Kjirsti & Tom

This week seemed like one continuous party. Tuesday night Tom and I drove to Akron to watch Renee Fleming in concert. Thursday was my birthday and Tom and I celebrated together, Friday morning we had a special Passover Breakfast for our seminary students, Friday night we had a bunch of friends over for a birthday…

I did get the Stagecrafters job. It turns out that it won’t be as many hours as I had expected, but I’m excited about it. I’ll teach five 30 minute lessons a day and help with one, one hour rehearsal for 6 weeks. Now the question is what do I want to do with the…

       Typically my weeks rush by in a blur that leaves me wondering exactly what went on the week before. This week was different. We came back home after seminary on Monday to get a few more hours of sleep and then I spent the morning organizing and planning my week. When my friend text…

I am writing a paper on Duke Ellington for my Jazz and American Popular Song History class. I have been very inspired by this remarkably hardworking and introspective man. Here are a couple quotes I really like from him: “The unprovable fact is that I believe i have ha d a glimpse of God many…

Saturday Tom and I went to the Cleveland Film Festival. It comes once a year. This year Tom’s friend from high school Dave Boyle was showing a film “White on Rice.” The whole experience was delightful. We took the train in, which was actually the first time we had taken the train into downtown. We…

My dear friend Claire Connelly had her first masters recital on Friday. She did an excellent job. Afterwards we all went out. Here are all my grad school buds: Back row:Greg (Claire’s boyfriend), Ashley (Claire’s roommate), Me, Amanda Stephens, ClaytonFront Row: Meghan Crews, Claire Connelly, Anjin Stewart-Funai Anjin, Amanda, Meghan, Claire and I create a…

Tom and I visited yet another gem of Cleveland’s, its botanical garden. Mary and Steve and Erin are on Spring break this week and so we decided to get together and go. They were having an orchid exhibit, which was stunning. Here are some pictures. Doesn’t this one look like something straight out of “Alice…

Okay, not for real. This is just of the dog we are caring for for our neighbor. I told Tom we should joke that we just got a dog, and he said, “No, then everyone will think we’re never going to have kids.” Tom took these pictures and I just loved them so I thought…

I was going through my pictures cleaning them out when I came across this photo. I had to post it, because it really shows the drastic changes we have made in the kitchen. It’s always good to go back and realize just how much work we have put in already.

Before After. Ta daa! Sorry none of these pictures are great. It’s kind of hard to take pictures of flooring I’ve found. We’re thrilled with how it turned out. I love the way the tile works with the wall and cabinet color.