We launched the Fall '06 semester for the International Christian Fellowship (ICF) at UTD last Friday (8/18) with our Fall welcome party. We had a really good turnout. Amazingly, we actually had enough food. Two church groups helped bring food. Both were first-time churches.
Last night, we had our first regular ICF meeting of the semester. Again, we had a very large turnout. Food was a little dicey this time, but I think it all worked out. Next week will be our first home meetings of the semester.
After a year of being in charge of the the serving supplies, Roxanne and I have been able to transfer that duty to our friends Bo and Peggy. Instead of that, I've taken responsibility for the resource table. I'm hoping to bring the usefulness of the resource table up a few notches. I've found some books on eBay for really good prices. I'm also checking with area churches to see if they will assist. Last week, I received a donation of books and CDs from Heritage Church, a new church in Richardson started by Hillcrest Church founder Morris Sheats.
Saturday, August 26, 2006
Renovation Update
My uncle made a lot of progress on the house this week. The living room has been painted and looks great. Well, it looks as great as it can with everything still in the center of the room.
Much of the work this week centered on the kitchen. Where the refrigerator used to be, against the wall that backs up to the living room, there is now a bar and an extension to the lower cabinets. All the cabinets have received a new coat of paint. They were a dark shade of brown. Now they're white. The kitchen also has two new flourescent fixtures. Of the two previous fixtures, one didn't work at all.
Next week, the tile counters go in.
Much of the work this week centered on the kitchen. Where the refrigerator used to be, against the wall that backs up to the living room, there is now a bar and an extension to the lower cabinets. All the cabinets have received a new coat of paint. They were a dark shade of brown. Now they're white. The kitchen also has two new flourescent fixtures. Of the two previous fixtures, one didn't work at all.
Next week, the tile counters go in.
Sunday, August 20, 2006
First Entry
Hi Everyone,
Welcome to the blog of David & Roxanne Richmond!
Things have been crazy lately at the Richmond household. As I write this, our living room is unusable. All the furnishings are pushed into the center of the room. My uncle Walter from Tyler is here doing some badly needed updates. We bought it from my landlord this past May after I had lived here over 10 years. The house was built in 1968 and I don't think it had been updated since then, which was partly why we got such a great deal on it.
Last week, Walter tore all the wood paneling out of the living room and stripped all the wallpaper in the kitchen/dining area. The paneling turned out to be truly original to the house. The drywall behind it wasn't even taped and bedded! The paneling also made the room so dark that you could hardly read in there.
Roxanne started her second semester at UTD last Thursday night. She wasn't able to get all the classes she wanted, but that may turn out to be a blessing. One of her classes, a biology class, looks as if it may be pretty taxing.
Prior to her returning to school, we went travelling the previous two weekends. One weekend, we visited my aunt in Houston. She drove us down to Galveston where we visited Moody Gardens and had dinner at a restaurant on the sea wall. Last weekend, we went to San Antonio. We stayed at a terrific hotel called the Emily Morgan. It was right across the street from the Alamo and very close to the River Walk. We had dinner Saturday night at the Casa Rio. We got a seat right beside the river.
I'm still at Fujitsu. What was supposed to be a 2-3 month contract is now in its fourth full month and may go much longer. I am definitely not complaining, as it's going to help pay for updates to the house, Roxanne's tuition and a lot of other things. Besides, the efforts to go on staff with ISI have hit a big roadblock. I really need the moral support of my chuch with that, and I'm getting nowhere with them.
That's all for now. Stay tuned.
Welcome to the blog of David & Roxanne Richmond!
Things have been crazy lately at the Richmond household. As I write this, our living room is unusable. All the furnishings are pushed into the center of the room. My uncle Walter from Tyler is here doing some badly needed updates. We bought it from my landlord this past May after I had lived here over 10 years. The house was built in 1968 and I don't think it had been updated since then, which was partly why we got such a great deal on it.
Last week, Walter tore all the wood paneling out of the living room and stripped all the wallpaper in the kitchen/dining area. The paneling turned out to be truly original to the house. The drywall behind it wasn't even taped and bedded! The paneling also made the room so dark that you could hardly read in there.
Roxanne started her second semester at UTD last Thursday night. She wasn't able to get all the classes she wanted, but that may turn out to be a blessing. One of her classes, a biology class, looks as if it may be pretty taxing.
Prior to her returning to school, we went travelling the previous two weekends. One weekend, we visited my aunt in Houston. She drove us down to Galveston where we visited Moody Gardens and had dinner at a restaurant on the sea wall. Last weekend, we went to San Antonio. We stayed at a terrific hotel called the Emily Morgan. It was right across the street from the Alamo and very close to the River Walk. We had dinner Saturday night at the Casa Rio. We got a seat right beside the river.
I'm still at Fujitsu. What was supposed to be a 2-3 month contract is now in its fourth full month and may go much longer. I am definitely not complaining, as it's going to help pay for updates to the house, Roxanne's tuition and a lot of other things. Besides, the efforts to go on staff with ISI have hit a big roadblock. I really need the moral support of my chuch with that, and I'm getting nowhere with them.
That's all for now. Stay tuned.
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