Hello everybody!
Moving day is officially June 1st. That's a Thursday evening. I don't actually know how much there will be to move cause I think we can get it all into the trailor in one trip...minus the piano, which will be the most work. B/c so much of our stuff is still in boxes from the last move (in our storage room) we are pretty much ready to go. We may not have much to do, but you are all welcome to come anyways to see the place and hang out. Jonathan, I think that night may work well for you and Kim cause she's got soccer practice that night right? Let me know if you guys will be there. Not sure what time yet. I was thinking 5:30 or 6ish and then have the typical moving meal...pizza...mmmm.
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
It all makes sense now...
Well, Ryan and I are officially moving. Woo hoo! Ryan talked with Bob and Linda (our landlords) yesterday and they said that it would be nice if we could find someone to fill the place for June 1st, but if we didn't that would be okay. So, now Cara and Josh may move in there for the month of June so that gives Bob & Linda more time to find renters. Pretty awesome hey? I don't know what day is moving day yet. Either Thursday June 1st in the evening, or Saturday June 3rd sometime. Cara and Josh are back from Mexico on June 5th so sometime before then, if they are the ones moving in. It would be nice to move in most of their stuff before they get back, but there is no rush. Let us know if you could help with the move.
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Soccer Team Rental....
Sounds confusing heh? Well, that's certainly how I felt on the field yesterday. Just imagine me running all over the field in complete confusion and distorientation. Not a very good start to my soccer career. I certainly cannot say the same as Kim and am a little nervous to face practice today after that.
Well, here's something I do know. Ryan and I are going to be renting Doug and Lauri's suite. The meeting on Sunday morning went really well. We still haven't asked for lower rent b/c we will be the care takers, so to speak, but I might get Ryan to do that b/c I think he would be better at it. So pretty much, we will be acting like the owners without having the stress and mortgage of owning it. It's kind of like a trial run or something. We are pretty excited...especially about the AC for the summer. We just have one dilema. We need someone to move into our place. Our lease runs till the end of August, so we would need someone to fill it through those months. Hmmmm. We could potentailly move in for June 1st, but we need people pretty fast then cause that's only 2 weeks away. If any of you know anyone looking for a place to live, then please let us know. It's $525/month including utilities. Pretty good deal. Even if you know of anyone to move in July 1st that would be a big help. Cara and Josh may move in June 1st till they get to move into their other place for July 1st. So that's where it's at.
Soccer Team Rental...make sense now? Just parts of our lives.
Amanda
Well, here's something I do know. Ryan and I are going to be renting Doug and Lauri's suite. The meeting on Sunday morning went really well. We still haven't asked for lower rent b/c we will be the care takers, so to speak, but I might get Ryan to do that b/c I think he would be better at it. So pretty much, we will be acting like the owners without having the stress and mortgage of owning it. It's kind of like a trial run or something. We are pretty excited...especially about the AC for the summer. We just have one dilema. We need someone to move into our place. Our lease runs till the end of August, so we would need someone to fill it through those months. Hmmmm. We could potentailly move in for June 1st, but we need people pretty fast then cause that's only 2 weeks away. If any of you know anyone looking for a place to live, then please let us know. It's $525/month including utilities. Pretty good deal. Even if you know of anyone to move in July 1st that would be a big help. Cara and Josh may move in June 1st till they get to move into their other place for July 1st. So that's where it's at.
Soccer Team Rental...make sense now? Just parts of our lives.
Amanda
Friday, May 12, 2006
Silent Blogger now speaks
So, family. I have some things to share today. Firstly, when Jonathan and I got married we received 16 glasses, 8 tall ones, and 8 short ones. As of today we have 3 tall ones and 3 short ones. Yes, I personally have broken 10 of our 16 cups in less than 3 years. Yes, all me.
The other new and exciting news is that I had my first soccer game. Ever. It is hard work let me tell you. I was told to play mid center, except for some reason I thought that I was playing to the left somewhere near the middle of the field. No I was to be playing in the middle and running around like crazy because I had to help defense and our offense. My legs were flying, I was colliding with other players, and Jonathan said I was standing around confused at moments. Maybe more than a few moments. The highlight was heading the ball to another of my teammates. It was a glorious occasion. I came to the realization that if football was played with my head I would be much better at the game. Oh, and yes, I hurt today.
See you all today.
The other new and exciting news is that I had my first soccer game. Ever. It is hard work let me tell you. I was told to play mid center, except for some reason I thought that I was playing to the left somewhere near the middle of the field. No I was to be playing in the middle and running around like crazy because I had to help defense and our offense. My legs were flying, I was colliding with other players, and Jonathan said I was standing around confused at moments. Maybe more than a few moments. The highlight was heading the ball to another of my teammates. It was a glorious occasion. I came to the realization that if football was played with my head I would be much better at the game. Oh, and yes, I hurt today.
See you all today.
Monday, May 08, 2006
Oh the future...
So, here is what has been going on at the Peters' residence. Well, about 2 months ago I was given an amazing opportunity to teach piano this fall full time (more or less). I was blown away at such an opportunity cause I thought it would take a good 5 years to get full time students. So, I jumped at the opportunity. Well, then I started to wonder about this whole thing after my recital (which I still haven't gotten my marks back for, I actually forgot about them for a while). Anyways, I realized when I was playing, especially with the trio, that I didn't want to stop. Who, would have ever thought that I, Amanda Peters, would ever have doubts about being finished university. I know that as a teacher I will be playing everyday, but I want to play with others on a more professional level. Natalia (the violinist) and I want to get together on a few gigs here and there to keep in touch and keep playing. I hope that happens. Well, now here I am, out of school for almost a month already, with my head on straight again, and pretty excited that I don't have to worry about another essay in my life if I don't want to...but maybe I will.
About 2 weeks ago, another blessing seemed to fall right into our laps...the possibility of buying a house. Now, if it was just any other regular house to buy we probably wouldn't do it. BUT, the thing is is that we may have smaller mortgage payments cause it's a duplex and we would rent out the other side, it comes with a grand piano to use (at least for the next year or two), it has a waiting room for my students with all the furnishings, it comes with a grand piano, it also comes with some pretty great appliances I think, it comes with a grand piano, it has recently been remodelled inside and grass was seeded in the backyard last fall, and more. So they would like us to be in there June 1st, yikes. The crazy thing is that Ryan and I have been looking forward to buying a place sometime in the future (but we thought next summer) and this place is pretty nice and I always said that I would like a place with a potential waiting room for my students so they don't invade our privacy. So, now the question is...is this what God wants? Maybe He has something even better in mind and wants us to say no to this. Maybe He wants either me or Ryan to go back to school yet sometime...which is a possibility for both of us...but more so for Ryan. But, I do know that God will provide a way for us in the future if we buy the house or not. At the moment, we are waiting to meet with a mortgage broker (tonight actually) to ask lot's of questions. Right now we feel like we should go ahead with this and trust that God knows what He is doing and will close the right doors if this isn't suppossed to happen. So, if all you with all this house buying experience hanve any advice we would appreciate it a lot.
Amanda
About 2 weeks ago, another blessing seemed to fall right into our laps...the possibility of buying a house. Now, if it was just any other regular house to buy we probably wouldn't do it. BUT, the thing is is that we may have smaller mortgage payments cause it's a duplex and we would rent out the other side, it comes with a grand piano to use (at least for the next year or two), it has a waiting room for my students with all the furnishings, it comes with a grand piano, it also comes with some pretty great appliances I think, it comes with a grand piano, it has recently been remodelled inside and grass was seeded in the backyard last fall, and more. So they would like us to be in there June 1st, yikes. The crazy thing is that Ryan and I have been looking forward to buying a place sometime in the future (but we thought next summer) and this place is pretty nice and I always said that I would like a place with a potential waiting room for my students so they don't invade our privacy. So, now the question is...is this what God wants? Maybe He has something even better in mind and wants us to say no to this. Maybe He wants either me or Ryan to go back to school yet sometime...which is a possibility for both of us...but more so for Ryan. But, I do know that God will provide a way for us in the future if we buy the house or not. At the moment, we are waiting to meet with a mortgage broker (tonight actually) to ask lot's of questions. Right now we feel like we should go ahead with this and trust that God knows what He is doing and will close the right doors if this isn't suppossed to happen. So, if all you with all this house buying experience hanve any advice we would appreciate it a lot.
Amanda
Friday, May 05, 2006
Cafe Update
The Update
So, I called the lady who owns the yellow house yesterday. This is the lady who wanted to share the space so that she could have a cooking school there and then have some other business there for the rest of the time. A couple of weeks ago we gave her an offer on leasing the whole space for ourselves (not sharing) and we hadn't heard back yet about that. So I called her yesterday to see what her thoughts were on the offer and she said that she's decided that she doesn't want to share the space with another business and she wants to run her cooking school as the only business in that location. So, I don't get the yellow house.
The History
Before we went on vacation we went to see the yellow house and, besides the owner lady's poor business sense, it seemed really good. So, we went on vacation with me thinking about whether this is supposed to be "the place". One evening Vince & I took a walk on the beach and there was this lightning storm going on over the ocean (no rain on us, just lightning in the distance). Now you have to understand that lightning has always been very important in my faith. The display of sheer power and beauty combined together was one of the foundational steps in my coming to believe that God was both real and cared about individual people. So, Vince and I are standing on the beach watching this lightning storm in the distance and I'm thinking about God and faith and purpose in life and the cafe, so I ask "Is the yellow house the one?". (or something like that, I can't remember the exact question) And then, thinking that it's only fair that I provide a way to answer, I say "Please leave the lightning blank for 'No' and flash for 'Yes'" and right away the lightning flashes. Hmmm. So that was weird. I guess I hoped for an answer but didn't expect one deep down. So I asked, "Was that for me?" and again the lightning flashes right away. I seriously considered asking again, but then thought it unwise to test God. So, I left with the confused feeling that an answered question gives you. I thought about this on and off until we got home and then decided to do my weekly drive around to look for locations. The yellow house is last on my usual route so I had a long time to think about and decide whether I was going to believe that the response I got was really from God. Before I got to the yellow house, I had decided that since I asked for an answer and got it, I should be a big enough person to act on that answer. So, I was going to pursue the yellow house. Ok. Then I got to the house and the for lease sign was down. Well, that was a crisis of faith! Was my percieved answer not from God? Is God not in control of all this stuff? What the heck? After a long time of thinking and about 28 U-turns to drive by the place over and over, I came to a decision. I believe that God cares about me personally and wants the best for me, and I also believe that God is in complete control of the earth and could make the lightning flash or not with the merest thought. So if He made the lightning flash and I wasn't supposed to have the yellow house then He must have made it flash in that context for some other reason, even though I have no idea what it was. That's a difficult lesson for me to learn, that God might do things for reasons that I may never understand. Later in the week, I couldn't get the yellow house out of my head so I called her to see if it was still for lease and it was. So, we met with her and made and offer and now you're up to speed with the story.
The Reaction
I'm oddly calm about the whole thing, actually. I should be really torn up and upset and not knowing what to do next. I still don't have any idea what to do next, I'm just not fetal about it. This is kind of out of character for me. My reactions to everything are typically intense (to say the least!). Maybe I'm in shock? But people who're in shock don't wonder if they're in shock because they're in shock! :) Really, I'm just mildly confused. Soooooo, what do I do now? Do I wait for the yellow house (because her business plan isn't terribly sound) or do I pursue other locations? Did I not get the yellow house because that was God's original plan or was the owner lady being stubborn and not doing what she was supposed to do? How does God's sovereignty work with people's free will? The question of the ages. Sigh. The encouraging thing out of the whole episode, is that it seems that I've internalized the lesson I learned in the first round of yellow house disappointment. God will probably do things in life that I don't understand and I have to be ok with that. The last couple of weeks I've been mulling over in my mind the verse in Proverbs that says "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight". The thing that I keep thinking about is the dichotomy (nice word, eh? def. sharp disticntion) between heart and understanding. I'm not even camping on the straight paths part; I'm actually really enjoying thinking about trusting God with my heart and not needing to understand. It's oddly comforting. I'm not 100% sure what I should do next, I'll probably keep looking for locations and assume that God has a good spot picked for me. And I think I'm ok with that.
So how's that for a deep post!? Sorry for the unexpected deep thoughts segment. I wanted to let you all know where I was at with the cafe stuff. So that's where I'm at. Let me know if you have any questions. I really am willing to chat about it, sometimes it just takes me a little while to know what to say. Talk to you all later!
Ash :)
So, I called the lady who owns the yellow house yesterday. This is the lady who wanted to share the space so that she could have a cooking school there and then have some other business there for the rest of the time. A couple of weeks ago we gave her an offer on leasing the whole space for ourselves (not sharing) and we hadn't heard back yet about that. So I called her yesterday to see what her thoughts were on the offer and she said that she's decided that she doesn't want to share the space with another business and she wants to run her cooking school as the only business in that location. So, I don't get the yellow house.
The History
Before we went on vacation we went to see the yellow house and, besides the owner lady's poor business sense, it seemed really good. So, we went on vacation with me thinking about whether this is supposed to be "the place". One evening Vince & I took a walk on the beach and there was this lightning storm going on over the ocean (no rain on us, just lightning in the distance). Now you have to understand that lightning has always been very important in my faith. The display of sheer power and beauty combined together was one of the foundational steps in my coming to believe that God was both real and cared about individual people. So, Vince and I are standing on the beach watching this lightning storm in the distance and I'm thinking about God and faith and purpose in life and the cafe, so I ask "Is the yellow house the one?". (or something like that, I can't remember the exact question) And then, thinking that it's only fair that I provide a way to answer, I say "Please leave the lightning blank for 'No' and flash for 'Yes'" and right away the lightning flashes. Hmmm. So that was weird. I guess I hoped for an answer but didn't expect one deep down. So I asked, "Was that for me?" and again the lightning flashes right away. I seriously considered asking again, but then thought it unwise to test God. So, I left with the confused feeling that an answered question gives you. I thought about this on and off until we got home and then decided to do my weekly drive around to look for locations. The yellow house is last on my usual route so I had a long time to think about and decide whether I was going to believe that the response I got was really from God. Before I got to the yellow house, I had decided that since I asked for an answer and got it, I should be a big enough person to act on that answer. So, I was going to pursue the yellow house. Ok. Then I got to the house and the for lease sign was down. Well, that was a crisis of faith! Was my percieved answer not from God? Is God not in control of all this stuff? What the heck? After a long time of thinking and about 28 U-turns to drive by the place over and over, I came to a decision. I believe that God cares about me personally and wants the best for me, and I also believe that God is in complete control of the earth and could make the lightning flash or not with the merest thought. So if He made the lightning flash and I wasn't supposed to have the yellow house then He must have made it flash in that context for some other reason, even though I have no idea what it was. That's a difficult lesson for me to learn, that God might do things for reasons that I may never understand. Later in the week, I couldn't get the yellow house out of my head so I called her to see if it was still for lease and it was. So, we met with her and made and offer and now you're up to speed with the story.
The Reaction
I'm oddly calm about the whole thing, actually. I should be really torn up and upset and not knowing what to do next. I still don't have any idea what to do next, I'm just not fetal about it. This is kind of out of character for me. My reactions to everything are typically intense (to say the least!). Maybe I'm in shock? But people who're in shock don't wonder if they're in shock because they're in shock! :) Really, I'm just mildly confused. Soooooo, what do I do now? Do I wait for the yellow house (because her business plan isn't terribly sound) or do I pursue other locations? Did I not get the yellow house because that was God's original plan or was the owner lady being stubborn and not doing what she was supposed to do? How does God's sovereignty work with people's free will? The question of the ages. Sigh. The encouraging thing out of the whole episode, is that it seems that I've internalized the lesson I learned in the first round of yellow house disappointment. God will probably do things in life that I don't understand and I have to be ok with that. The last couple of weeks I've been mulling over in my mind the verse in Proverbs that says "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight". The thing that I keep thinking about is the dichotomy (nice word, eh? def. sharp disticntion) between heart and understanding. I'm not even camping on the straight paths part; I'm actually really enjoying thinking about trusting God with my heart and not needing to understand. It's oddly comforting. I'm not 100% sure what I should do next, I'll probably keep looking for locations and assume that God has a good spot picked for me. And I think I'm ok with that.
So how's that for a deep post!? Sorry for the unexpected deep thoughts segment. I wanted to let you all know where I was at with the cafe stuff. So that's where I'm at. Let me know if you have any questions. I really am willing to chat about it, sometimes it just takes me a little while to know what to say. Talk to you all later!
Ash :)
Thursday, May 04, 2006
I'm going to the moon...
I'm going to the moon and bringing as atlas. What are you going to bring?
Amanda
Amanda
Hmmm, blogging eh?
Ok, so I'm in! I think it'll take a little while to get used to this whole blogging thing. Most of the blogs that I've read are serious, or at least focused. Give me a little bit though, I'm surprisingly chatty and charming in text. Just ask Vince. :)
Ash :)
Ash :)
Family time...
I was just wondering when we can get together for Kim's b-day and Mother's Day. Maybe next weekend? Not Sunday for lunch cause we have a gathering. Please let everyone know.
Amanda
Amanda
The Braun Mafia!!
right on. taking a page out of the toewsfamilyconnection. very cool. so let's start it up...
kimberly is working very hard this week, and i a all over the place so our house is in very poor order. but...i'm taking a bit off work today to make it in order to 1. make my wife happy! 2. make me happy 3. make it feel a bit more like home.
still trying to figure out how to get the washer and dryer downstairs, but my dad's coming on saturday, and we're going to try to figure it out!
jonathan
kimberly is working very hard this week, and i a all over the place so our house is in very poor order. but...i'm taking a bit off work today to make it in order to 1. make my wife happy! 2. make me happy 3. make it feel a bit more like home.
still trying to figure out how to get the washer and dryer downstairs, but my dad's coming on saturday, and we're going to try to figure it out!
jonathan
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