On Tuesday afternoon wood that the Archers ordered several weeks ago arrived (it was suppose to come well Dad was here so he could help cut and stack it but such is life in Romania:) so yesterday and today were spent trying to get it off the road where the truck unloaded it and into Frata Saul and Sora Dora's courtyard. Armed with a borrowed chainsaw we went to work. Now picture this, a bright summer morning with the birds singing and the breeze blowing, some one with a chain saw cutting into a pile of freshly felled trees and two people walking with large pieces of wood on their shoulders down the road into a gate and onto a pile, well there wasn't much of a pile as we weren't making much headway with carry every piece by hand:) thankfully a neighbor took pity on us and let us use his wagon and that sped the process up considerably. The wood came on a log truck and because of their length had to be unloaded on the side of the road. The Archers requested smaller trees as they knew that some times when logs were delivered there would be huge monsters sized trees and the guy did a great job of bringing managable size logs which was very good considering the work team they had to work with.
Let me introduce you to the workers...first is Mr Archer, chainsaw operator, next we have Curtiss, log mover, wagon puller and the guy that runs around trying to not let the ladies do to much:) next is me, wagon loader or in other words some one that does as much as she can with out hurting herself and getting into trouble with said guy and wagon pusher, Tabita (Rahela's mother) wagon loader and pusher, wife and mother of seven so doesn't care a hoot what said guy says. And then a few others who came and gave a helping hand (mostly ladies by the way;). It was most interesting and amusing to say the least. Yesterday we got about half of the pile done and then called it a day, after being fed of course and then today we got almost all of the logs moved into the yard when the chainsaw hit some thing so that it wouldn't cut any more so Curtiss left to get a replacement chain and he and Mr Archer are out there now finishing up. I on the other hand am here writing to you all because I am under strict orders, I was told to "take a bath and relax" and "you aren't allowed to do any more work today!" So here I am smelling better and sitting down, though I don't know if it would be considered not working and relaxing:)Now to end the post I will give a detailed account of our wounds... first being one very ______ I'm just kidding even if we did have some bad injuries I know that some of you wouldn't be able to take it;) Actually we didn't have any major injuries, thankfully, the worst one being Curtiss getting his finger in between a log and the side of the wagon, other then that we just have the normal sore muscles, bruises and scratches that come with working with heavy pieces of wood.
(there that wasn't too bad was it?)
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
TTFN; Ta Ta For Now!
Our suitcases are packed, our curtains are up, and the diesel tank is full! We are almost ready to take off in the Blue Moose! We are headed off for the Midwest for a three week vacation! Hooray! I am so excited! So goodbye for now, and I will see you again in three weeks. ( Except for you Joanna. ) :( If you would like to see pictures of the Blue Moose you can go to Trina's Blog.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Eat, Eat
Well it's been a busy week with English classes on Thursday, shopping trips and another picnic.
Classes went really well and the kids don't seem to be to shy around me;)
The youngest kids seem to really enjoy their time here and their favorite thing has become a song that some of you will recognize (I don't know how to spell it so you will just have to sound it out) Waddelly Atcha. They love it and when I go outside they ask me how it goes again;)
Friday I went with Curtiss to do the grocery shopping, it seems that you need experience doing such things here:) you never know what you will or won't find so it makes it exciting. They keep threatening to make me do the shopping and cooking by myself for a while which would be most interesting as I would have no idea what to make! If any of you have any ideas of things to make while in Romania using Romanian products and unsure of getting the supplies you need please let me know, I will gladly take any tips or recipes.
Last night (Saturday) we had a picnic with the lady that the Archers call their Romanian grandmother, she is in very poor health and because of that actually accepts help. So we brought the salad, the potatoes and the dessert, and her son got and cooked the meat so the meal was very good and I at least got out of it with out overly stuffing myself, though part way through the meal I wondered...
We got there about six and they had just started the wood fire where they were going to fry the meat. Ionny (Johnny), Grandma Veres's son, invited us into the house to wait for the meat to cook. The house is quite small and you walk into the kitchen where every one had gathered so I was standing at the door way just watching and listening to what was going on around me when I felt hands pushing on my shoulders propelling me into the room and into everyone in front of me, it was Ionny being a good host and getting me to a seat, he had me, Mrs Archer and Curtiss sit down on the couch in his room (it's the only room on the bottom floor besides the kitchen) We stayed in there laughing for a while and then one of the daughters asked us if we wanted a drink to tide us over until we ate and if we wanted it in the room or to sit outside, we preferred the outside as it was very pleasant out there and the room that we were in smelled like cigarette smoke, and I don't think it would much matter whether we wanted a drink or not we would've gotten one;) Ionny tried to get me to eat more then my share by telling Curtiss to just fill my plate as I would probably be to shy to do it myself and he said I was just playing with my food, a statement that I beg to differ I was eating but slowly as eating very small bites and chewing slowly is part of my strategy to leaving the table without being unpleasantly full. The food was delicious, we had chicken and steak along with what I already told you that we brought. All in all we had a great time, I thoroughly enjoy life here with all the people and their hospitality:)
I think that brings you all up to speed on what I have been doing, and gives you another taste of Romanian culture. Until next time, this is Joanna H- signing off:)
Classes went really well and the kids don't seem to be to shy around me;)
The youngest kids seem to really enjoy their time here and their favorite thing has become a song that some of you will recognize (I don't know how to spell it so you will just have to sound it out) Waddelly Atcha. They love it and when I go outside they ask me how it goes again;)
Friday I went with Curtiss to do the grocery shopping, it seems that you need experience doing such things here:) you never know what you will or won't find so it makes it exciting. They keep threatening to make me do the shopping and cooking by myself for a while which would be most interesting as I would have no idea what to make! If any of you have any ideas of things to make while in Romania using Romanian products and unsure of getting the supplies you need please let me know, I will gladly take any tips or recipes.
Last night (Saturday) we had a picnic with the lady that the Archers call their Romanian grandmother, she is in very poor health and because of that actually accepts help. So we brought the salad, the potatoes and the dessert, and her son got and cooked the meat so the meal was very good and I at least got out of it with out overly stuffing myself, though part way through the meal I wondered...
We got there about six and they had just started the wood fire where they were going to fry the meat. Ionny (Johnny), Grandma Veres's son, invited us into the house to wait for the meat to cook. The house is quite small and you walk into the kitchen where every one had gathered so I was standing at the door way just watching and listening to what was going on around me when I felt hands pushing on my shoulders propelling me into the room and into everyone in front of me, it was Ionny being a good host and getting me to a seat, he had me, Mrs Archer and Curtiss sit down on the couch in his room (it's the only room on the bottom floor besides the kitchen) We stayed in there laughing for a while and then one of the daughters asked us if we wanted a drink to tide us over until we ate and if we wanted it in the room or to sit outside, we preferred the outside as it was very pleasant out there and the room that we were in smelled like cigarette smoke, and I don't think it would much matter whether we wanted a drink or not we would've gotten one;) Ionny tried to get me to eat more then my share by telling Curtiss to just fill my plate as I would probably be to shy to do it myself and he said I was just playing with my food, a statement that I beg to differ I was eating but slowly as eating very small bites and chewing slowly is part of my strategy to leaving the table without being unpleasantly full. The food was delicious, we had chicken and steak along with what I already told you that we brought. All in all we had a great time, I thoroughly enjoy life here with all the people and their hospitality:)
I think that brings you all up to speed on what I have been doing, and gives you another taste of Romanian culture. Until next time, this is Joanna H- signing off:)
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Goodbye!
Well as far as I know I am now the only H- in Romania now, yep Dad is on his way back home. Actually he may be in U.S. air now as he left here hours ago. Yesterday was a day of going around so that he could say goodbye to everyone. Sunday night we were invited to Frata Saul and Sora Dora's home for a surprise at noon yesterday and what was our surprise when they had lunch all ready for us;) It was all left overs from the picnic on Saturday and they were just as good the second time! After we finished there we headed for the city of Hateg so that the Archers could get a few gifts to send back to people with Dad and so we had a nice relaxing time of walking the street looking in stores and finishing our time out with ice cream:) Because of the fact that Dad's flight left at 6:00 in the morning and since the airport is three hours away we had to leave in the middle of the night. I wasn't going to go with him because I knew that it would be an all night thing and that I would be kind of dead today and Tuesday's are English class here but the Archer's decided to postpone them until Thursday so I decided to go along and spend a little bit more time with Dad. But between shopping and trying to get a little sleep before leaving we had one more goodbye to make so at about 6:30 we headed over to the F- home and they served us HUGE pieces of cake, several different kind of soda, mineral water and coffee. And because of the fact that I didn't think that I was going with Dad I drank my whole cup of coffee and as it went down so did any hope of sleeping before leaving;) Anyway we had a great time with them and they are all waiting for Dad and any one else to come and visit:)
We left there just after 8:00 and then I decided that I would go along to the airport so we all lay down to try and sleep until midnight. I think that I kind of dozed off for the last hour but I never went into a deep sleep and at about quarter after twelve we all got up and those going had something to eat since we weren't hungry at supper time due to ice cream and cake. So we ate and said our goodbyes to those staying behind and we were off. The trip went very well and we had no delays either going or coming back and due to a couple of stops for caffeinated drinks grogginess never hit. We got to the airport at 4:00 and left at just before 4:30 and made it back to the apartment just after seven. I went to bed at about 8:00 and slept until noon so if this post makes no sense at all that is why:) it is now 9:00 and I think that I should soon hit the hay as you never know when the next adventure will hit and you have to be ready for anything in this life, I speak from expierence:) Anyway if you could all be praying for Dad he hasn't gotten much sleep in the last 24 hours and after he lands he has a six hour trip to drive home before his journey is done and he will be traveling by himself. Hope you all have a great day! Goodnight;)
We left there just after 8:00 and then I decided that I would go along to the airport so we all lay down to try and sleep until midnight. I think that I kind of dozed off for the last hour but I never went into a deep sleep and at about quarter after twelve we all got up and those going had something to eat since we weren't hungry at supper time due to ice cream and cake. So we ate and said our goodbyes to those staying behind and we were off. The trip went very well and we had no delays either going or coming back and due to a couple of stops for caffeinated drinks grogginess never hit. We got to the airport at 4:00 and left at just before 4:30 and made it back to the apartment just after seven. I went to bed at about 8:00 and slept until noon so if this post makes no sense at all that is why:) it is now 9:00 and I think that I should soon hit the hay as you never know when the next adventure will hit and you have to be ready for anything in this life, I speak from expierence:) Anyway if you could all be praying for Dad he hasn't gotten much sleep in the last 24 hours and after he lands he has a six hour trip to drive home before his journey is done and he will be traveling by himself. Hope you all have a great day! Goodnight;)
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