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The Hances Move Too

Posted on August 24th, 2008 by adam in the category New Address

This email came in a few weeks ago, silly me, I forgot to post it. Lois was nice enough to remind me:

Hi All,

Some of you know this already but for those that don’t, we have some news….we sold our house!  It was all very sudden with little time to do much other than pack and find a new place fast, which we did.  We found a nice rental in Madison 1.5 miles from our old house.  The move went fairly well aside from the fact that we were without phone service for three days (we haven’t officially joined the cell phone age yet) and internet for two weeks.  But we’re sloooowly getting settled in and are back in business as far as email goes. The basement is loaded with boxes that will only get unpacked as needed, because the plan is to start looking for another - smaller - house on a smaller lot.  I say we’re downsizing, whereas George likes to say we’re starting a new adventure.  I hope it’s a fun ride!

Our phone number hasn’t changed…

Hope all is well with everyone.

Lorraine

If you need their address feel free to email me. I was sad that I missed Kristen’s graduation party (still waiting on some pics btw - got ‘em!), but I’ll definitely make it to the next one at your new place.

Kristen sent along some pictures of the last night in the old Hance homestead not to mention some pictures of her graduation party - thx Kristen!

The West Coast Covati

Posted on August 23rd, 2008 by adam in the category New Address

Lois emailed me this morning with some news about Steph, I think it’s probably best to let Steph say it herself:

Steph out playing soccerThere is a new game out in stores now… it is called “Where did Steph move to this time?”
I’ll give you all a hint…it isn’t with crazy older ladies (apparently the woman I had been renting a room from tried to kill her now ex-husband with a football trophy while he was sleeping on the sofa!!!)… it isn’t with 7 (yes- we were up to 7) dogs in the house…
Is it with a normal girl from Mass who works at Lockheed? With 2 guinea pigs?? YES!!!!!
So, I’ve moved- again…. hopefully I can stay at this place for longer than 2 months (I may have to simply because no one will help me move things for a 4th time in 3 months-go figure?!?)
I am actually closer to work (not a blessing), friends and soccer (a blessing!) and am very happy! Shauna-my roommate- is very cool and so far we are getting along great..she doesn’t wander around in her bra and panties and we actually hang out in the living room and chat! she likes my cats and has even made them a toy so the critters are happy as well….
Ack! It seemed a stuffed in that last place, but that’s downright nuts. I’m happy to hear you’re somewhere a bit more stable Steph. BTW, if you need Stephi’s new address just email me or Lois. Now we just need to organize a west coast covati meetup…

Mike at CERN

Posted on July 5th, 2008 by adam in the category News

A little while ago Lorraine sent out an email about the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN, where Mike works. There was a special on the Discover Channel about it. For those of you who missed it there are a number of YouTube videos on it (see below). For a quick overview on what it is that Mikey does over in Geneva, check out the BBC podcast video below.

Amazing stuff really. If you want to see the whole thing, some kind souls have actually uploaded the whole show in several clips. Take an hour and learn all about the Large Hadron Collider.

Update (08/02/2008): A new CERN video is out CERN RAP, check it out

Sailing in New Bern

Posted on July 4th, 2008 by adam in the category Get Togethers
Out Sailing

A few weekends ago I had the chance to go out sailing with my parents, Suzy and Forrest, and Danielle and James. It was a great time. The weather was looking like it wasn’t going to cooperate on Saturday, but things cleared up and we were treated to some fantastic wind, even if it was a bit overcast. On Sunday we were greated with some beautiful skies, though the wind was a bit hard to find.

I’m looking forward to many more of these trips as well as a trip out on the powerboat soon!

Click on the picture to the right to see all the pictures from this outing.

Making Raviolis

Posted on July 4th, 2008 by adam in the category Making Food

A few months ago some of us got together to make a batch of raviolis at Fred And Lois’. As usual great food and wine was had throughout the process. We’ve made raviolis quite a few times at their place, though this time we had only a few of the Covati clan there. Click on any of the images in the sideshow to the right to check out all the photos from the event.

The biggest addition, however, was the vacuum sealer, this thing not only did a fantastic job of sealing the raviolis (they’re still cooking up fresh!), but it was great fun to play with! Check out this video of us trying out it’s skills.

Hope to see you at the next ravioli party!

Welcome Covati Family!

Posted on July 2nd, 2008 by adam in the category update

I have moved my personal site to adamcovati.com, covati.com is now a place for the Covati family to get together and hang out.

More coming soon…