tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post6180210199156392002..comments2024-02-10T08:35:39.336-05:00Comments on Telling Secrets: The Big MoveElizabeth Kaetonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-17776794673119294852010-08-22T18:28:46.440-04:002010-08-22T18:28:46.440-04:00Blessings! There's nothing better than being ...Blessings! There's nothing better than being on the "other side" of a move. I trust the renovations won't be too disruptive, but I'm willing to bet that hope would be in vain.KJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15701224049914946896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-57956317422314687192010-08-22T09:02:19.284-04:002010-08-22T09:02:19.284-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-8540863414661123112010-08-21T17:50:28.416-04:002010-08-21T17:50:28.416-04:00Welcome home! May all the stuff you really need in...Welcome home! May all the stuff you really need in a hurry find its way to the top of the heap... And may you be well rested before the festivities next weekend.it's margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13577280471100732619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-20843565472098473022010-08-21T08:13:12.284-04:002010-08-21T08:13:12.284-04:00Yes, my darling Goran. The movers will be here in ...Yes, my darling Goran. The movers will be here in thirty minutes. Let the unpacking and the settling in begin.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-17267209788323669712010-08-21T07:59:44.282-04:002010-08-21T07:59:44.282-04:00But how satisfied you will be when it all is over ...But how satisfied you will be when it all is over and finished with ;-)Göran Koch-Swahnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00925549945659350649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-77982465283974821692010-08-21T07:59:36.564-04:002010-08-21T07:59:36.564-04:00Thanks, Jason. I think T.M. also moved of Madison...Thanks, Jason. I think T.M. also moved of Madison yesterday. That's three of us out of the Diocese of Newark. For TM, it was time to move on - wish we could have kept him in the diocese, but I guess some things are just not to be. And, your leaving is a huge loss to the diocese, my friend. I hope your ministry flourishes and thrives in GA. <br /><br />As for me, well, I have the next few months to get this "nest" settled, then off to do some post-doc work as Proctor Fellow at EDS in Cambridge, then back in June to figure out what I want to be when I grow up - which may or may not include early retirement. I'll stay canonically resident in Newark for a while but I'm not feeling any great incentive to stay. We'll see how the future unfolds.<br /><br />I'm just loving being "home" instead of "in the rectory". It's such a wonderful blessing. I'm so grateful. The real thrill is that, this morning, all my plants are not only alive, they actually seem happy, too. I can't tell you how happy that makes me feel.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-52639649275520813872010-08-21T04:54:44.141-04:002010-08-21T04:54:44.141-04:00Oh, I LOVE homeowners.
When I need to crash somew...Oh, I LOVE homeowners.<br /><br />When I need to crash somewhere, I know where to go! ;-/<br /><br />[Not to worry. I'm on the other side of the country, w/ a safe roof over my head. For now. O_o]<br /><br />Know all about the Big Move, having just done it in June. However, I didn't really get to to much unpacking (most of my worldly goods went into storage). Enjoy it---welcome home!JCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-4967529713942699862010-08-21T00:28:56.818-04:002010-08-21T00:28:56.818-04:00So happy to hear y'all are HOME and safe. Our...So happy to hear y'all are HOME and safe. Our movers show up on Monday...<br /><br />And for what it's worth, some guys aren't too thrilled with church-owned housing either. We raised cain for almost a year about busted gutters and leaking windows at You-Know-Where :)Jason Haddoxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-62621491450060849232010-08-20T21:33:27.192-04:002010-08-20T21:33:27.192-04:00Thanks all. The shower felt sooOOOooo good. I also...Thanks all. The shower felt sooOOOooo good. I also got to floss my teeth - a luxury and a chore after the third day w/o being able to find the floss. <br /><br />Klady - you're right. Something about a rectory never feels like "home" does it. You can't really invest your heart there. The Vestry has known about the water damage to the guest room cieling, wall and window for 8 months. It looks AWFUL. The (slate) roof was FINALLY replaced. I'm not holding my breath until the interior work gets done. It's really hard to invest yourself in something nobody feels they "own". On the other hand, I wonder how it must be to live in a rectory where the congregation feels a strong ownership. It's really such a no win situation. I have a hunch guys aren't bothered by it. I suspect it may be something more women feel.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-18714380950578898782010-08-20T21:11:43.620-04:002010-08-20T21:11:43.620-04:00Home is where the heart is ... welcome home!Home is where the heart is ... welcome home!Mark Delcuzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09709024117871400692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-21582950036422990112010-08-20T21:07:52.122-04:002010-08-20T21:07:52.122-04:00Welcome to the newest residents (at least for a wh...Welcome to the newest residents (at least for a while) of Delaware.<br /><br />Blessings to you both, and I hope you aren't too sore in the morning.suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07680282906301838319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-52152967893459756032010-08-20T21:05:37.165-04:002010-08-20T21:05:37.165-04:00"Oh, did I mention that it feels so good to b..."Oh, did I mention that it feels so good to be "home"? To be in a house that is "ours"? That we'll own next year when the mortgage is paid off? Where we can stay until we say it's time to go? That's not dependent upon where we work?"<br /><br />Amen. Yes, it is true that there are great many people who never own their own homes or even have a home at all, but there is nothing more impermanent and unsettling as living in rectory. I have lived in apartments, dorm rooms, and can imagine even humbler surroundings where I would feel more at "home" in my space than church-owned housing, no matter how lovely or well-maintained (though generally one can scarcely call a plumber without worrying about what the Property Committee will think and do). Enjoy home being home!kladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09526715552795733402noreply@blogger.com