Well, John got to go to New York City with his class this weekend. He had a great time and got to go to a really cool Brazilian restaurant...which was basically the whole purpose for the trip. He is currently fighting a cold, which is no fun, but I think in spite of that, he had a great time! He even brought me back a Yankees ball cap.......even though he doesn't like them. :-)
I spent the weekend in Pittsburgh with the rest of the Henderson clan. Julie was in town, so it was good to see her. We went to the big car show in downtown Pittsburgh, which was great! I've actually never been to a car show, unless you count the one at the fair...which I don't...doesn't even compare. There were some awesome cars there...none of which I can afford and most of which I wouldn't drive anyways. :-) There was a classic Maserati there, which was really cool. And can I just say...I do not understand the fascination with the metallic burnt orange color for all of the sports cars. The people choosing must be Texas fans! It seemed like there were a lot of sports cars in that color. I couldn't believe it! What happened to good old red! Anyhow, I think my favorite car was a little red Cadillac. Julie, Phyllis and I all drooled over it. :-)
We are still waiting to hear from the places that John interviewed with. We hope to have some news soon! We'll let you know as soon as we do.
Love to all....
Monday, April 21, 2008
Monday, April 7, 2008
A Nice Weekend
John and I had a very nice weekend...if only it could have lasted longer. :-)
Friday night, we decided to splurge on dinner and a movie. We haven't done this in a while, and since we got our tax return, I told John he was taking me out on a date! So we drove the hour into Pittsburgh Mills, ate dinner at Chili's and watched "Leatherheads". Highly recommended for all OU fans...they play a great fight song at one of the games!!! I was honestly singing "Boomer, Sooner" in the middle of a packed theatre...but just loud enough for John to hear me. :-)It was a great movie...George Clooney is just hillarious! Reminiscent of his "O Brother, Where Art Thou" days.
Saturday, John had a fund raiser he was helping with in Punxy, so I went up with him. I went for moral support only. I drove around and put change in everyone's little buckets. I also got my hair cut, which was badly needed. It felt so good to get it all chopped off! Then we drove back home, picked up some sandwiches at a local sub shop, and spent the rest of the day at home.
Sunday was, of course, a great day. I filled in for the lady who normally does children's church, and that was fun. To top it all off, we had some sunny weather and almost 60 degree temps most of the weekend. So, hopefully, spring is here to stay. Wouldn't that be marvelous!
Nothing else too exciting....John had a good interview with The Broadmoor, located in Colorado Springs. He has two more coming up this week with a place in Williamsburg, VA and the Marco Island Marriott in Florida. Pray that those go well also.
Love you guys, Becky
Friday night, we decided to splurge on dinner and a movie. We haven't done this in a while, and since we got our tax return, I told John he was taking me out on a date! So we drove the hour into Pittsburgh Mills, ate dinner at Chili's and watched "Leatherheads". Highly recommended for all OU fans...they play a great fight song at one of the games!!! I was honestly singing "Boomer, Sooner" in the middle of a packed theatre...but just loud enough for John to hear me. :-)It was a great movie...George Clooney is just hillarious! Reminiscent of his "O Brother, Where Art Thou" days.
Saturday, John had a fund raiser he was helping with in Punxy, so I went up with him. I went for moral support only. I drove around and put change in everyone's little buckets. I also got my hair cut, which was badly needed. It felt so good to get it all chopped off! Then we drove back home, picked up some sandwiches at a local sub shop, and spent the rest of the day at home.
Sunday was, of course, a great day. I filled in for the lady who normally does children's church, and that was fun. To top it all off, we had some sunny weather and almost 60 degree temps most of the weekend. So, hopefully, spring is here to stay. Wouldn't that be marvelous!
Nothing else too exciting....John had a good interview with The Broadmoor, located in Colorado Springs. He has two more coming up this week with a place in Williamsburg, VA and the Marco Island Marriott in Florida. Pray that those go well also.
Love you guys, Becky
Friday, March 28, 2008
Decisions, Decisions
There is not much going on here right now. John has started a new block this week, which has significantly less homework than his other ones have. We are grateful for that at this point in the semester. This particular block has him interviewing with properties for his externship. Because he is doing the baking and pastry arts, he will not go on his externship until summer 2009, but he has to interview right now. AAHH!!! He's kind of been pulling his hair out over this. We both feel it is a little early to be making a decision on where we will be going over a year from now, and these interviews are by no means final, but the school wants him to have a place lined up ASAP. So, we have some decisions to make pretty soon that will affect us in a major way. I think the biggest thing is, neither of us feels like making a huge move again anytime real soon, so even thinking about it is a little stressful. But, we know that God has a plan, and we are willing to follow it....we're just not quite sure what the next step is. :-) Please pray for wisdom in choosing the next step.
Other than that, we are doing fine. I wish it would warm up....I'm jealous of the 70-80 degree weather in my beloved Oklahoma. I've had to scrape windows more often than not this week...its a real blessing. :-)
Looking forward to seeing everyone soon....Becky
Other than that, we are doing fine. I wish it would warm up....I'm jealous of the 70-80 degree weather in my beloved Oklahoma. I've had to scrape windows more often than not this week...its a real blessing. :-)
Looking forward to seeing everyone soon....Becky
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Ummmm.....
It snowed last night. In what way is it right for it to snow on the weekend of Easter??? Unless you are in Alaska....Seriously....
John and I are doing well. He is about finished with this block and then he only has two left!!! This next block will consist of having interviews with some properties for his externship. He won't go on externship until summer of 09, but these interviews will be really important in making connections with a future employer. I think he is really looking forward to it. I am hanging in there. :-) I am really ready to visit home. We will be in Oklahoma for the week of Brooke's graduation, so hopefully we will be able to see a lot of friends and family.
We enjoyed a nice spring break for John last week. His brother Jim and his girlfriend Lisa were here, so we enjoyed spending time with them. John got some much needed rest and relaxation....and I worked. :-)
I experienced my firt Maunday service Thursday of this week. Easter is celebrated very differently up here. I guess it is because a lot of the population is Catholic. I got half a day off of work yesterday for Good Friday. The Maunday service was just to commermorate the Last Supper and the beginning of Jesus' trial. Our pastor and another man in our church portrayed James and John, the Sons of Thunder, as they remembered the events of the passion week. It was a great way to start off the celebration of our Lord's resurrection. I am really looking forward to Sunday!
I hope everyone has a great week ahead.
Later, Becky
P.S.: BOOMER, SOONER for their win last night in the NCAA tourney!
John and I are doing well. He is about finished with this block and then he only has two left!!! This next block will consist of having interviews with some properties for his externship. He won't go on externship until summer of 09, but these interviews will be really important in making connections with a future employer. I think he is really looking forward to it. I am hanging in there. :-) I am really ready to visit home. We will be in Oklahoma for the week of Brooke's graduation, so hopefully we will be able to see a lot of friends and family.
We enjoyed a nice spring break for John last week. His brother Jim and his girlfriend Lisa were here, so we enjoyed spending time with them. John got some much needed rest and relaxation....and I worked. :-)
I experienced my firt Maunday service Thursday of this week. Easter is celebrated very differently up here. I guess it is because a lot of the population is Catholic. I got half a day off of work yesterday for Good Friday. The Maunday service was just to commermorate the Last Supper and the beginning of Jesus' trial. Our pastor and another man in our church portrayed James and John, the Sons of Thunder, as they remembered the events of the passion week. It was a great way to start off the celebration of our Lord's resurrection. I am really looking forward to Sunday!
I hope everyone has a great week ahead.
Later, Becky
P.S.: BOOMER, SOONER for their win last night in the NCAA tourney!
Monday, March 10, 2008
I'm Ready for Spring.....
....I think. I can tell it is coming because my eyes have started itching and I'm getting headaches more often. Isn't that wonderful! But, it is pretty much a sure sign that spring is on the way. I'm just hoping that it will be half-way warm for Easter!!!!
John is on spring break this week and will be enjoying some much deserved time off. He has worked really hard this semester and will continue to do so...but he is ready for a break. His brother Jim will be in town this week, so we are looking forward to spending time with him and his friend who is with him. I think they are going to spend Wednesday night with us and then we will be going into Pittsburgh Friday.
We haven't really been up to much lately. We helped some people move into their new house Saturday, which was fun. I have their kids in choir and we have prayed every week since we have been at this church for their new house to be built quickly. They were really excited to be moving in and it was fun to see answered prayer.
I have to get ready for work, so that is all for now. Have a great week!
John is on spring break this week and will be enjoying some much deserved time off. He has worked really hard this semester and will continue to do so...but he is ready for a break. His brother Jim will be in town this week, so we are looking forward to spending time with him and his friend who is with him. I think they are going to spend Wednesday night with us and then we will be going into Pittsburgh Friday.
We haven't really been up to much lately. We helped some people move into their new house Saturday, which was fun. I have their kids in choir and we have prayed every week since we have been at this church for their new house to be built quickly. They were really excited to be moving in and it was fun to see answered prayer.
I have to get ready for work, so that is all for now. Have a great week!
Friday, February 29, 2008
Nemacolin
SO, John and I got the opportunity to go to Nemacolin, a 5 Star 5 Diamond resort about 2 hours south of us here in PA. We went as a field trip with his class last Sunday and had a great time. This place is amazing! And the food....oh my goodness! Of course, that was the whole reason we were there. The Executive Chef for the entire resort is an IUP Culinary grad and he was great to us!
We took this because we thought it was really funny. John is currently in a wine, spirits and beers class that he has to do tasting for. Don't worry, he spits it out and doesn't swallow. :-)
They put on quite a spread for us. This was a yummy flourless chocolate cake.
Shrimp and Crab legs. Yummy!
This is John's class. Can you find John???
There he is!!!
Hope you enjoy!
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Good News!
We learned yesterday that John has been accepted into the second year Baking and Pastry Arts program at his school. We are very excited about this as it will help us tremendously in decision making in the near future. I was actually at the school when he got his letter....my heart was pounding and I was more than a little nervous. :-) But God is faithful and we feel this is what He called us here to accomplish, so Praise the Lord!
I had yesterday off for President's Day, so John arranged it so that I could observe some of the classes at the academy. It was really interesting! I watched one class decorated sculpted fruit with food colored gels. That was pretty cool. And I tasted duck liver...probably won't ever eat it again, but it didn't kill me. :-) It was neat to see what John works on all day and I enjoyed talking with some of his chefs.
We spent the weekend in Pittsburgh. John's sister Julie was in town, so we went to visit her. We had a relaxing time of playing games and watching movies.....and I did laundry. Really that is a blessing because it is expensive to use the laundromats and they don't clean or dry nearly as well. All in all, a great weekend!
And our Valentine's Day was nice, too. We didn't do anything special, but I did get flowers and we rented a movie. Friday night we had some friends over for dinner and watched a Brian Regan comedy video. If you haven't seen this guy, he is absolutely hilarious...and his comedy is clean, which is a nice change.
I think that is about it. We do have one request....John would like to know which pastry (bread, cake, pie, muffin, etc.) you would most like for him to learn to make. He says if you want to taste it, he will have to learn how to make it. :-) I must say, it is a wonder we both haven't gained 50 pounds yet. He makes some pretty tasty stuff. Yesterday, they were preparing to make a chocolate ganache cake....YUMMMY!!
Love to all...
I had yesterday off for President's Day, so John arranged it so that I could observe some of the classes at the academy. It was really interesting! I watched one class decorated sculpted fruit with food colored gels. That was pretty cool. And I tasted duck liver...probably won't ever eat it again, but it didn't kill me. :-) It was neat to see what John works on all day and I enjoyed talking with some of his chefs.
We spent the weekend in Pittsburgh. John's sister Julie was in town, so we went to visit her. We had a relaxing time of playing games and watching movies.....and I did laundry. Really that is a blessing because it is expensive to use the laundromats and they don't clean or dry nearly as well. All in all, a great weekend!
And our Valentine's Day was nice, too. We didn't do anything special, but I did get flowers and we rented a movie. Friday night we had some friends over for dinner and watched a Brian Regan comedy video. If you haven't seen this guy, he is absolutely hilarious...and his comedy is clean, which is a nice change.
I think that is about it. We do have one request....John would like to know which pastry (bread, cake, pie, muffin, etc.) you would most like for him to learn to make. He says if you want to taste it, he will have to learn how to make it. :-) I must say, it is a wonder we both haven't gained 50 pounds yet. He makes some pretty tasty stuff. Yesterday, they were preparing to make a chocolate ganache cake....YUMMMY!!
Love to all...
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