Writing is going well, although there are times that I’m not so sure of that. Times like these are when I wish I had a writing group. Instead, I just read it outloud to DKC and hope for the best. Went to a Slovak mall today. Like an American one, but smaller. Took about twenty minutes to check the whole thing out. Not  much else to report–gearing up for the Ireland trip. Just as a warning, I don’t think I’ll be able to blog in Ireland. I

To Be Brief Read More »

×