On the way to Prague I have moved out of my apartment in Kyiv (after 6 years there! more on that later...), and so I thought one good move deserves another and I have moved my blog to www.caranews.blogspot.com
There will be no more posts here. Hope to "see" you at blogspot soon. Thanks! :)
PS...I'm still in Ukraine (just not my apt.) through March.
Some of you know I am moving from Ukraine, and some of you don't....and soon, when I get a chance to breathe, I will write a longer posting and give all the details. Basically I will be leaving at the end of March for Prague. More on that soon. But for now...
Moving...an adventure in any country, but especially for me, and especially here in Ukraine.
Especially for me because I am a bit of a pack rat (ok, a full-blown hoarding rodent) and I have a "full life". Translation= I have lots of stuff both worthwhile and worthless.
So as I've been sorting through all my stuff, packing, hauling, giving away and throwing out masses of stuff - my wonderful friends have been helping me.
One friend, Jeanne Peipon, helped take my cat, Spot, to the vet because he has to have shots to be taken out of the country. I really thought it would be simple. I had given my carrier away to another friend with a cat, but my cat is pretty calm (in my opinion) and so I thought, it's only around the corner, he can just go in a box in a big duffle bag thing (Babushka Bags we call them, as all the Babushki - or Grandmas - use them to carry stuff to and from the Bazaars here). Bad Idea.
Every time I've taken him to the Vet here (admittedly only a couple of times) have gone quite smoothly. But it was anything but that for poor Jeanne and Kolya. If you're interested in a funny tale (no pun intended) you can check out Jeanne's blog at www.jeannepeipon.blogspot.com
More soon on the move..
The Call: Finding and Fulfilling the Central Purpose of Your Life by Os Guinness
I just started reading this, so you'll have to wait for my final analysis, but so far it is awesome. If you've read it I'd love to hear your comments!
When People Are Big and God Is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man (Resources for Changing Lives) by Edward T. Welch
Also just started reading this book, but basically you get the idea from the title. Would like to hear your thoughts if you have read this book. A hard look at what the Bible calls "the fear of man" that "causes a snare". A call to "fear" God more than man ... aaahhh...another one of those "light at the end of the tunnel" books.
