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Beautiful Spring Day

Janie — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:30:26 +0000

And it’s just January!

And I was looking forward to hot water

Janie — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:13:59 +0000

Our water heater ruptured last night. We have about 45 more days on our home warranty.

Janie Experiences a Carole King Song Firsthand

Brian — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:32:03 +0000

“I feel the earth move under my feet…”

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0007pnj.php

Hopefully there’s no sky tumbling down.

Antigua

Janie — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:52:01 +0000

Mount Pacaya from Hotel Aurora
Correction: Volcan de Aqua

Janie is in Antigua

Brian — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:11:14 +0000

We drove all day today to get to Antigua from the Valley (about 10 hours). I have wifi now although my inbox is seriously scary. Tomorrow I might go up to a volcano (mount picaya) or do a tour here. I’m going to try to go to church tomorrow night at Santo Domingo. It’s built around Mayan ruins, and promises to be cool. Leaving the Valley, where there is no electricity, makes me feel like I’m ready to come home. It’s a different world up there. Anyway, I’ll have more when I get home.

Janie

Janie Has More Email Than You

Brian — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:35:00 +0000

I don’t have time to read through my massive inbox, so I’m not reading replies.
We’re still working hard in the Valley. It’s not going as fast as the coordinators hoped, so we might stay here another day before going to Antigua for the weekend. It’s just so incredibly wet. I knew it was a rainforest, but goodness it rains 1″-2″ per day.
Otherwise, doing well.
jbm

mauter.com Protests SOPA/PIPA

Brian — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:41:57 +0000

Congress is about to vote on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). If passed, this bill will allow the United States government to censor the Internet. Many sites on the Internet are protesting on January 18 and we’re joining them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQI6r_kc3ZE

Janie Took a Shower

Brian — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:10:59 +0000

Hey,
I’m tired and have been waiting in line to use the iPad. We had a hard day today working in the rain all day. “chippy chippy” is a constant misty rain. I probably butchered the spelling, but that’s how you say it. We’re fine and I finally had a warmish shower tonight. I had the same clothes on since Saturday. But, we’re doing well and eating well.

jbm

Janie Has Reached Camp

Brian — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 03:30:43 +0000

We are here at the camp and just set up our beds. We stayed last night at a hotel in Coban and had hot showers this morning. The drive here was so bumpy. I mean bumpy. For hours. We laughed and laughed. We worked a little this morning. And after lunch we hiked up the mountain behind the bodega. There were some banana trees at the top and we wanted to see the view. The clouds moved in at the time so we couldn’t see the valley below, but it was nice. It started raining after that and has been cold since. We’re doing well. It’s nice.

Janie Has Safely Landed

Brian — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:35:39 +0000

Janie’s flight to Guatemala City landed around 2PM central. I got a message from her a few minutes ago:

This is Janie using Kris’s phone. We have arrived safely and are making our way out of the city. It’s a bumpy ride.

Janie

Sunrise

Janie — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:02:38 +0000

From 35,000 feet

Happy 4th Birthday, Chloe!

Brian — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:03:13 +0000

Lots of cool things happened on January 11. Here’s some.

Alabama seceded from the union in 1861.
Amelia Earhart flies solo from Hawaii to California in 1935.
Los Angeles’ first snowfall ever recorded in 1949.
Chloe Mauter born in 2008.

We hope you have a great birthday and eat lots of cake.

Love, Uncle Brian, Aunt Janie, Samantha and Ellie

I Forgive You Coach

Brian — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:20:23 +0000

Well I must say that I was very disappointed when we lost to LSU in November. I blogged that I blamed Coach Saban. All is forgiven now. Shutouts are awesome.

Ellie’s Stocking

Janie — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:41:11 +0000

It’s a good thing I finished Ellie’s stocking a few weeks ago. It only took me 2 years.
I still can’t decide if I like it or not, but Samantha likes it so that’s a good indication that Ellie will. She thinks it’s silly that Santa is popping up, and the bells are fun.

Merry Christmas

Janie — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 04:08:26 +0000

This Christmas is a shaping up to be a little different for us. We were planning to be gone most of the week after Christmas visiting various family.

However, Ellie has had a high fever since Thursday 12/22 at 5pm. We visited the doctor Friday morning and discovered that she had a moderate ear infection in one ear. Then, the worst hit later that morning. We’re still in the midst of it, although there were a few hours this morning when I thought the worst was over and our little girl came back. Otherwise, she’s sluggish, puny and pretty dog gone pitiful.

So, I pray your Christmas is healthy and happy.