Comments on: Preparing for Elise http://www.diaryof1.com/2007/05/06/preparing-for-elise/ Seeking Wisdom, Washing Dishes Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:21:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By:   Oregon Beauty http://www.diaryof1.com/2007/05/06/preparing-for-elise/#comment-12139   Oregon Beauty Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:07:53 +0000 http://www.diaryof1.com/2007/05/06/preparing-for-elise/#comment-12139 [...] last summer. Talk about The Perfect Day - we hiked and picnicked with dear family friends, and also our French exchange student. Of course, our French guest had to mention the Alps. Mount Bachelor is part of the Cascade Range, [...] […] last summer. Talk about The Perfect Day - we hiked and picnicked with dear family friends, and also our French exchange student. Of course, our French guest had to mention the Alps. Mount Bachelor is part of the Cascade Range, […]

]]> By: Diary of 1 » In Which We Are Not Like The French http://www.diaryof1.com/2007/05/06/preparing-for-elise/#comment-368 Diary of 1 » In Which We Are Not Like The French Thu, 05 Jul 2007 19:32:09 +0000 http://www.diaryof1.com/2007/05/06/preparing-for-elise/#comment-368 [...] Our dear guest Elise has arrived from France. She will survive her trip to the U.S.A. despite 100 degree weather to which she is not accustomed. That would be 37.7 degrees Celsius. [...] […] Our dear guest Elise has arrived from France. She will survive her trip to the U.S.A. despite 100 degree weather to which she is not accustomed. That would be 37.7 degrees Celsius. […]

]]> By: Jen http://www.diaryof1.com/2007/05/06/preparing-for-elise/#comment-135 Jen Tue, 08 May 2007 17:28:12 +0000 http://www.diaryof1.com/2007/05/06/preparing-for-elise/#comment-135 Thanks all, it will be fun. Dana, good idea to keep a journal. Part of that journal will probably be right here on this blog! I know Elise loves to keep photo albums, so maybe I can get her a special album for this trip and do some scrapbooking with her. And yes, one month is an incredibly short amount of time - I wish in some ways that we could have her for a whole year! Then again, my four little children are quite a handful at the moment. But Elise loves children and I think she's going to be really helpful with them. Kathleen, thanks for getting back to me on the church question. I asked partly because my husband and I have been having a lot of discussions lately about church, the relevance of "doing church" when it often looks very unlike the first church, the usefulness of sitting and listening to one man stand up and talk at you for an hour, and many other abstract thoughts! I'll have to do a separate post about this. ♡ Thanks all, it will be fun. Dana, good idea to keep a journal. Part of that journal will probably be right here on this blog! I know Elise loves to keep photo albums, so maybe I can get her a special album for this trip and do some scrapbooking with her. And yes, one month is an incredibly short amount of time - I wish in some ways that we could have her for a whole year! Then again, my four little children are quite a handful at the moment. But Elise loves children and I think she’s going to be really helpful with them.

Kathleen, thanks for getting back to me on the church question. I asked partly because my husband and I have been having a lot of discussions lately about church, the relevance of “doing church” when it often looks very unlike the first church, the usefulness of sitting and listening to one man stand up and talk at you for an hour, and many other abstract thoughts! I’ll have to do a separate post about this. ♡

]]> By: Kathleen http://www.diaryof1.com/2007/05/06/preparing-for-elise/#comment-134 Kathleen Tue, 08 May 2007 15:38:30 +0000 http://www.diaryof1.com/2007/05/06/preparing-for-elise/#comment-134 What a fun opportunity for you all. It should be a lot of fun. Regarding your comments on my blog; I totally get what you meant by the question and I didn't feel affronted at all. It's not immediately apparent that I am a Christian. I don't don't talk about it much. The no church thing is partly the result of having a non Christian husband and partly not ever finding a church I liked. Many were too political, too phoney, to hardline or too boring. So I'm happy to do my own thing at home. Although at times I feel it would be nice for my kids to be part of a youth group. Anyway, there you have it! Thanks for asking more about me! What a fun opportunity for you all. It should be a lot of fun.

Regarding your comments on my blog; I totally get what you meant by the question and I didn’t feel affronted at all. It’s not immediately apparent that I am a Christian. I don’t don’t talk about it much.
The no church thing is partly the result of having a non Christian husband and partly not ever finding a church I liked. Many were too political, too phoney, to hardline or too boring. So I’m happy to do my own thing at home. Although at times I feel it would be nice for my kids to be part of a youth group. Anyway, there you have it! Thanks for asking more about me!

]]> By: Dana http://www.diaryof1.com/2007/05/06/preparing-for-elise/#comment-133 Dana Tue, 08 May 2007 04:44:14 +0000 http://www.diaryof1.com/2007/05/06/preparing-for-elise/#comment-133 Have fun. A month is incredibly short, really. Keep a diary and encourage her to do the same. There are a lot of things I wish I would have done more of while in Germany....but of course, I was there for 11 months in High School...enough time to just take things for granted. I tried harder at the University to get involved and take opportunities to travel, but then I was married and had a stricter budget. Still, the time flies even when it is close to a year. Have fun. A month is incredibly short, really. Keep a diary and encourage her to do the same.

There are a lot of things I wish I would have done more of while in Germany….but of course, I was there for 11 months in High School…enough time to just take things for granted. I tried harder at the University to get involved and take opportunities to travel, but then I was married and had a stricter budget. Still, the time flies even when it is close to a year.

]]> By: Jane http://www.diaryof1.com/2007/05/06/preparing-for-elise/#comment-131 Jane Mon, 07 May 2007 00:29:07 +0000 http://www.diaryof1.com/2007/05/06/preparing-for-elise/#comment-131 What a wonderful opportunity for both her and your family! What a wonderful opportunity for both her and your family!

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