lobstah

Mike left for a canoe trip and we finally had lobster!

Lowering it to it's death...

Dead, delicious, dinner.

yum.

popham beach and a birthday

We celebrated Martha's birthday with a trip to Popham Beach. It was absolutely stunning!

A most fantastic maine weekend!

why I love this office

We're all sitting on our computers in relative quiet today - there are few people in the office and we've got lots to do.

Genet zones out staring out the window and then mutters "Oh, Samuel Adams is out there"

Tracy and I looked up at her. "What?"

"Samuel Adams, out there, unloading some beer." She said, standing and staring at the truck across the street like it was along lost friend.

hahaha. Is it friday yet? We need it.

Health Care '09...we can't wait!

Saturday was SEIU's Change that Works Rally for Health and Justice. It wasn't something ROC is directly connected with, but we work in the office with the crew that's been putting it all together and it was great going to support them!

It started with a rally in Monument square. There were tons of people there from all over the state!

There was a march around the old port and downtown.

Denva was in his prime!

As for me, it was good to see the span of opinions and beliefs on what should change in our health care system. I'm still struggling to discern how I can and should respond as a christian in a society of affluence that regularly disenfranchises the poor by our institutions and culture - but at the same time one where the government can't be the eternal solution considering it too is made up of greedy, sinful people like the rest of us. It's good to struggle, but I wish for some answers.

friday excitement: gearing up for the health care rally!

Friday morning was interrupted by the challenge of helping Alec hang a giant banner advertising Saturdays' rally, outside our windows...

We had no ladder.

But we had 4 incredibly resourceful, er rather three incredibly resourceful (I just took pictures) women who strung it up from the windows!

Mackenzie and Genet went out one side

And threw it down to Alec below (a much better plan than his original...to stand on the decomposing ledge and staple it up!)

And Tracy brought it back up the other!

Success! Health and Justice here we come!

some weeks in review...

I have no excuse for not posting anything over the last 10 days. It was depressing weather and I was mopey and then it got sunny and I just enjoyed it and didn't take any pictures. So. There you have it.

Here are some brief highlights of random events over the course of these last two weeks!

Mackenzie and I went on a date to the park on Friday. It was gorgeous out. This pizza was delicious.

On Saturday our other favorite family in Portland took us biking on Peaks Island.

It was gorgeous.

and windy

Jesus met me here on Sunday afternoon. It was really great.

I needed a picture of myself and my supervisors for IWJ... woo ROC-Maine!

And finally, tonight was the last night of the ESL class I've been helping with, and these are the girls I've been working with. They're all from Cambodia and are just the sweetest bunch ever!

a lovely long weekend

If only all weekends could be three days long and include a visit to somewhere as lovely as Cape Cod!

I spent the 4th with Lauren and her friend Sheena's grandmother's home where we slept, ate, window shopped, ate, napped, swam, burned, ate, slept, chatted and so on

it was perfect.

lauren's house in Boston

Our Hostesses!

the boat parade!

lauren and I got so burned, but it was so worth it!

a little swimming at ice cream beach