October 2011

October 2011

I applied for about 30 jobs, which was a lot of work--researching online, calling, e-mailing, searching newspapers, and turning my resume into CV's that were specific to the particular openings. While we were praying for my employment, we know many more were interceding for us at home as well. Thank you for those of you who prayed as I was called at the end of the month for two interviews. Kirk took the bus to the Glasgow and Edinburgh for research, and on one of those trips Ben and Katie and their kids brought him back with all the kids for a sleepover. We spent the next day in St. Andrews for a visit to the Castle and Cathedral ruins. Lots of fun!

New places visited:

• The Law, Dundee

The Law Monument to the Scottish who served in  the World Wars.

 Views from the Law-- From left to right, looking south over the Tay

Broughty Castle (far left), Oil Rig (left), Lighthouse (far right)

Tay Road Bridge (far left), Dundee (bottom), Tayport (top/across river)

Dundee University (around tall white/blue buildings), Tay Rail Bridge

The Silvery Tay

• Broughty Castle, Dundee

 

View from the castle toward Dundee bridges

Kirk on the drawbridge

Sunbeams from the beach

• Downtown Broughty Ferry, Dundee

At the board walk...before a seagull sabotaged my purse!

• St. Andrews Cathedral and Castle

St Andrews Castle

Benson and KayLee

Funny face

Silly Parker

Awww...us.  :)

Smile, Logan

The kids are tiny from this cathedral tower...158 steps?

St Andrews Castle (center left)

Cathedral remains

View toward the North Sea

• Dudhope Park, Dundee

• Magdalen Green, Riverfront, and Tay Rail Bridge, Dundee

Riverside Drive

An old mill on Shepherd's Loan, facing Magdalen Green.

Magdalen Green Bandstand

Captain Scott's RRS Discovery

The Riverfront

• Arbroath Abbey, Arbroath

Inside the Abbey

Entrance to the Abbey

Burial site of William the Lion, King of Scots, 1165-1214

Declaration of Arbroath, 1320, facsimile