tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-219194332012-02-09T08:03:31.995-08:00In this time, a blog to record the many experiences and adventures of the Jagger family's time in ScotlandEvehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226915609256858313noreply@blogger.comBlogger561100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21919433.post-30975100170669427082011-12-20T06:09:00.000-08:002011-12-20T06:24:55.737-08:00

It is hard this time of year not to feel extremely blessed and grateful for my two beautiful daughters.  In Advent, as we prepare our hearts for the celebration of the mystery of Christmas, we reflect on Mary's favor with God leading to life in her womb... Elizabeth's once barren womb now the home of one of the greatest prophets in human history...that same baby kicking with joy inside of her

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No, they don't celebrate American Thanksgiving in Scotland;)  Because we are in a town of alot of ex-patriots (North Americaners), though, quite a few Americans gathered in small groups to share their tradition together.  The Jagger family was invited to the home of a very hospitable couple, likely our parents ages, that actually lived quite nearby.  A few familiar friends also attended and

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 Goodbye old carpet! The new carpet is in and we are loving it.  I think we might move all of our furniture into the hallway... Before I forget, here is a link to some new photos and a video of Auty in the mix: https://picasaweb.google.com/evejagger/AutumnInScotland?authuser=0authkey=Gv1sRgCKmJyaKV-qrFOw&feat=directlink My  women's football team has it's first match today.  We are likely to

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The sisterly bond is growing.  Autumn always smiles when Claire walks into the room and frequently stops nursing to turn her head and see what her sister is up to.  Claire still continues to ask to hold Autumn and is actually getting quite good at it.  She is able to carry her around the room, stand her up and help her bounce, and even wrestle her gently.  Claire was especially concerned for

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Our first castle visit!  The Glamis Castle is located just outside the town of Forfar, about an hour north of us.  Due to last minute planning and the bus system, it took us 3 hours to get there and 3 hours to get back.  Fortunately some of the buses were double deckers (Claire's favorite) so we at least had a nice view of the Scottish countryside on the long trips.  As for the castle, it had

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 It was an eventful weekend.  I went to a youth outreach event on Friday night.   The following morning, our friend nearby went into labor and dropped her kiddos off with us for the day.  Claire, Elizabeth, and her little brother Spud (aka John Paul) spent the day running around.  I managed to get out and play ultimate frisbee (aka flatball) for a bit and then we had 2 families over in our small

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This blog won't really give you much of an update on the Jaggers, but it may give you some insight into what life feels like for us at the moment.  As you know, we have no car, no dryer, no real income, poor indoor heating, and are just lacking some home comforts.  In a sense, then, life is more simple for us.  But because it is more simple in a material sense, it has become more tiring and in

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I managed to take a few pictures of our place and posted them on Picasa.  Below you will find the link.  For your enjoyment, I also added captions to each photo!  https://picasaweb.google.com/evejagger/ScotlandSeptOct?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCLG_kaeG1r6H9QE&feat=directlink Here's a taste:

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It has been a little over 3 weeks or so and Claire has already began picking up Scottish inflections in her language.  Over half of her questions now rise up at the end and I have to look and make sure my daughter hasn't turned into the little girl in Mary Poppins.  Her "mommy" is becoming "mummy" and she has informed me that it is not a trash "can" but a "bin".  Claire is doing really well with

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It has been awhile- thanks to Sky Mobile, our internet company. Apparently it can take up to three weeks after ordering internet for it to actually turn on. So, you’re thinking- why not just go out to a nearby café and use their WIFI? Well, the nearest library or café is actually a 30 minute walk from our home. And towing a baby that long in a stroller will make it fussy enough to not want to

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After a year of waiting and catalogue perusing, Claire finally had her moment. With some cousins and grandmas, we traveled to downtown Chicago to the famous American Girl store located adjacent to the Lego metropolis if any of have boys...The tradition in the Jagger extended family is for the little girls to pick out an American girl when she turns 5. Since we will be overseas when Claire

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Before I begin, I just want to share what Claire said to me today as she was furiously cleaning the toilet bowl with the brush (which she begs to do frequently and thoroughly enjoys). After she told me to pretend that she was "unclogging" it she said "I just wish I could get all the way down in the toilet hole and see what's down there!". Proceeding this was a detailed question and answer

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On Wed, March 30 my little family of 3 was blessed with a new addition- a beautiful, healthy, and cherished daughter. Autumn Leigh Jagger was 8 lbs 12 oz and made it through labor like a champ. We felt so blessed to be able to bring her into the world through natural childbirth and with only 2 hours spent in the hospital. It seems our Bradley Method class prepared and educated us well to make

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The "Wind of the Spirit" brought Revs. Larry and Audrey Eddings to Wilmore to host a "Healing Academy" a few weeks ago. That same Spirit gently prodded me to attend. A few people have asked me why I wanted to do it...I'm not sure I have an answer. I have never known much about healing, the Lutheran denomination I grew up in was largely bi-nitarian in practice focusing mostly on the Father and

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Those of you who know me know that I'm not a big fan of movies, television, and the like. I find most to be a complete waste of my time or a detriment to my spirit. However, over the past few years in Wilmore, Keith and I have enjoyed three BBC television series via Netflix, Youtube, DVD's...First, was the "Vicar of Dibley" starring Dawn French. Absolutely hilarious and I suggest you look into

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My beautiful friend Loriann Hofmeister is now Loriann Matheson. Lori and I have been friends since freshman year of high school- that's about 14 years now. We have enjoyed the adventures of high school, soccer, travel, youth group, and the Hofmeister family kitchen table and vacation van together. We've been dreaming of her wedding day since about the time I met her :) About 50 crushes later

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By the grace and imagination of God alone: December 10, 2010, I graduated with my Masters in Christian Education (discipleship really) from Asbury Theological Seminary.It was a cold day in Kentucky, but a relaxed morning with some meaningful fellowship and important messages. I had time to connect and talk with some of my fellow CE classmates during rehearsal and entered into a sacred moment of

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Last night was our last trip around Wilmore's Main Street for Halloween candy. It was more than crowded this year so Claire was quite overwhelmed when we arrived, hiding behind my leg for the first few candy stops. She eventually came around to opening up the bag herself for candy droppings and, finally, approaching the candy stands by herself. After running into many seminary friends and

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Our little Claire has finally earned her first pet. I say earned because it took 4 months for her to get the hamster she was promised if she would sleep 10 nights- in her big girl bed -all night -without waking up her parents once. I honestly thing the little bugger lucked out because this last night she pulled it off was because she was sick and quite tuckered out. So we were off to the

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I had my Claire all to myself from Wednesday through Sunday while Keith was off to Pittsburgh to run with the deer (not actually why he went, but he connected with quite a few deer while staying out in a musty hermitage). It was not easy taking care of my defiant little 3 year old for so many days, but thanks to many play dates, some serious time outs, the Lil' Angels Sale toy section, and a

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It has been awhile. Yes, I know. I've decided to take up blogging again- some 100 seminary papers later. Yikes. It has been a long haul- grad school and mothering. I'm not sure where to begin, so I'll just begin with the elephant in the room. Claire has started 3 year old preschool...she attends preschool three mornings a week at a local church and has been assigned to the elephant room:

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Hello, hello! Haven't blogged in a LONG time. Basically, I'm burnt out on writing and have lost all connection with myself in the midst of the spring busy term and the woes of motherhood :) I recently received a request to answer some questions about the inside scope on being a Seminary Mom. Thought others might be interested in hearing my take. So here we go: The basics: Name, age (if you want

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Well, we've finally ripped the plastic covering off our windows. Spring is here in wilmore! How do we know? Mr. Beasley Weasley (Kelly's cat) has drug, not one, but two live snakes into the house! One left a trail of blood on the carpet. Claire reminds me daily that "beasley weasley" likes to eat snakes.Minus the snakes, it's nice to have a breeze flowing through the house again. Spring should be

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First term of seminary is completed. Am I burnt out? I am burnt out in one specific way- that of being in Wilmore. I'm tired of the "Christian" bubble, the tiny town atmosphere and all that goes with Kentucky rural living. I miss crowds. I miss excitement. I miss friends. After being here for four years, I'm beginning to feel restless, lonely, and basically left out. We hear from many

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A new blog! This is my blog restart. "Restart" also refers to my thoughts in this web-log.I've come head-to-head with Eve. Not myself, but the first female created by Yahweh Elohim.(Can you tell I'm in seminary now?).The LCMS denomination I was raised in has a view- let's put it this way- that women shouldn't be all TOO involved in ministry or proclaiming the word of God. Now, I understand

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Compassion= sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of othersFatigue= extreme tiredness, typically resulting from mental or physcial exertion or illnessWikipedia says of "Compassion Fatigue" :Compassion fatigue is a term that refers to a gradual lessening of compassion over time. Compassion fatigue may occur when, due to the media saturation of stories and images of people

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First, a note to let you know that we have new pictures on flicker- see link on side margin to "Our pictures"Here is 2 quick pics of the birthday girl though (we celebrated early over xmas vacation).A year of motherhood is coming to a close- a long,stressful, but joyous year. Just 365 days ago, I was in a delivery room pushing out an LIFE! Hence, I have learned and changed a lot since that LIFE

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What have the Jaggers been up to this Autumn other than rubbing our eyes because of the mold, mildew, and dried leaf ashes in the "sweet" KY air?- Visiting a local apple/pumpkin orchard and riding in wagons- see above. Claire dressed up as a tulip fairy for Halloween. She was not a fan of the crowds though and we carried her around with her eyes wide, mouth dropped, never cracking a smile. She

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Before I get to some thoughts, here's an update on Miss Claire Nicole:- She is almost 8 months old and sitting up without support and is quite sturdy- She is beginning to learn to creep, on her way to crawling in a few months- She LOVES food. She has not rejected ANYthing yet and does not require a bib whileeating because she scarfs every bit down. She is quite angry when the food is gone. Sheis

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I am that butterfly in the cacoon waiting to hatch- developing in spirit, mind, body, emotion, motherhood, and marriage.Not yet.I was led to Psalm 121 today." I lift my eyes up to the hills- from where does my help come?My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

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New pictures of Claire here and on Flickr- see the margin for the link. She's almost five months. Rolling over, making more noises, almost sitting up, grabbing, and generallyhappy. Took her first airplane flight the other day. She says HI! She is seeing her first words of baby sign language and ready for summer fun!

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Claire and I on St. Patrick's Day.She's a beauty...and I think she likes me!Since I've last written, my DAUGHTER (unbelievable that Im a parent still) has begun cooing, smiling, holding her head up, spitting up, putting her fist in her mouth, looking at her mobile, falling asleep on her own, and gone on a car ride to Illinois. She is certainly GROWING.She now weighs 11 lbs 5 oz. Is 23.5 in long.

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FIRST, for more pictures of CLAIRE, the little jagger beef, scroll down to the right side of my blog and click on OUR PICTURES, Im sure Keith will be updating it regularly.I feel like I owe it to all those soon-to-be moms out there to describe my very recent experience of GIVING birth- Which I'd like to mention is the very meaning of "Eve", hence I can now die at peace knowing I've lived out my

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After nine months of pregnancy, five hours of labor, and the most painful experience I think I've ever had, Keith and I have a baby girl. She was 9lbs, 20inches long, and born at 1.48 am. I'm mostly exhausted, and trying to figure out this new life schedule.Here we are on her birthday!We hope you all can meet her soon.

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This could be a long blog, but I'll keep it short so you'll read it.My 21 year old cat had to be put to sleep this morning. My mom was the brave one, holding him in her arms fighting back tears as they put him to sleep then and there.I named him Hugsby when I was two years old, after a character in a kid's book I loved but was unable to yet pronounce the name of.Hugsby was only 2 or 3 weeks old

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My latest adventure? After a long and winter wonderful trip home to Wisconsin for my baby shower with many friends and family I thoroughly enjoyed seeing, Keith and I stopped at my Aunt and Uncle's house in Indianapolis Sunday night for a break from the road...Well I hadnt been feeling too well in the car, but no biggie. Only a few hours later though I began the hurling.I vomited from 11pm Sunday

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I've been frustrated in searching for meaning lately...I have no real job, real friends are far away and almost out of reach, I don't feel like I've had the time or opportunity to do much real service, I'm not using my degree at all, I clean and serve coffee a lot...In my search for meaning, this is where the Creator has brought me back to:Ecclesiastes 1:1 The words of the Teacher, [a] son of

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HI! It has been awhile...I now weight 20 more pounds than i did at the beginning of the baby jagger pregnancy. I have 3 more as an experienced women's soccer coach under my belt, as well as a month and a half at starbucks and have made it to midterm time of 3 graduate seminary courses.Yesterday, we had another baby appointment. I had to fast until 10:30 am (more difficult to do when pregnant and

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Some quick news.I was in need of a part time job. A low pressure, willing to work around my soccer coaching schedule, with some employee perks part time job.And I had this friend who loved working at Starbucks. Starbucks provides full time benefits for part time "partners" (since we can share in Starbucks "bean" stock we are considered partners rather than employees). I, then, happened to be

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It's a discouraging cycle. I have a few weeks off work before I start coaching. You'd think I'd be loving it, swallowing up every moment of pure "Eve" time without the noises of children or the stresses of work. Yet I find myself despairingly lonely. Why? I've been in my apartment alone alot. We just moved in and I've had to spend a good deal of time putting things in their proper place,

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Haven't written in awhile, you might say I'm a slacker, but HEY :IM PREGNANT :)The baby is doing well... I got to hear its heartbeat the other day- thump thump thump 153 bpm!Last week was an interesting one- I had intended to chaperone a youth mission trip from my church in wilmore- 8 youth and two adults. Ends up only 2 youth are going. 2 teenage boys that is, with 2 female chaperones...But the

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Hey ALL-Keith has posted our first ultrasound on his blog...It's a pretty good shot of the 4.2cm guy inside my uterus :)If you'd like to see it either click on the link in the margin labeled "Husband" or visitwww.keithjagger.blogspot.comThanks for all of your support, excitement, and wonder at our "bean" (that's its name this third month"

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It's not that I'm fat, I'm just PREGNANT.That's right...close to 2 months...Crazy, I know-after only 4 months of marriage-, but a blessing of God and a lovely result of intimacy with my husband. Don't worry, I think I'll be an alright mom. And I still back up NFP all the way (if you want to know what that is and why i back it up, just ask me)...Not an "accident" - sex does make babies-, but not

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Have you ever played "Truth or Dare?"...If I ever come upon the chance to join in this teenage game of honesty and risk again, I would have the ultimate dare. I dare you to ride the Greyhound...alone...through the night...as a young, white female.First, I'd like to uplift Greyhound for their new marketing campgain. The silver symbol of the greyhound appearing as sleek and swift as a panther

Evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226915609256858313noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21919433.post-1144473825522199962006-04-07T21:58:00.000-07:002006-04-09T07:11:19.756-07:00

Imagine sitting in a back yard. Imagine sitting in a deaf man's back yard. Imagine sitting in a deaf man's back yard in Mississippi. Imagine sitting in a deaf man's back yard in MS inside a white FEMA trailer. Imagine sitting in a deaf man's back yard in MS in a FEMA trailer with 8 seminary students - oh what a trip it was to the south!Keith and I spent his "reading week" traveling to Long Beach

Evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226915609256858313noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21919433.post-1143482063950366312006-03-27T09:23:00.000-08:002006-03-27T11:07:57.026-08:00

Time for an eve-keith UPDATE!Let's see...Keith is still working it at Shaker Village. He now watches American Idol on a portable TV at the Village on long, lonely evenings while there. He seems to be rooting for Mandisa. Im all for Taylor! Otherwise, he is continuing to study at the seminary working on Hebrew and an inductive study on Matthew.I am still the tutoring Coordinator at the E 7th

Evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226915609256858313noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21919433.post-1142868576141124172006-03-20T07:25:00.000-08:002006-03-20T07:29:36.156-08:00

Evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226915609256858313noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21919433.post-1142443653015736862006-03-15T08:40:00.000-08:002006-03-15T09:27:33.386-08:00

Opinion: a view, judgment, or appraisal formed in the mind about a particular matter (according to Merriam Webster Online that is)So keith and I were talking last night about ME. If you know anything about me, you probably know that it wouldn't be hard for us to come to the conclusion that I'm...well...extremely opinionated. I have certainly reached this self-knowledge prior to yesterday

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Maybe it wouldn't sound appealing to you, but I wanted to hear the Ugandan Professor's talk on "Restructuring the Social Work Cirriculum in Africa: the case of Botswana". I'm still not quite sure what he way saying- something about there being no governmental assistance of citizens and the difficulty of privitized social service. While his speech would make an interesting blog, I found myself

Evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226915609256858313noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21919433.post-1141607684794295902006-03-05T15:54:00.000-08:002006-03-05T17:32:45.566-08:00

" Keepin it goin" was the theme of this years Seminary Marriage Retreat. While it may be too early for Keith and I to warrant a retreat for our marriage, it was worthwhile.The Seminary booked a bunch of suites at the Embassy Suites up in Lexington for real cheap. They also went in early and decorated the place nicely- sparkling grape juice (since the Sem's ethos statement prohibits alcoholic

Evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226915609256858313noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21919433.post-1141056646315459932006-02-27T07:50:00.000-08:002006-02-27T09:27:12.730-08:00

I just happened to finish reading the 500 page novel, "Memoirs of a Geisha" by Arthur Golden.There has been a recent craze over the movie, and of course now book stores are selling the novel. The first time i took interest in the subject, though, was a few months ago when I saw Russell's computer screen with the backdrop of a dancing Geisha. Russell is my computer genius coworker who is

Evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226915609256858313noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21919433.post-1140751659078757862006-02-23T18:52:00.000-08:002006-02-27T09:31:20.193-08:00

A Volunteer in Service to America...or so they call me. I've committed 1 year of my life to the Americorps mission of "antipoverty". I tend to wonder if it wouldn't be more a service to America to be "propoverty" since our country seems to thrive so much on the the exploitation of others. But , being the positive person I am (right hanso?), I will abandon my cynicism here and simply share my

Evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226915609256858313noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21919433.post-1140283478283721392006-02-18T09:01:00.000-08:002006-02-18T09:24:38.296-08:00

HAPPY 24th BIRTHDAY TO MY PALMER!!! I wish i could be with you BRO! Don't get too crazy- xoxo (well maybe not the kisses) from your sis. Palmer-Palmer memories:-Pastor Bobebeebitz-"Knock it off", "Where's the hamburger?"-Grandma Jo's House in IN putting the popcorn stalks back up after the storm-Ghostbuster/ Barbie Doll playing-Basketball on 19th Street Late into the evening-THe rozwadowski's

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Yes. I admit, and with great pride, that Hugsby comes before all the rest. It is true that if i could've put him in a BEEFY little suit and stood him up in my wedding, I would have. "Sick", "Ridiculous", "Cats drool"...these are some responses you might give, but it's only because you have yet to fall in love with a cat. And no, it doesn't count if you've fallen in love with a dog- or a pooch

Evehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11226915609256858313noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21919433.post-1139886725703706692006-02-13T18:57:00.000-08:002006-02-13T19:12:05.713-08:00

HOLA Gringos and Chicas! I've created this page for my friends and family, to share with you my rantings, my insights, my worries, my hopes, and my laughs. I hope you post a lot and reciprocate my vulnerability. I enjoy relationships, and i live for deeper ones. I named this site after Hugsby- my 20 year old cat and the most loyal of friends, full of unconditional love- not to mention his

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