new Web site and blog

I'm going to delete this blog in the near future and point everyone to www.schwartzfamily.org.

The Women Trying blog will be unaffected by this move.

Please join me at schwartzfamily.org

Another wedding

The boys had fun at Kristen and Rance's wedding in August. They kept busy taking pictures. I took some pictures, too.

more pictures

I just wanted you to know that when I get my new digital camera for my birthday I'll post more pictures to the new coppermine photo gallery on schwartzfamily.org.

ah, high speed

For the past three weeks, we have been subjected to the use of a dial-up modem to access the Internet. It was the most frustrating experience ever. I can't believe we used to put up with watching pages paint themselves on our screen. I was literally reading a magazine last night as I waited for the PoconoRecord.com to load.

 

They came this morning. Two men from Wilkes-Barre were here at 8:30 a.m. Ninety-minutes later and we're free! They freed us from that dial-up nightmare. With their shovels and cement, they planted a pole that would connect us with the rest of the world, faster. With a drill, they drilled the hole through my wall and I didn't care about the new house. I needed to be faster. I signed in four places and didn't bother to read the documents. I just wanted the man to leave so I could see for myself that I was faster.

 

And, it is. And, we're free again.

 

Thank God.

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Away from home

I've been in Pennsylvania now for about six weeks without my boys or husband. I can't wait to hear their voices even if it's just in the background while I talk to Brian.

Our home is now sold and the boys are on their way to our new life in Pennsylvania.

More later.

William

William
Originally uploaded by Kathy Schwartz.

A different shot of William.

William

William
Originally uploaded by Kathy Schwartz.

William poses for me after taking a break from throwing frisbee.

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Upclose
Originally uploaded by Kathy Schwartz.

Another shot of Batman and Robin before the Spooktacular.

Batman and Robin

Batman and Robin
Originally uploaded by Kathy Schwartz.

The boys love playing superheroes. William flips his cape in the air and yells, "Let's go!" Jacob, the more reserved one, runs after him without comment. So, it only makes sense that for Halloween this year the boys selected these costumes. We went to the first Hooksett PTA Spooktacular at Underhill. It was a lot of fun playing games and winning prizes.

Level 5 Leadership

"You can accomplish anything in life, provided that you do not mind who gets the credit." Truman by David McCullough

See JimCollins.com for more on Level 5 Leadership.

Jacob wrote his name!

Jacob wrote his name!
Originally uploaded by Kathy Schwartz.

Jacob wrote all five letters of his first name today without any assistance. He has learned a lot in the first two months at St. Catherine's in Manchester. We are very fortunate to have such great teachers at that school.