tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59636767230081396032024-03-13T13:56:23.787-07:00Fenter Family 6Fenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16489087657283039382noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963676723008139603.post-74738522005930091502010-10-29T18:33:00.000-07:002010-10-29T18:44:17.309-07:00My daughter says I have neglected my blog badly. I have but it has been a very busy year.<div>Carolyn had surgery in March and I came back to the US for that. Dave and I visited Florence and the Cinque Terre region of Italy in May. Daniel announced he was engaged to his long-time girl friend Lauren and they were getting married in Hawaii in June, 2011. Dave and I along with Brother Paul visited London and Weybridge in July, and I came back to the states in July and went to see Carolyn in Shreveport for a week, went to Artist Expo for a week, and then onto Clinton, Mass. for an icon painting class and then finally to Spokane to visit my in-laws. Before I got there Carolyn announced she was pregnant with our first grandchild . </div><div>The day we got back to Doha, we found out Kevin had totalled the Civic and our son-in-law gave him his car to get back to university in Ohio. We went to Madrid and Barcelona, Spain in September.</div><div>Now I am in Houston helping a friend of mine at the International Quilt Market and Festival and looking at my hometown of Houston with different eyes. When I get back to Doha, I will post some pictures I took near downtown.</div><div><br /></div>Fenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16489087657283039382noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963676723008139603.post-30950654995804064302010-05-23T11:09:00.000-07:002010-05-23T11:11:33.169-07:00Back from ItalyDave and I went on our first vacation for 2010. We went to Florence and Santa Margherita Ligure near the Cinque Terre in Italy. I will be posting pictures later.Fenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16489087657283039382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963676723008139603.post-7518491752671038492010-03-26T10:59:00.000-07:002010-03-26T11:04:49.682-07:00Back in the statesMy son Kevin has been wanting me to update my blog. I have been in the US since March 2. My daughter Carolyn had surgery and I came to the states to help. When we came back to Shreveport I took a class with Cheri Rol in New London. I really enjoyed it and then it was a six hour trip to Georgetown where my parents live, and life has been very slow this week. I will be leaving here tomorrow to see my sister Nancy and then unto The Woodlands to spend a day with our former next door neighbors, and then back to Doha on Monday, March 29.Fenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16489087657283039382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963676723008139603.post-10406111335638064022009-11-15T01:16:00.000-08:002009-11-15T01:22:12.405-08:00More Austria Pictures<div style="text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;">These are pictures taken at the Hotel Kartase where my son Kevin is at for fall semester. It was an old monastery that was remodeled in the 80's and where the Franciscan students can attend one semester during university</div><br /><div style="text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Sv_HD_rqiUI/AAAAAAAAAHw/Flegyvx-_P8/s1600-h/IMG_0035.JPG"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Sv_HD_rqiUI/AAAAAAAAAHw/Flegyvx-_P8/s160/IMG_0035.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a> </div><br /><div style="text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Sv_HEG1QZCI/AAAAAAAAAH4/gs2e6WIQmzY/s1600-h/IMG_0036.JPG"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Sv_HEG1QZCI/AAAAAAAAAH4/gs2e6WIQmzY/s160/IMG_0036.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a> </div><br /><div style="text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Sv_HEdMb_rI/AAAAAAAAAIA/5JzrJ1QXrJA/s1600-h/IMG_0037.JPG"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Sv_HEdMb_rI/AAAAAAAAAIA/5JzrJ1QXrJA/s160/IMG_0037.JPG" border="0" alt="" /></a> </div><div style="clear:both; text-align:CENTER"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>Fenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16489087657283039382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963676723008139603.post-5481103866793891832009-11-15T01:07:00.000-08:002009-11-15T01:08:52.371-08:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Sv_FIVuwozI/AAAAAAAAAHE/gFPaH793erQ/s1600-h/IMG_0023.JPG"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Sv_FIVuwozI/AAAAAAAAAHE/gFPaH793erQ/s160/IMG_0023.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Sv_FIa8W66I/AAAAAAAAAHM/rx963cwaXgk/s1600-h/IMG_0024.JPG"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Sv_FIa8W66I/AAAAAAAAAHM/rx963cwaXgk/s160/IMG_0024.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Sv_FIuquSzI/AAAAAAAAAHU/NxScOdqXrFo/s1600-h/IMG_0025.JPG"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Sv_FIuquSzI/AAAAAAAAAHU/NxScOdqXrFo/s160/IMG_0025.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Sv_FI8ZHN2I/AAAAAAAAAHc/jwIbn6d8Kok/s1600-h/IMG_0026.JPG"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Sv_FI8ZHN2I/AAAAAAAAAHc/jwIbn6d8Kok/s160/IMG_0026.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a><div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Fenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16489087657283039382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963676723008139603.post-70921942067662799222009-11-15T00:58:00.000-08:002009-11-15T01:01:55.030-08:00Austria 2009<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Sv_Cv478ajI/AAAAAAAAAG0/KEfVcCLAXYQ/s1600-h/IMG_0174.JPG"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Sv_Cv478ajI/AAAAAAAAAG0/KEfVcCLAXYQ/s160/IMG_0174.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a>Hi, These are a couple of pictures from our trip in Austria.<div>I am still trying to learn this; so I will posting more pictures.</div><div>Karen<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Sv_CwBUvRjI/AAAAAAAAAG8/32bzHsyCBmE/s1600-h/IMG_0175.JPG"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Sv_CwBUvRjI/AAAAAAAAAG8/32bzHsyCBmE/s160/IMG_0175.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a><div style="clear:both; text-align:LEFT"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" alt="Posted by Picasa" style="border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div></div>Fenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16489087657283039382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963676723008139603.post-20432249061580646552009-11-10T05:28:00.000-08:002009-11-10T05:36:24.542-08:00Hi from Doha in Novmeber!!Hi from Doha,<div>I have not been able to post until now. I have been taking driving lessons to hopefully pass my second attempt at the driving test. My second test is November 18th. Dave did not pass his either and the next test is supposed to be December 9th. </div><div>We have been traveling. We went to Austria to visit our youngest son, Kevin who is going to university there for the semester. We had a good time seeing Kevin; the only bad thing was I badly sprained my ankle while I was there. The first few days after injuring it were tough, but I was able to walk after a couple of days. The weather was 50 degrees colder than here in Doha.</div><div>I will post pictures as soon as we download them off the camera. </div><div>We are going to a Winter Ball sponsored by the Pegasus Club which is sponsored by the company Dave works for on Friday. Then we got tickets to go see the England -Brazil soccer match. People over here are as soccer mad as we are football or basketball; so this is like getting tickets for the Texans game back home;</div><div><br /></div>Fenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16489087657283039382noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963676723008139603.post-74615993584897339842009-10-09T11:55:00.001-07:002009-10-09T11:55:59.711-07:00More pictures<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Ss-HOZBK4nI/AAAAAAAAAFg/vEsTpIqrjkQ/s1600-h/IMG_0014.JPG"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Ss-HOZBK4nI/AAAAAAAAAFg/vEsTpIqrjkQ/s160/IMG_0014.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Ss-HO2Jel3I/AAAAAAAAAFo/Qp5Rg4YLnBU/s1600-h/IMG_0015.JPG"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Ss-HO2Jel3I/AAAAAAAAAFo/Qp5Rg4YLnBU/s160/IMG_0015.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Ss-HPMVee9I/AAAAAAAAAFw/qjWP93qxkKA/s1600-h/IMG_0016.JPG"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Ss-HPMVee9I/AAAAAAAAAFw/qjWP93qxkKA/s160/IMG_0016.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a> These are pictures taken near to where we live. Needless to say, there is a lot of sand and not a lot of green. The roads here are based on the British system as this was one of their colonies and the drivers can be a little crazy. It has taken me a while to get used to it, but I am getting a little more confident.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Ss-HPs_Jf-I/AAAAAAAAAF4/p3nCWOuIWDU/s1600-h/IMG_0017.JPG"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Ss-HPs_Jf-I/AAAAAAAAAF4/p3nCWOuIWDU/s160/IMG_0017.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a><div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Fenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16489087657283039382noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963676723008139603.post-17514895454423819442009-10-09T11:34:00.000-07:002009-10-09T11:35:02.789-07:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Ss-CT1vL6ZI/AAAAAAAAAD8/Xw3pPWLaztM/s1600-h/IMG_0005.JPG"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Ss-CT1vL6ZI/AAAAAAAAAD8/Xw3pPWLaztM/s160/IMG_0005.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Ss-CUD8twKI/AAAAAAAAAEE/vIP1X26ZQSo/s1600-h/IMG_0006.JPG"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Ss-CUD8twKI/AAAAAAAAAEE/vIP1X26ZQSo/s160/IMG_0006.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a> These are more pictures from the villa and landscape. Still playing on how to do the blog.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Ss-CUiSrVRI/AAAAAAAAAEM/BBHt1C4KyeU/s1600-h/IMG_0008.JPG"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Ss-CUiSrVRI/AAAAAAAAAEM/BBHt1C4KyeU/s160/IMG_0008.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Ss-CVBFHjQI/AAAAAAAAAEU/E82Jf1omexw/s1600-h/IMG_0009.JPG"><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Ss-CVBFHjQI/AAAAAAAAAEU/E82Jf1omexw/s160/IMG_0009.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a><div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Fenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16489087657283039382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963676723008139603.post-90402610373508437602009-10-09T11:22:00.000-07:002009-10-09T11:23:08.171-07:00PIctures from Doha!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Ss9_hRJ1iiI/AAAAAAAAADc/EJqhlVivirA/s1600-h/IMG_0001.JPG"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Ss9_hRJ1iiI/AAAAAAAAADc/EJqhlVivirA/s320/IMG_0001.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a> Hopefully, I am doing this right. These are pictures of me and some rooms and landscape from Doha!! Enjoy.<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Ss9_h0qb2bI/AAAAAAAAADk/-7P4dS5cMaE/s1600-h/IMG_0002.JPG"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Ss9_h0qb2bI/AAAAAAAAADk/-7P4dS5cMaE/s320/IMG_0002.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Ss9_iO3ucmI/AAAAAAAAADs/TCkyzaiYtx4/s1600-h/IMG_0003.JPG"><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Ss9_iO3ucmI/AAAAAAAAADs/TCkyzaiYtx4/s320/IMG_0003.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Ss9_io5XeEI/AAAAAAAAAD0/Dt2mJzMKhz0/s1600-h/IMG_0004.JPG"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bCZ8RbBfRWk/Ss9_io5XeEI/AAAAAAAAAD0/Dt2mJzMKhz0/s320/IMG_0004.JPG" border="0" alt="" style="clear:both;float:left; margin:0px 10px 10px 0;" /></a><div style='clear:both; text-align:LEFT'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>Fenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16489087657283039382noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963676723008139603.post-75604297585286615782009-10-02T11:06:00.000-07:002009-10-02T11:14:58.107-07:00Friday in Doha!!Friday and Saturday are the weekend here in Doha. Most of the native Qataris are not up early on this day, so it is a good day to go shopping for groceries early and the traffic is a lot less. I drove the car in Doha today. Overall I did alright. We went and did major grocery shopping for the first time and Dave and I made spaghetti for dinner tonight. We also took some pictures and will post them to the blog.Fenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16489087657283039382noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963676723008139603.post-43419992040726493302009-10-01T06:47:00.000-07:002009-10-01T07:05:13.870-07:00My day today in DohaI went to a Pegasus Club meeting which is part of the Exxon-Mobil club internationally. One of the women on the Welcome Committee came to pick me up to go to the meeting at the Four Seasons-Doha. It is a gorgeous hotel. I met a lot of women including a couple of women one whose son graduated from the same high school as my youngest son Kevin and had some of the same friends. It is a very small world.<div>I am going to drive for the first time tomorrow in Doha. We are still waiting for our residency papers so we can buy a car and also take a driving test which apparently only US citizens have to take. Not looking forward to that, but hopefully will pass it.</div><div>Friday and Saturday are not workdays here. At 11:30, most people who are Islam start their prayers and their day. Dave and I are going to do grocery shopping tomorrow and look around for some things we still need. </div><div>I am hoping that we can go the the souqs which is the traditional markets in Doha. They sell anything from produce to persian rugs to gold. You mainly need to pay in cash because they usually do not take credit cards. Some of the souqs are smaller than a walk=in closet. Qatar takes credit cards, but a lot of shops mainly deal in cash. </div><div>I want to get a little decoration because the villa is very sterile. I have some of my pictures that I hung or painted coming from the states in my sea shipment, but it will be mid-November before they come.</div>Fenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16489087657283039382noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5963676723008139603.post-40619294164570157012009-09-30T05:58:00.000-07:002009-09-30T06:06:46.908-07:00Hello from Doha!!!Hello from Doha!! We are slowly getting settled into our new life. There are a lot of things that are different from the USA but a lot of things are the same. There are restaurants that are familiar. For example, there is an Applebee's, Chili's, Macaroni Grill,Krispy Creme, Dunkin Donuts, Baskin Robbins, Cold Stone Creamery, McDonald's and Burger King. I have not ventured into a car yet; they drive somewhat nutty over here. There is a lot of construction here both road and a lot of building construction. We haven't had time to take pictures, but I will post them when we do.Fenterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16489087657283039382noreply@blogger.com3