want to know what we did all morning and afternoon?

cough.cough

i got the black lung pop.

meine lieblings bild!! this will definitely have a spot in the new wohnung! 

please look at the difference between the skin on her arm and that on her face.  rediculous.

so yes. the left is the brushed-clean side. the right is the wood-burning stove catastrophe from 1779. 

unfortunately the pretty flowers will have to go. but im definitely making notes for a future house.

nothing a good shop-vac wont take care of.
the question is...where can i get one of those for free?

taking a break to pray the rosary and vespers...yes, we covered our new sofa (a gift from a cousin of a friend) with a sheet. as you can see alinas sweater rather enjoyed accumulating the dust/soot. 

uhm uhm...alina...

break time

we've decided this was a great opportunity to see what we will look like when we are 70 and grey haired.  

so...we bought one bucket of paint today (the special paint we need to paint over all the dirt and soot accumulated on the walls). the man at the store is amazing and gives us discounts on everything because we are missionaries! (and yes, thank you Dad for finding him all the way from your office in the US!) Tomorrow a new friend of ours Elisabeth is bringing two of her friends and coming over to help us paint the soon-to-be kappella (or at least that is the plan). But before we can paint we have to brush down all the walls and ceiling in the room to get the majority of the dust and soot off, and then plaster up the huge cracks and holes in the walls. So to work we went. And, thank you LORD, we actually finished something that we wanted to accomplish in the time we set aside...so the room is ready for a bit more plaster tomorrow morning and then a Saturday of painting! we're getting somewhere....

**important news...if you need to send anything (cough.Annie.cough) you can still use the address to our friend/Vienna Mother Monika: Alliiertenstrasse 10, 1020 Vienna, Austria, Europe