GREETINGS FROM CARPINTERIA.

SINCE THE LAST SENTINEL CALLIE NICOLE BALCH WAS BORN JUNE 22. SHE IS OUR FIRST GREAT GRANDCHILD. SHE IS ADORABLE AND IS DOING VERY WELL. BRIANNA WENT BACK TO TEACHING AT CANALINO GETTING HOME AT 12:30. SOMETIMES IT IS ALL DAY. SHE DOES INTERVENTION WITH THE CHILDREN.
DANIELLE LEFT AUGUST 1st FOR IRELAND. SHE HAS WORKED ON 3 DIFFERENT ORGANIC FARMS FOR TWO WEEKS EACH GETTING FREE BOARD AND ROOM. THEN A VISIT IN BELFAST BEFORE SHE WENT ON TO SCOTLAND. FROM THERE SHE SPENT TIME IN LONDON VISITING FRIENDS. NOW SHE HAS JUST COMPLETED A WEEK LONG COLLEGE COURSE IN SO. ENGLAND ON MEDICINAL PLANTS. HER NEXT ADVENTURE IS GERMANY VISITING A GIRL SHE WORKED WITH IN IRELAND. SHE WILL WORK HER WAY TO ROME AND FLY HOME DEC. 17 UNLESS HER MONEY RUNS OUT. WHAT AN EXPERIENCE SHE IS HAVING. COLLIN AND HIS GIRL FRIEND SPENT 5 DAYS WITH US IN JULY. THEY LUCKED OUT WITH THE BEST BEACH WEATHER WE HAD ALL SUMMER. HE IS STILL LIVING AT TAHOE. DAVID WILL BE HAVING EYE SURGERY TO CAUTERIZE A BLOOD VESSEL FROM HIS DETACH RETINA.
WE STARTED TO ADD ON ANOTHER BATHROOM IN THE BARN. A PROJECT THAT WILL BE DONE THIS MONTH. THE WAY REGULATIONS ARE FOR FARM WORKERS WE HAVE TO HAVE FACILITIES. WE DID NOT WANT A WORKER USING OURS IN THE HOUSE. THIS IS BETTER THAN A PORTABLE AND IT IS DEDUCTIBLE. IT WILL REALLY BE CLOSER TO THE KITCHEN FOR ME. IT WILL HELP KEEP THE HOUSE CLEANER FROM ANGE'S DIRT ON HIS SHOES.
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
AS FOR US, WE ARE MANAGING. MARIE HAD A BAD FALL THE END OF SEPTEMBER AND BROKE HER RIGHT ARM SO SHE IS IN A CAST. IT IS AMAZING WHAT YOU LEARN TO DO WITH YOUR LEFT HAND. YOU ARE GETTING THIS SENTINEL INFORMATION IN CAPS AS IT IS EASIER FOR HER. WE WISH ALL OF YOU THE BEST FOR THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY SEASON. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEWS IN THE SENTINEL.
LOVE & HUGS, MARIE & ANGE