Your favorite Pfirrman girls from the Dayton area are gearing up for a snowbound adventure. The Divine Miss M and I are heading to Seven Springs in Pennsylvania We are going snowboarding with Mark, his four kids and two of their friends. We leave in the wee hours of Jan. 1. It promises to be quite an exciting week. I will most certainly have pictures (and hopefully all bones in tact) when we return.
In case I don't speak to you all before we leave - have a fabulous New Year's Eve. I wish you all the best in the new year.
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
"The Little Lights Aren't Twinkling, Clark"
** Congrats ***
First - major congrats to Angie DeRosa Giancola for getting accepted to a fabulous MBA program. Knock em dead honey! Show em how tough we Kent State J school grads can be! You survived Endres and Reporting Practices - everything else is a breeze. :)
Second - For those who don't know, both Erin and Kelly are expecting girls. Kelly's second daughter (no name as of yet) will be arriving soon followed shortly by Erin's twin girls - preliminary names - Campbell and Evelyn.
** On to the Blog **
Most of you know by now that this is my favorite time of year. I love the build up to Christmas - finding the perfect gifts, holiday parties, time spent with family and friends. I love Maddie's face on Christmas morning. I love the quiet peace that settles in midday on Christmas. Okay, if climbing on the roof didn't make me nervous, I might just have a Clark Griswold house (and if I ever decided that "tacky" was my new way of life).
Our first Christmas in our new home was a slice of perfection. We spent most of the days preceding with family and new friends. My family was over for our holiday extravaganza on the 22nd and 23rd. And - hold onto your tinsel - I actually cooked. I completely bucked my rule of no cooking on the holidays after much harrassment. Time with my rowdy family was wonderful and we managed not to scare Mark badly. :) We joined Mark's family for Christmas Eve fun including a trip to the ice skating rink with Maddie and his youngest son Devon.
Maddie jumped out of bed at 1:30 a.m. on Christmas morning. Yikes. I did force her to wait until 4 a.m. to open gifts. She sat up from 1:30 - 4. I am not kidding. I know this because she let me know the time about every 5 minutes. After presents, which doesn't take long when you're an only child, we watched A Christmas Story AGAIN. Luckily, TBS seems to feel the need to run it for 24 hours straight. And when it gets to the part when Ralphie drops the lugnuts and screams "Fudge," Maddie informs me, for the 8000th time, that, "Mom, I know what he really said. Hee. Hee. Hee."
She did take a small nap later in the morning but she spent most of the day running on Christmas energy. That is until late afternoon when Mark, Maddie, Lola and I went to Sugarcreek to hike. By the time we finished the trail, the Divine Miss M was in full Diva Mode. Luckily, she did wind down and crashed with visions of toys and video games dancing in her head. :) Mark and I were actually able to have some alone adult time between the juggling of our children's schedules.
Most of you also know that for our family and friends, this can be a very painful time of year. The longing for loved ones who have passed can be much more salient this time of year. Memories of holidays past can be both comforting and heartwrenching. For all of you - and for the others - my thoughts are with you.
Merry Christmas. All my love.
Jami and Maddie
PS. If you have some time - check out the Swineharts blog. Those kids are too cute.
PPS. Jenn Brann - I just read about your scary adventure in the ER on Christmas morning. Jeez, kiddo, I guess we need to ask Santa to stuff your stockings with Benadryll and an EpiPen. Speedy recovery my dear and I'll give you a call this week to see how you are healing.
PPPS. I did do Christmas cards with year but I still haven't mailed them. They are coming this week so call them New Year Cards.
First - major congrats to Angie DeRosa Giancola for getting accepted to a fabulous MBA program. Knock em dead honey! Show em how tough we Kent State J school grads can be! You survived Endres and Reporting Practices - everything else is a breeze. :)
Second - For those who don't know, both Erin and Kelly are expecting girls. Kelly's second daughter (no name as of yet) will be arriving soon followed shortly by Erin's twin girls - preliminary names - Campbell and Evelyn.
** On to the Blog **
Most of you know by now that this is my favorite time of year. I love the build up to Christmas - finding the perfect gifts, holiday parties, time spent with family and friends. I love Maddie's face on Christmas morning. I love the quiet peace that settles in midday on Christmas. Okay, if climbing on the roof didn't make me nervous, I might just have a Clark Griswold house (and if I ever decided that "tacky" was my new way of life).
Our first Christmas in our new home was a slice of perfection. We spent most of the days preceding with family and new friends. My family was over for our holiday extravaganza on the 22nd and 23rd. And - hold onto your tinsel - I actually cooked. I completely bucked my rule of no cooking on the holidays after much harrassment. Time with my rowdy family was wonderful and we managed not to scare Mark badly. :) We joined Mark's family for Christmas Eve fun including a trip to the ice skating rink with Maddie and his youngest son Devon.
Maddie jumped out of bed at 1:30 a.m. on Christmas morning. Yikes. I did force her to wait until 4 a.m. to open gifts. She sat up from 1:30 - 4. I am not kidding. I know this because she let me know the time about every 5 minutes. After presents, which doesn't take long when you're an only child, we watched A Christmas Story AGAIN. Luckily, TBS seems to feel the need to run it for 24 hours straight. And when it gets to the part when Ralphie drops the lugnuts and screams "Fudge," Maddie informs me, for the 8000th time, that, "Mom, I know what he really said. Hee. Hee. Hee."
She did take a small nap later in the morning but she spent most of the day running on Christmas energy. That is until late afternoon when Mark, Maddie, Lola and I went to Sugarcreek to hike. By the time we finished the trail, the Divine Miss M was in full Diva Mode. Luckily, she did wind down and crashed with visions of toys and video games dancing in her head. :) Mark and I were actually able to have some alone adult time between the juggling of our children's schedules.
Most of you also know that for our family and friends, this can be a very painful time of year. The longing for loved ones who have passed can be much more salient this time of year. Memories of holidays past can be both comforting and heartwrenching. For all of you - and for the others - my thoughts are with you.
Merry Christmas. All my love.
Jami and Maddie
PS. If you have some time - check out the Swineharts blog. Those kids are too cute.
PPS. Jenn Brann - I just read about your scary adventure in the ER on Christmas morning. Jeez, kiddo, I guess we need to ask Santa to stuff your stockings with Benadryll and an EpiPen. Speedy recovery my dear and I'll give you a call this week to see how you are healing.
PPPS. I did do Christmas cards with year but I still haven't mailed them. They are coming this week so call them New Year Cards.
You Would Think Someone in Grad School Could Work a Computer
Okay so the new pictures weren't uploaded. Let's try this again:
Miss Maddie, the original snowbunny, LOVES snow days.
My beautiful kid sister, Lindsey, and me at our family cookie making party.
Okay, by far, the question I am asked the most is, "Are you dating anyone?" So, the answer is yes. His name is Mark. Here he is. Yes, he is rather attractive. Yes, this is a horrible picture of me. And yes, I am now a redhead. Any other questions?
This is one of my favorite pictures from my holiday party that I hosted for the people from school. This is Goziam. What makes this one of my favs is that this is the same cat who during one of our role plays in Interviewing class said, "But baby, I wanna grow wit you" when pretending to be a client coming on to a therapist. It's Dr. Love.
One too many - Adam actually looks like he might fall asleep on Neil.
Darius and his girlfriend Katherine.
Moopers, helping out and washing dishes - with Jet Dry. No kidding, she used Jet Dry.
Little Man Joe, icing cookies for Christmas. If Santa doesn't stop by next year it might be because Joe licked the knife while he spread the icing. I'm fairly certain he gave Santa the Ebola virus.
Shark Girl Clare
Maddie tries to teach Shaznin to drive. So if you see a crazy Indian speeding down the sidewalk - thank Maddie.
Joe tagged along for the ride.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Catch Up!
It has been a quick couple of months. It's hard to believe break is almost over. So what outstanding feats have I accomplished over my first winter break? Well, I have spent a great deal of time with the people who mean a great deal to me, which is good because winter quarter is looming and it involves statistics and research design. Yikes. See you all in the spring. :) Just kidding.
Here are some pics to enjoy and catch you all up to speed on the Pfirrman Ladies.
Here are some pics to enjoy and catch you all up to speed on the Pfirrman Ladies.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Friday, November 16, 2007
End of the Quarter
Well, we made it. One quarter of grad school down - 19 more to go. I could write volumes about all that has happened and all that I've learned in the last few months, but really my brain is fried. I have a couple weeks of "down time." I'm using that term losely since I have to start work on my dissertation. At any rate, I'll write more when my neurons recover from the last few weeks. Here are some new photos to enjoy in the mean time.
What happens to brilliant minds after two weeks of finals, 4 bottles of wine, and a case of beer - Care Bear puzzles become challenging.
Goofy Maddie and Shaznin at the International Halloween Celebration at WSU.
What happens to brilliant minds after two weeks of finals, 4 bottles of wine, and a case of beer - Care Bear puzzles become challenging. (Stacy, Laura, Shaznin, and Mary)
Halloween makes us all a little crazy.
Goofy Maddie and Shaznin at the International Halloween Celebration at WSU.Below: The elder Pfirrman kids at the OSU Basketball Camp. They had a great time. Thanks Mark for inviting us.
Below - right: Adam and his daughters, McKenna and Jillian at the International Halloween Celebration.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
We Heart Fall
*** BIG BABY NEWS ***
Mom and Maddie - taken by Karen Hodge shortly after Maddie rode a donkey. Must be why she's making that goofy grin.
"My pumpkin rocks!"
We have an update in the Baby 2008 Watch: I just found out this weekend that the Hoopers are expecting not one - but two babies. That's right, another set of twins for the Cincinnati area. So, Sean and Julia - I'm sure you will have lots of advice for the new parents for when the babies arrive in April. Pat and Erin - as you know, I can't wait to play Auntie to the new ones.
*** OCTOBER SHOUT OUTS ***
Happy Birthday to Rudd. We hope having two new little granddaughters is helping you to feel young again.
Happy Birthday to the posse from school: Shaznin, Laura, Goziam, Candace.
So far, fall is off to a fabulous start for the Pfirrman girls. Trips to farms, time spent in the woods, hanging out with friends new and old - what more could you ask for? Midterms are over and I have fared quite well - all As so far. Miss M is doing quite well in third grade in spite of a peanut related scare last week. For those who we haven't talk to in a while, Maddie is in karate this year. She loves it and is getting ready to take her yellow belt test and thanks to our visit with the Hoopers and the Hodges, she'll be able to impress her teacher with the ever popular "wax on, wax off" and "crane" techniques.
Here are some pics to enjoy.
Mom and Maddie - taken by Karen Hodge shortly after Maddie rode a donkey. Must be why she's making that goofy grin.
Maddie's big pumpkin. It only took 40 minutes to find.
"My pumpkin rocks!"
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