Community Updates!

Hello Canby Community Members!

Yeah, yeah, I know we aren’t very good at keeping up with this, but I’m going to make a solid effort to try!

We have had a couple of new people move in since the last time we posted, Miriam and Donny have both joined us in the last couple of months! They are both super cool people!

Because of the new people, and because we like all you guys, we are having a community forum next month that we would like to invite you all to! Feburary 10th, you can all come over for discussions about the house and the community. Ask us your questions! Give us your thoughts!

Questions that may be asked are…

What do you look for in a community?

What do you need that we aren’t providing?

What do you like about this community?

…and various other things of the sort!

There will be food involved, and if you come for just that reason, that’s totally fine! (We’ll just tie you to a chair and make you stay…) Kidding.

Come one, Come all. Its our first try, so it might be weird. Just go with it.

Dog! Cat! Chickens!

2012 so far has seemed to focus on animals for us.  I would love to introduce you!  Even more, I would love for you to stop by and introduce yourself.  But one thing at a time.

CAT

Most of you have met Calvin. He is ancient. He is fat. He can be adorable. He can also be a curmudgeon.

DOG

Jessica V adopted a dog! His name is Finnick (yes, after the character from The Hunger Games) and he is an English Setter.  He will point at birds and pull on his leash. But we love him so much. He wiggles like a worm when you come home!

CHICKENS

The Canby House presses on with our chicken ideals, despite the fact that I believe we are now World: 7, Canby House Chickens: 1.  Please correct me if I’m wrong.

We had one survivor from our last batch.  We call her, affectionately, Black Chicken.

Yesterday Jessica and I went to the Urban Farm Store and picked up 3 pullets (teenage chickens).  We got one Australorp (to match Black Chicken) and 2 Plymouth Barred Rocks and they are currently about the size of pigeons.

Furry roommates are the best.

Canby House new(er) and new(est)!

The winter/spring/summer/fall of 2011 have seen a lot of changes at the Canby House.  Here is the EXTREMELY abridged version:

• Brandon proposed marriage to Candice. AND she said yes!
• Jake proposed marriage to Emily. AND she said yes!
• BEACH TRIP!
• Stephanie moves to CCACC for the summer to work as a kids camp coordinator.
• Dan and Mell FINALLY get married.
• Jessica Vinson moves to Canada for six weeks in the summer.
• Jake moves out of the Canby House
• Erin/Emily move in to the Canby House
• Emily/Jake get married! (Emily moves out of the Canby House)
• Candice/Brandon get married! (Candice moves out of the Canby House)
• Jessica R gets into grad school for nursing at NYU!!
• Lisby Rogers moves in to the Canby House
• 2012!!!

Here are several pictures to correlate with the above stories.  Mostly to prove that they really happened.

Brandice engaged!

Jake and Emily get engaged, too.

Dan and Mell get married!

aaand Emily and Jake get married!

aaaaaaaannnnnnddddd Candice and Brandon get married!

This isn't nursing school, but it is awesome.

THE NEW ROOMMATE LISBY!

As you can see it’s been a bit hectic around here so we apologize for the delayed blog postings.  Hopefully we’ll be more on top of it during 2012, until the world ends, that is.

Canby House Former: Where are they NOW?

You may have noticed that the Canby House Family tab lists former residents of the Canby House.  Just for fun, let’s do a VH-1 style Where Are They Now? segment. 

Canby House Former:

Where are they now? 

Part I 

John…
is hating his life in Los Angeles, and working on 3-D imaging (is that the right word) for movies such as Captain America and Thor.  However, in an effort to loathe his life less, John has been refusing to assimilate into the common Californian culture.  Recently, various members of the community got text messages or phone calls from John saying, “Hey, can you send me that recipe for granola?” and “How do you make that applesauce I had at your house?” and “Mom, I’m at Target. Which canning lids should I get?”  Way to bring some old fashioned, DIY, simple livin’ to the godforsaken land of L.A., John.  You are truly an inspiration.  We all await a glorious blog post about your new domestic adventures.

Rick (and Christine)…

are pregnant!  They’re having a baby boy!  With the above chemistry, who can blame ’em?!

Randy…

is engaged!  He gave up his life in Portland to chase after the alluring and elusive Aubrie in Colorado.  He’s now the youth pastor at Christ Community Covenant Church.  Congratulations, you two!  Check out The Proposal here. 

Stay tuned next week for Canby House Former: Where Are They Now?  Part II.

CH + J^2 = AWESOME^n

Back  in September 2010, the Canby House (CH) indulged itself in a little equation.

What if we add (+) Jessica R (JLR) to our house? 

CH + JLR = x

She moved in, and quickly we realize that:

x = AWESOME!

JLR has taught us a TON about active listening and follow-up questions, hospitality from the perspective of a Namibian (pronounced NamBOOeyin), and the glories of SCUBA diving (including the lovableness of scallops!).  Not only that, but Jessica jumped right in as an amazingly active and thoughtful roommate and member of our community!  She rocks at the dishes, too.  Oh, and baking stuff.  Oh!  And inspiring us with her ravenous studying.  She’s awesome.   

A few months went by, and another opportunity for a NEW equation came up.  Jessica Vinson (JV), after months and months of being involved in our community while living at home, was offered a job at Vermont Hills Preschool, a mere 4 miles from the Canby House.  The Canby House (now CH + JLR = CH) asked itself:

if CH + JLR = AWESOME, what would  y equal if

CH + JV = y  ??

Without knowing what y would equal, we decided to put our equation to the test.   JV moved in.

After only a few days, we can tell that JV is a great addition to CH.  I mean,  first of all, she makes crafts all the time.  How great is that?!  And last night she made yellow curry for everyone.  Off.  The.  Hook.  And time will reveal even MORE greatness, we are convinced.

 We can honestly say that  y (also) = AWESOME. 

Therefore, if

x = AWESOME

and

y = AWESOME

And, if

x+y > x

x+y > y

THEN:

CH + J^2 = AWESOME^n

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Check out the Family tab for ALL new additions to the Canby House Clan.