Maria cleaned the house.]]> Maria cleaned the house]]> Maria came to clean the house.]]> Maria cleaned. A whole lot of food spilled onto the kitchen range so that was worse than usual.]]> Maria cleaned the house.]]> Maria came to clean the house.]]> This was Maria's first day working for us. It went perfectly fine. Elizabeth Orlowski, who was our former cleaning person, has decided to move back to Poland in the near future. She recommended Maria to us.]]> Maria Lind gave the annual Belle Ribikoff lecture at Vassar earlier in the evening. This was followed by dinner at Cappy's (the President of Vasssar College) house. See the following six entries.]]> Maria Lind gave the annual Belle Ribikoff lecture at Vassar earlier in the evening. This was followed by dinner at Cappy's (the President of Vasssar College) house. See the previous entry and the following five entries.]]> Maria Lind gave the annual Belle Ribikoff lecture at Vassar earlier in the evening. This was followed by dinner at Cappy's (the President of Vasssar College) house. See the previous two entries and the following four entries.]]> Maria Lind gave the annual Belle Ribikoff lecture at Vassar earlier in the evening. This was followed by dinner at Cappy's (the President of Vasssar College) house. See the previous three entries and the following three entries.]]> Maria Lind gave the annual Belle Ribikoff lecture at Vassar earlier in the evening. This was followed by dinner at Cappy's (the President of Vasssar College) house. See the previous four entries end the following two entries.]]> Maria Lind gave the annual Belle Ribikoff lecture at Vassar earlier in the evening. This was followed by dinner at Cappy's (the President of Vassar College) house. See the previous five entries and the following entry.]]> Maria Lind gave the annual Belle Ribikoff lecture at Vassar earlier in the evening. This was followed by dinner at Cappy's (the President of Vassar College) house. See the previous six entries.]]> Maria had gotten home from vacation on Thursday. She got to JFK at 6 o'clock and didn't get home until 12 midnight, because of the bad snow storm we had that evening. She had gone to Aruba for a couple of weeks. She was very tan and said she had a terrific time.]]> Maria came to clean.]]> Maria cleaned the house.]]> She came to clean.]]> Maria came to clean.]]> Maria came to clean.]]> Maria came to clean]]> Maria came to clean.]]> She cleaned.]]> Maria came to clean.]]> Maria got here to clean at about the time I was ready to head to NYC. I paid her, took this photograph and left. Cathy (Murphy was in her upstairs studio working on BEGIN AGAIN.]]> She came to clean.]]> Maria cleaned. I made coffee for both of us when she arrived.]]> We all went out to dinner at Mariners Harbor on the West Bank of the Hudson across from Poughkeepsie.]]> Next May is my 80th Birthday and Catherine's (Murphy) in the January after that. We were thinking about having an 80th birthday party for both of us next summer. We asked Marivic if she would be interested in cooking for the party and she said she would. This morning she surprised us with a pork dish, which we are going to eat for dinner tonight. I tasted it before I put it in the fridge and it is delicious.]]> Marivic goes back to the Phillippines on July 19 to visit. Her first time back in four years. Jean will be heading back soon after that, also her first time back in four years. Darren (Pulver) will also be going but won't stay as long as Jean.]]> 2005-11-13]]>