tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921824817438393431.post7190286693681331658..comments2023-07-02T02:30:43.989-07:00Comments on Up the Rectory Path - and behind the Rectory Door: The property department.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921824817438393431.post-85219725946357342392013-02-15T13:58:42.937-08:002013-02-15T13:58:42.937-08:00Hello Linda - the cottage has been a great help - ...Hello Linda - the cottage has been a great help - tiredness causes everything to seem so much worse. We are glad to be able to escape the mess and sit down without thinking we ought to be unpacking another box. Thecurateswifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00698368420407630258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921824817438393431.post-73830077758192041102013-02-13T02:06:09.417-08:002013-02-13T02:06:09.417-08:00Don't panic! The circumstances were very diffe...Don't panic! The circumstances were very different. I was licensed as Priest-in-Charge for the first year (always done for first incumbencies in our diocese). Being in the midst of the foot-and-mouth epidemic in 2001 there could be no big service, so I was licensed in a very small service (Bishop, Archdeacon and churchwardens only) in my smallest church and started work within a month of first being appointed. The big service and houseful of guests happened the following year when I was officially inducted as VicarPerpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921824817438393431.post-35886835851971003812013-02-13T00:30:12.255-08:002013-02-13T00:30:12.255-08:00What can I say?...except I'm praying for you b...What can I say?...except I'm praying for you both in this moving and settling in time. I hope you find times of quiet in this busy period. The few days in the cottage sounds like a great idea and I'm sure you will enjoy family and friends being with you for The Rector2B's parish welcoming service. Thanks for taking the time to comment on my blog. Every blessing.Linda Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10634839688042592781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921824817438393431.post-4453912282818481332013-02-12T18:51:10.711-08:002013-02-12T18:51:10.711-08:003 months! I hope we shall have the house to oursel...3 months! I hope we shall have the house to ourselves before then. These are the things you don't get to hear about until they are happening to you too. We are suppose to have a full house of family and friends on March 7 th - which is when The Rector2B is installed. I hope they like sleeping in boxes!Thecurateswifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00698368420407630258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6921824817438393431.post-23599022342989167162013-02-12T10:36:29.076-08:002013-02-12T10:36:29.076-08:00Ouch, I feel for you, Harriet. When I was appointe...Ouch, I feel for you, Harriet. When I was appointed to my first parishes, the vicarage needed so much work (after a fifteen-year incumbency with a vicar who wouldn't let the property department do any work inside the house!) that we stayed on in our own home (luckily in a neighbouring parish) for 3 months until the work was finished. To be honest DH and weren't very impressed with the Diocesan Surveyor who needed a lot of chasing to make decisions, but thankfully the basic work was well carried out, though we still had to manage with a rather antiquated kitchen and bathroom.<br /><br />All the best with the settling-in period. When will The Rector take up his duties?Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.com