Die Buchwalds

MERRY CHRISTMAS
Greetings from the south east corner of Butler County!! It’s been a long year and yet again we have lots of good news to share. In our last edition, we promised an update when we moved, but life had other plans for us.
HOME IS WHERE THE COOKIES ARE
After just about two years in Grove City, the cookies are in Sarver. We began our home shopping adventure in February & what started as, “Let’s look at one house for fun,” quickly became, “Let’s keep looking.” We had originally wanted to move by Easter but we first had to figure out that we were looking for houses in the wrong places. After that, it wasn’t long before we found our house. We closed on May 31 and moved in on June 25, after about a month of sanding, staining and painting.
ENGINEERING ELECTRICITY
Matt has had a busy first year working at I2T. It’s been challenging and he’s learning new things all the time, which will hopefully be helpful as he finally writes his graduate paper in 2007. The best and worst part of the year was probably his three-week trip to West Virginia for a project start-up. The timing of the trip left Amy and Ratzi in charge of unpacking the house, which, of course, meant that there was still plenty of unpacking left for Matt to help with!
… AND ENGINEERING DOMESTICITY
Living closer to Matt’s job meant moving farther away from Amy’s, so we took a good look at our budget, making sure to account for all the bills and a healthy dose of sanity, and decided that a career change was in order. Amy’s last day at USIS was June 22 and now she spends her time working in our home. While it was a hard decision to make, the benefits definitely outweigh the sacrifices. Amy is even learning to cook and bake!! Eventually, she might even be good at it J
TWO WEDDINGS AND A ROAD TRIP
When Matt got back from West Virginia, we spent a few days in Ocean City, Maryland, with Matt’s mom, grandma and sister. It was nice to be able to relax at the beach together after so much time apart. For Amy, the trip was a welcome break from unpacking and for Matt it was thrilling to have a better variety of choices for eating out.
On the way back from the beach, we took a small detour to attend the wedding of Bethany Hescox and Shane Pepe, two of Amy’s college classmates. It was easy to tell that Bethany had been planning for their wedding day for a long, long time. Bethany was also one of the most organized brides we’ve ever met.
In October, we attended the wedding of another Setonian, Demetra Chengelis, and Matt Czegan. It was a perfect fall day for a fabulously orange wedding. Their wedding was the first time Matt had been back to the Seton Hill campus since Amy graduated, and Amy’s first visit in over a year. It has definitely changed over the last few years!
RATZI IS A BIG BROTHER
We welcomed Linus into the family at the end of September. He was born at the beginning of August and was being raised by Brian Hirth’s parents, who wanted to find a new home for him because they already had their own little zoo. Brian & his wife Laura knew we wanted another cat so that Ratzi would have a friend, so Laura emailed some pictures to Amy and it was love at first sight. The Hirths had named him Igde, short for Idgedgula-de, which means “little one” but we decided to rename him so that he would “match” Ratzi.
Both cats are doing well after a few days of adjusting to each other. Ratzi is convinced that Linus is a very dirty kitten and is always tackling him for a good washing. Linus tolerates the tackling fairly well – he doesn’t have much choice – Ratzi is about three times his size!
UNTIL NEXT YEAR…
We hope that 2007 brings everyone happiness and many blessings. Please stay in touch & let us know how life is in your neck of the woods – especially if we haven’t had a chance to see each other recently. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!
Love,
Matt, Amy, Ratzi & Linus Buchwald

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This blog entry is a beautiful explanation of why I stay home. No paycheck could ever compensate for what was missing when we both worked outside the home.

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