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Gloucester, MA, United States
Listening and Spoken Language Specialist, Certified Auditory-Verbal Therapist, Speech-Language Pathologist, International consultant for LSLS training and children with hearing loss, husband-wife AVCC team, mother of three amazing individuals.

Friday, February 19, 2016

February 2015 to February 2016

February 19, 2015 was our last day in Qatar LAST year and it is our first day in Qatar THIS year!

Where did a whole year go? I intended to blog, I did, but I just didn't. Now I want to blog!

Here’s our Watson ABC poem for 2015…

Amazing year for the Watsons
Babies, Nora and Cai, join this Watson clan
Cailan Murphy Watson is born: 12.18.15 - love our adorable grandson
Discovering the incredible joys of grand-parenting
Erin takes maternity leave from Pact
Fraser teaches at Landmark School; starts outdoor leadership program
Gorgeous freshly cut Christmas tree now decorated for the holidays
Highland Flyer sail to St. Pierre, SW coast of Newfoundland in July
Italian Alps: April ski mountaineering; beautiful Bormio Baths
Jim & Lea enjoy semi-retirement; still work by choice
Keara designs at Tessera Tile & Stone Co.; lives in Essex
Long stay at Killick, Baddeck, Nova Scotia; includes Oct Celtic Colors
Marlin gets re-furbished big time; new coat of “Gaylark gray” paint
Nora Helene Watson is born: 8.15.15 - love our sweet granddaughter
Owling in Dogtown with Brody & Sebby, our fun grand dogs
Painting “au plein aire”; recycle paintings into Christmas cards
Qatar: teach at the University of Toronto Doha Project; dessert is hot
Reservoir & Wingaersheek walks help us think clearly and be healthy
Sam takes maternity leave from Children’s Friend & Family Services
Thankful for our terrific gray cat, Monty Montana – so loyal and loving
Understand more about the Middle East after staying for a month
Vineyard in September: work & bike; Martha’s Vineyard magic
Winter 2015: 100+ inches of snow: digging out our buried cars for days
Xan works at Pacific Biosciences; field service engineer
Yoga retreat in March, Eleuthera, Bahamas; discover again the beauty
Zhatar spices our life! It’s an oregano blend. You might like it, too.

In January Jim raced the Conch Republic Cup to Cuba and I flew over to meet him!
We had an amazing time. I will publish a blog post with the best photos of Cuba. We arrived home from Cuba last Wednesday and left for Doha, Qatar this past Wednesday! We are busy.