All: it is official. We closed our house today, and will be taking possession on Saturday, Sept. 30th, 2006. Whiicchhhh-- means that we will be MOVING on that day too... Our homeowners (ACTUALLY, WE ARE NOW THE HOMEOWNERS) are promising to be out by 2 pm on saturday. We, in turn, will be commencing operations at that point. (great timing for the ND game...). IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN IN THE FUN AND BEER THAT WILL BE INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT, PLEASE STOP BY!! WE WILL BE BEARING MOST OF THE RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS, BUT IT WILL BE A FUN TIME! CALL ME OR BLOGG AND LET US KNOW IF YOU CAN STOP BY TO SEE THE DIGS...
SUNDAY WILL BE FUN FILLED AS WELL. THANKS! BPR
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Sullivan Reunion - Summer '07
I've sent an email to the (non Roach) extended Sullivan family members to find out the level of interest in getting together next summer and to determine everyone's preferred dates.
If I'd included all the Roaches, the volume of emails would have worn everyone out. From our discussion about the family campout, it's clear that most weekends will work for everyone.
I'll let everyone know the responses when I've received them and we can do our planning from there.
Dan
If I'd included all the Roaches, the volume of emails would have worn everyone out. From our discussion about the family campout, it's clear that most weekends will work for everyone.
I'll let everyone know the responses when I've received them and we can do our planning from there.
Dan
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Family Campout '07
On the trip to Alaska we had a discussion about the best possible weekends to have a family campout next summer and concluded that we ought to shoot for the weekend of July 7-8. There seemed to be no conflicts with that date. Assuming that most of us will want to start the weekend on about Thursday, you should mark out July 5-8 on your calendar.
We talked about venues and came up with two possibilities that I and my able assistant are going to pursue.
The first would be a return to one of the group campsites at Mt. Ranier National Park. Last time we went there, I made the reservations. Back then reservations couldn't be made until 8 a.m. on January 2. Several of us got on a conference call at about 7:40 a.m. on January 2 that year and had the phone ringing until it was answered and we got our reservations. At that time three of the campgrounds in the park had group sites that could be reserved. Individual sites could not be reserved. I will check into the current rules but doubt that they have changed.
The second plan would involve renting a bunch of houses in close proximity to each other at Cannon Beach. That could be cost prohibitive but I got marching orders to look into that possibility as well and will be doing that in the near future.
If neither of those venues work (and we may not know about Mt. Ranier until January), then we can reconnoiter sometime later and kick around other ideas.
In the meantime, mark your calendars and tell all your friends and in-laws that they need to plan their weddings and reunions around our July 7-8 get-together.
The other thing that we ought to be doing at this time is conferring with the extended Sullivan family about whether or not there's going to be a Sullivan family reunion this summer. If there is going to be a reunion, then we ought to establish the date for that very, very soon for the sake of all who may want to be involved.
Who is the acting chairman on that committee?
We talked about venues and came up with two possibilities that I and my able assistant are going to pursue.
The first would be a return to one of the group campsites at Mt. Ranier National Park. Last time we went there, I made the reservations. Back then reservations couldn't be made until 8 a.m. on January 2. Several of us got on a conference call at about 7:40 a.m. on January 2 that year and had the phone ringing until it was answered and we got our reservations. At that time three of the campgrounds in the park had group sites that could be reserved. Individual sites could not be reserved. I will check into the current rules but doubt that they have changed.
The second plan would involve renting a bunch of houses in close proximity to each other at Cannon Beach. That could be cost prohibitive but I got marching orders to look into that possibility as well and will be doing that in the near future.
If neither of those venues work (and we may not know about Mt. Ranier until January), then we can reconnoiter sometime later and kick around other ideas.
In the meantime, mark your calendars and tell all your friends and in-laws that they need to plan their weddings and reunions around our July 7-8 get-together.
The other thing that we ought to be doing at this time is conferring with the extended Sullivan family about whether or not there's going to be a Sullivan family reunion this summer. If there is going to be a reunion, then we ought to establish the date for that very, very soon for the sake of all who may want to be involved.
Who is the acting chairman on that committee?
4021 W. Riverhaven-- Update to old post
Just a little update from our old post: Sofia and I have been approved for, and just signed our committment letter with the Bank today, and will be signing closing documents on Tuesday for 4021 W. Riverhaven (it has such a regal tone to it, the street name. such nostalgia...). Anyhow, we will be taking over occupancy, bills in our name, etc., next Sunday. We will try to move as much in as possible on Sunday, but will probably be in the drag of the process through the 1st week of October. Which means on the 2nd weekend of October, we should have a little informal house party while its still nice outside. Tere and Katie already told us they would buy all the beer for any party we have for a one year break in period, then we're on our own. I think they included wine in that offer too.
Thanks for all the support during this process. It has been fun. Well, not really fun, fun, but it will be fun to live there...
Thanks for all the support during this process. It has been fun. Well, not really fun, fun, but it will be fun to live there...
E-mail notification of new comments on Blog
All,
Inside your Blogger preferences, there is an option you can check that will notify you if a new COMMENT has been posted to the blog. Note that it will not notify you when a new POST is added.
Just FYI, but it sure comes in handy for me.
Inside your Blogger preferences, there is an option you can check that will notify you if a new COMMENT has been posted to the blog. Note that it will not notify you when a new POST is added.
Just FYI, but it sure comes in handy for me.
Friday, September 15, 2006
4021 W. Riverhaven
All: Sofia and I are about 2 weeks from being the next and new riverhaven roaches. We just recieved the banks final appraisal on the house we have contracted to buy, and the appraisal came back right on target. After the bank approves us in the next week, we will be new neighbors to Katie and Tere to the west (2 doors from Potters, and 3 doors from Dickie Do, and about 3 doors from Dickie Dont-- I mean Barbs). The house is 4400 square feet and has 6 bedrooms, 4 baths, an inground pool, a hot tub, and 1 acre of land including a mature weeping willow tree (salix babylonica-- my favorite!), which the thornhills will continue to love cleaning up after. the wind usually blows east over there, apparently. We will be more than excited to host any upcoming parties, as this is a very nice house for us to bring guests into. And unlike the current situ over here at 1555, there are no known pit bulls-- besides Steve Potter-- in the neighborhood. Pretty exciting!
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Perpetual Roach Reunion
All,
To start off, I'm not the biggest fan of God music. That being said, I want you to know that Aunt Nancy put on a SPECTACULAR hosting job for tonight's John Michael Talbot show. She single-handily organized the show, which turned out to be a near capacity audience. The proceeds all going toward the Luke Roach Scholarship foundation.
JMT rocked the church! He ranged from bluegrass to Stevie Ray Vaughan. He really is a great musician. He had two backup guitarists, a bassist, and another on percussions. He played the guitar, electric guitar, and the banjo. Although I’m not hitting the road as a groupie, I did appreciate seeing a bit of talent come through the Tri-Cities, and Aunt Nancy made it happen!
For those of you that were able to make it, Tri-City Prep current and future students thank you. If you weren’t able to make it, you can still send your $25 admission (or whatever you feel) to:
Luke Roach Scholarship
521 N. Rd 40
99301
This wasn’t intended to be a solicitation, but the contribution can never hurt! It was a very emotional show for me because I think Luke would have been a big fan. He really appreciated good music, and would have been very humble to see how many people contributed to his cause. I think it was an inspiration to all. We should remember how blessed we are to have him as a part of our lives, as well as all those among us that are still able to contribute to this “Perpetual Roach Reunion”!
Let’s all take a minute to think of our cousin/brother/nephew/son, and smile because although life can bring us hardships, it is also a daily blessing that we all need to remember.
-LR
With love,
Joseph Roach
Friday, September 08, 2006
The 20 Week Ultrasound!
Hey Everyone,
We just got the 20 week ultrasound and learned that we're having yet another little BOY! We're all very excited! He looks very healthy and active. Enjoy the photos!
Love,
John, RoseAnne, Isaac, Jack and Baby Boy #3
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
David in Granada
Hey all, I am counting on Dad forwarding this email to everybody, so it is addressed to all.
Things here in Spain are going wonderfully. Right now I am in an intensive language course at El Centro de Lenguas Modernas, or the center for modern languages, which is the language school for the University of Granada. There are a couple hundred people that are in school at the center right now but most are American and the others are Europeans from various countries that are learning spanish. The main university doesnt start until october, so right now I am not speaking as much spanish as I would like with the students. Many of the kids speak no spanish, so I cant practice with them, but in our classes we speak constantly. Also, we live alone right now, so until our roommates arrive in a couple of weeks I cant speak spanish around the house because my roommate doesnt know any at all. So in order to practice my spanish, I need to go to the bars at night. This actually works really well, because all of the spanish guys want to hook up with the American girls and so they talk to us and hang out with us a lot. I am pleasantly surprised to find out that I can converse pretty well with the spaniards, but Im not comfortable enough yet to try and swerve any spanish chicks. That will have to wait. We are all excited for the main school to start because 60,000 people go to school there so 30,000 spanish women will flood the city. Almost every girl here is good looking and there are many, many super hot chicks. Nobody here is overweight and they are all really stylish, so I am sure this combination has a lot to do with it. Life here is really different, everybody is laid back and relaxed about everything. The Spanish are really social, so there are always people sitting in the plazas talking, drinking coffee or wine, and enjoying the day. The city itself is beautiful, the architecture is wonderful, there are orange, lemon, lime, and date palm trees all over the place, and a plaza with a fountain and a statue every couple of blocks. Once I get a bit of a collection of pictures I will email them, so you can all see what I am talking about. I suppose that is about all for now, once we start traveling around I am sure that I will have a lot more to say.
Much love to all,
David
Things here in Spain are going wonderfully. Right now I am in an intensive language course at El Centro de Lenguas Modernas, or the center for modern languages, which is the language school for the University of Granada. There are a couple hundred people that are in school at the center right now but most are American and the others are Europeans from various countries that are learning spanish. The main university doesnt start until october, so right now I am not speaking as much spanish as I would like with the students. Many of the kids speak no spanish, so I cant practice with them, but in our classes we speak constantly. Also, we live alone right now, so until our roommates arrive in a couple of weeks I cant speak spanish around the house because my roommate doesnt know any at all. So in order to practice my spanish, I need to go to the bars at night. This actually works really well, because all of the spanish guys want to hook up with the American girls and so they talk to us and hang out with us a lot. I am pleasantly surprised to find out that I can converse pretty well with the spaniards, but Im not comfortable enough yet to try and swerve any spanish chicks. That will have to wait. We are all excited for the main school to start because 60,000 people go to school there so 30,000 spanish women will flood the city. Almost every girl here is good looking and there are many, many super hot chicks. Nobody here is overweight and they are all really stylish, so I am sure this combination has a lot to do with it. Life here is really different, everybody is laid back and relaxed about everything. The Spanish are really social, so there are always people sitting in the plazas talking, drinking coffee or wine, and enjoying the day. The city itself is beautiful, the architecture is wonderful, there are orange, lemon, lime, and date palm trees all over the place, and a plaza with a fountain and a statue every couple of blocks. Once I get a bit of a collection of pictures I will email them, so you can all see what I am talking about. I suppose that is about all for now, once we start traveling around I am sure that I will have a lot more to say.
Much love to all,
David
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