September 11, 2006.

We will never forget.

In Remembrance of Ultimate Dedication to Their Country Shown by the Victims and Emergency Responders Whose Lives Have Been Taken or Forever Changed by September 11th, 2001. Dedicato Par Aevum (Dedicated to Service).

I love Sunday nights for several reasons: Sunday dinner is always wonderful (whether homemade or dinner out), my husband is always being studious, Grey's Anatomy is on, and its typically very quiet.  Such has been true for tonight, save for the telephone call and the realization that my Grandmother will not be coming to my wedding out of protest.  ( Read more... )

I'm taking Confirmation classes (aka RCIA) in order that I may have my civil marriage blessed by God. Yep.. a real wedding. I'm about over the planning, but here is what has been done. Tell me what you think!

"Have you done anything exciting?" My husband asks, "What have you done so exciting that is so much better than anybody else?" Nothing I say, But love, love you more than anything else in this world.And this is how I began this New Year. Having traveled to hell (Concentration Camp at Majdanek) and to heaven (down the aisle with my husband), ( Read more... )

I must write this: I am here with the one I love for the first time. It is Christmas and the snow is falling in Poland... and my body is cold, my heart warm, my mind a buzz... OH HOW FORTUNATE am I to have the one I love next to me!

Five years ago, it was Fall 2000... Take this quiz, post the results, and see how much things have changed since then.

5 years ago...
How old were you? 14
What grade were you in?  College freshman
Where did you go to school?  Mary Baldwin College
Where did you work?  PEG Admissions and the Depot Grille
Where did you live?  South Bailey dormitory (the ( Read more... )

Lt. Sarah Small ('02) passed away last week.  She was pretty amazing.  I know most of you don't know her, but I'm sending my thoughts and prayers and I hope you'll do the same.  The story was in my local news and via Baldwin.

Thanks, Kendra, for letting me know.

There are no words to express my utter astonishment in the Poles.  We are all aware of the French uprising, aided by the Allies, that freed Paris in 1944 from Nazi occupation.  We are all aware of the impressive offensive of the Allies on the beaches of Normandy.  Does anyone know what happened in Warsaw?  The several uprisings by the Poles, ( Read more... )

Tomorrow, Rafal has a lunch surprise for me!  Eep!

On a side note, I know you will find this amusing: "Chlamydia outbreak kills a dozen penguins" <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7753742/>

Heard this on my drive home from work today (around 10:30pm after an incident with a cockroach-- he didn't win the battle) and thought it was fitting as a personal theme song. Yeah, I know, I bet you're screaming, "God, Claire is so self-involved." Well, I rule, so get over it ( Read more... )