We are here and are moving...

Sorry for the long post hiatus (thanks Janet for the shoutout). The reason for the lack of posting is two-fold. The main contributor (aka Dave) has his own blog and abandoned me. If you want to catch up with his own adventures, here is the link. As far as me, I've been working on our new Mac blog and have taken too long to figure things out. But, I'm glad to announce that the new blog is up! So from now on, you can read about our lives here.
Amigos y familia, hemos cambiado nuestro blog y desde hoy van a tener que visitarnos aca: http://web.mac.com/daspitz/Site/Blog/Blog.html. Esperamos que les guste el nuevo estilo de blogear!!

The Lady of Song

If you have never heard of Ella Fitzgerald you are missing out on an amazing jazz singer!! Talk about scat! Dave and I had the privilege of going to see Ella at Arena Stage. Unfortunately, tomorrow is the last show and they are sold out, so if you hadn't seen it you've missed out :(

But, we had a wonderful time. The woman who played Ella is extremely talented. I had goosebumps during most of the show.
I am so grateful for all the opportunities we get to experience art in this area: museums, theaters, free events... DC (well, Virginia in this case since Arena's temporary home is in Crytal City) has a lot to offer and you can make some cool memories! So, go ahead go to DC and have fun!








El viernes, Dave y yo fuimos a ver el espectaculo Ella en un teatro en DC. Ella es un show basado en la cantante de jazz Ella Fitzgerald, que es increible! La actriz/cantante que interpretaba a Ella es impresionante, se me ponia la piel de gallina cuando cantaba!
Vivir tan cerquita de DC es buenisimo porque siempre hay shows para ver y sin tener que gastar mucha plata. Por empezar los museos son gratis, despues siempre hay eventos a bajos precios o gratis. Como Dave trabaja en el verano en la colonia de vacaciones artisticas en Arena Stage, nos dieron dos entradas gratarola!! Bueno, si nunca escucharon a Ella Fitzgerald, no pierdan mas tiempo y bajense una cancion o comprense todo un CD! Vale la pena!

Dia de San Valentin & Eclipse Lunar Total

Simple, sencillo, sin mucha fanfarra. Asi fue nuestro primer Dia de San Valentin como casados. Y es la mejor manera que lo podriamos haber pasado! La noche anterior yo decore nuestro depto. con un poco de guirnaldas con corazones y diferentes notas para Dave diciendole como lo quiero, lo agradecida que estoy que Dios nos trajo juntos, etc. Todo muy sweet (casi empalagozo, pero esa es la naturaleza del dia, vio?). Despues me fui a trabajar como todos los jueves, y cuando volvi del trabajo, Dave me estaba esperando como un gran asador, haciendo vacio y chorizos! Que genio! Lo mejor de todo esto es que Dave tuvo que comprar la carne en un almacen latino con un chico que no habla ni j de Ingles. Parece que se arreglaron bien. Dave me conto que le dijo a Jose: "Um, yo mira" (indicando que queria ver la nerca antes de comprar!). Despues yo prepare una "mixta" y a festejar! Ah, tambien me regalo unas hermosas flores, y una tarjeta de I-tunes para bajarnos buenas canciones! Yo le regale un libro sobre el "otro" Steve (Wozniak) que creo el imperio Mac! Obviamente, Dave estuvo muy agradecido. Como veran, si no fuera porque nosotros creemos en Jesucristo, mi maridito tendria un altar con una manzana y la foto de Steve Jobs!

Zoom en el asadito

En otras noticias, ayer (miercoles 20/2) hubo un eclipse lunar total a eso de las 10 y algo de la noche. Supuestamente se podia ver desde los dos hemisferios, asi que ustedes alla en el Sur me cuentan si lo vieron, OK? Nosotros tratamos de sacar fotos y obvio no salieron muy bien. Pero estuvo bueno ver el eclipse. Yo nunca habia visto uno.

Aca es cuando empezo...

Cuando estaba por terminar ...

Una vez que toda la Luna estaba cubierta por la sombra (o penumbra, no me acuerdo cual es cual), ya no podiamos sacar fotos. La Luna se volvio como rojiza o violetiza (existe esa palabra?).

Bueno, voy a tratar de postear mas seguido, despues de que cierta persona, amiga mia que no quiero nombrar (ejem, Ceci) me escracho como a de la Rua en el 2001! Asi que ya estare posteando en que andamos.

Generosity, wii on the Road, Birthday, Mari, & Brew Crew

Right now I (Dave) have a heavy heart ... whatever that means. I am just aware of friends who are experiencing pain and loss that I can't comprehend. Below is a recap of our weekend ... it is a little random and brief. I guess I'm writing this intro more for me, but for all the things that are written below, I think it's important to remember who God is and what He has done. I want to remind myself that God exists, He sent His Son to die for my sins, and that He rewards those who seek Him. God has been very good to Mari and me this week, and I need to remember that His goodness is not dependent on cool gifts or fun weekends.

Due to the generosity of my Mom, Mari and I were able to avoid transferring to windows vista. We purchased a new apple iMac. Thank you Mom for this great gift!!!! We also used gift certificates that we received from my Dad's friends. Back in July my Dad threw a party for Mari &myself. The people who attended also contributed to our new iMac. So, thank you Dad and V also for throwing the party!

Here's my cute Mom w/ a great smile. We had lunch together at Panera after Church.

Here it is ... Mari likes the screen savers.

On Friday Mari and I headed over to Gene's house to hang out and play the wii.

Here are two of God's great creations ... the wii and fire.

February 9th was my Dad's birthday, but Mari and I drove up to see him on Sunday. We had a great time.

My Dad plays the saxophone and I teach trumpet, so we played "Old Joe Clark," a song my students performed at a recent concert.

Mari and Cleo pose for the camera.

One of the cool things about my wife is that she irons our sheets ... and pillow cases.

One of the women in our Care Group has a niece who has cancer. Just wanted to solicit your prayers for the Brewer family.

Weekend Update ...

Friday night before the ONE meeting we had our Care Group over for wii and bring your own dinner.

Here we see Jason, Juliana, Hye Joon and Scott playing tennis.

Here is Annabel watching tennis. She took a break to give everyone an opportunity to play.

On Sunday I had the privelege of playing drums w/ Roger and John.

This is me wishing Mari was with me.