In one minute it will be tomorrow . . .

and tomorrow is the day I leave for South Africa!

I can't wait to tell you all about my adventures - I am sure I'll have a few blog worth stories and adventures. Flat Adam arrived today just in time to make the trip (I am so relieved!)

I'll also fill you in on all the adventures leading up to the trip including my guinea pigs gigantor bladder stone removal!!

I will miss you all while I am gone - keep on postin' and keep on prayin' - can't wait to see you soon.

Love, Tracy

March Madness

A few highlights from March Madness!

Swimming in the Ocean
Brotherly LoveRoyal Oak Farmer's Market
1st Blooms in the Garden
Pig-in-a-blanket winterhat

Ann Arbor Farmer's Market
Zingerman's Birthday

(Mom, Emily, & Carrie's Birthdays too!)

Painting at the Creative Arts Studio

Genesis Communications Team

Pastoral Search Committee

Parent Teacher Conferences

Ice Cream Treats at Jim's Dairy

Helping out the South Africa Missions Team

Goodbye Ruby . . .

Our sweet little pig is now playing in God's lovely garden with all of the other little piggies who have gone before her. Please pray for our sad hearts (and for piggy too.) God did answer our prayers to have her survive through the wedding weekend and give us a last chance to give her a kiss on the nose. Love, Tracy

Finals . . .

There are lots of finals going on today!

I am giving final exams this week in chemistry and biology.
Here's a quick and easy question: If the wavelength of light increases what happens to the frequency?

I had my final dress fitting today. It took a lot longer than I expected but I was finally happy with the results. Thank God for the Miracle Wedding Village.

The wedding is finally here!

Tim, Carrie, Deedee, and I will be heading south to Indiana to tomorrow for the big event. We can't wait to see everyone - and celebrate the union of Pete & Emily.

Love, Tracy

ps. my little guinea pig Ruby finally has a diagnosis. It is unfortunately of lymphoma. Please keep her in your prayers: no pain, no suffering, and that she makes it through the weekend.

First Fruits . . . make that vegetables!

Top:Herb Garden
Bottom:Tomatillo

Top:Green Peppers,Zucchini, Cucumber
Bottom:Purple cone flowers

I love July because the first vegetables start coming in. So far this year we have English cucumbers (they are delicious), zucchini, and green peppers. In addition, we moved the herbs to the planter attached to the garage so they aren't getting full sun all the time - and wow - they are growing out of control. The guinea pigs love it because they have fresh parsley and basil to munch on. The weather here has finally cooled off - it is very pleasant now - low humidity and 70 degrees F! Hooray I hope you are all doing well - I would love to hear from you!

Shout out from Tracy!

Hi Everyone - I hope you are all doing well. It sounds like everyone had a wonderful Easter. I enjoyed spending time with Mom, Dad, and Pete.

I am off to church today and have and Africa meeting this afternoon.

Carrie and I went to the Royal Oak Market yesterday morning and bought parsnips, carrots, and onions. They were delicious. We also made bread in the bread machine. What fun!

I also bought two containers of wheat grass for the guinea pigs (humans can eat it too) and they thought it was pretty wonderful!

Weekend Update

Good Day Everyone -
I hope you are all well. Did you Spring Forward into Daylight Savings Time? The automatic download from windows worked perfectly on my computer. Now I just have to remember which clocks I advanced last night - and which ones still need some tinkering.

Last night I went to see the movie Amazing Grace at the MJR Theater. It was a great movie (rated PG) about the abolition of slavery in England. I would recommend it to everyone. When I got home I was still a little bit wound up and not ready to go to bed so I watched one of my favorite tv shows called Ace of Cakes - in this episode Duff and his team made an sesna airplane, a ski jump, and cake for Glitterama. Duff cracks me up!

I have lots of papers to grade this weekend and I am working on sending out my support letters for South Africa. Other than that - I am going to try to take in as much sunshine as I can (it was sunny and 45 yesterday!) Spring is definitely poking its head out in metro Detroit.

Dad is headed to China at the end of the week and mom is going to come "up north" to spend some time with me while he is gone. I look forward to her visit.

Oh yeah - and the pigs are holding steady. Piggy is letting me put her medicine without a fight (thank goodness) and it seems as if her little infection is settling down a bit.

Okay lovely family - those are my little tidbits - updates - and random thoughts for the day. Off to church I go. Love you all - Tracy

Saturday News

Happy Saturday - Thanks for all of the updates on how Grandma and Grandpa are doing. I keep them in my prayers everyday.

This morning I went early to Weight Watchers and lost 0.6#. Slowly but surely - just like a turtle in the race. Afterwards I drove to Farmington Hills to do a Future Problem Solvers Evaluation - but it was apparently cancelled so I treked back home. I brought my guinea pigs (Piggy and Ruby) to the Warren Woods Vet. Piggy has ringworm and Ruby has a broken tooth and a small cyst. They were pretty pathetic at the vet - scared to death. They just kept shedding and shedding and shedding. They were a big hit with all of the staff at the vet since they are sooooo cute.

Tonight I'll just clean the house and grade papers. Tomorrow, I will help lead worship at church and then I plan on working on details of the South Africa trip!