It's been a week now since Amy Pettit and I tied the knot, got hitched, jumped the broom, became one etc. And, it's been adventuresome already!
We spent our honeymoon sicker than dogs either with a stomach bug or food poisoning possibly from a 4 star restaurant at Denver West.
What better way to become familiar and intimate with your brand new spouse than vomiting and diarrheaing 15 hours straight? We breezed through that whole "in sickness and in health"clause not realizing it would be invoked the very next day.
Now that the dust has settled...Amy and I have set up housekeeping at St John's. We negotiated a rental of some rooms for about 60% less than the average fair rental value at this 90 year old edifice downtown Idaho Springs.
Amy worked a small miracle turning the aged Spanish Mission into a cozy newlywed nest with her throw rugs, little cute accent pieces and other miscellany lending a feminine mystic to an otherwise drab interior.
I love the idea of living where I work. I set up my office in the church and will be holding office hours from 9am- 5pm M-F.
It was so good to see Clara my step daughter and her good friend, Caroline, who I knew so many years ago as a little girl. She and Clara were born around the same time not too long before I first moved to Colorado back at the turn of the century.
Likewise, it was fantastic reconnecting with Rich, Marge and Jeremy Nelson from Englewood, Colorado. They invited us to share Thanksgiving with them which we quickly accepted.
Amy and I spent last night at the Argo Hotel to make up for our 2 nights suffering sickness. As luck would have it however I got sick again but not nearly as bad.
Right now I'm studying and preparing for my upcoming sermon. Amy is listening to and singing her praise music. We just got off the phone with my sister and brother in law Marty and Marten Zimmerman respectively from Cincinnati. It was a great conversation covering religion to politics to family.
Clocks are getting turned back tonight as fall gets underway and mornings get brighter and late afternoons gets darker. Seasons coming and going. The cycle of life stops for no one and no thing.
Pics are of Amy and St John's.
Well...gotta go. Grace and peace to you all.
BR Schoenbein
Amy Schoenbein
November 5, 2016- Saturday
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