Welcome Home Michele!!!!

Wew ere lucky enough to surprise out niece Michele who is taking a little break from the Peace Corps to visit with family. She has spent the past few years in Mali helping out a town

with their water sanitation. It is very cool for my girl's to have such an example. She has finished her time there in Mali and has re-signed on for another tour. This time she will head to Senegal in a health position. She will be heading out to North Carolina to see her Mom before flying back, taking a bus then riding her bike into whatever village she is sent to. She hopes to find a permanent position in the government to help the people there. Have a safe trip Michele and God be with you til we meet again!!!

Gone Fishing!!!

It has been a week now that the sign went up. We have our flyers that we are handing out. There are nearly 3 or 4 heading off into nowhere daily. We have had lots of nibbles but two fairly good sized bites. I am thankful for our agent. I simply wanted to know about the nibbles, not to get excited, but to know that price-wise we were on the right track. I think we are. We were even asked how much for the inventory and fixtures if the prospective buyer wanted to purchase it all. I am sure that we will go through about 10-15 of these good sized bites until our fish gets on the line. Until then, we will continue prayers, fasting and thanking our Heavenly Father for both sides of our family supporting us in our decision. It could easily be turned into a sad sad thing, but instead it has only been a positive response from our family. For that I am truly grateful. Sometimes I find when you are following revelations it is not always easy. This one we must give up everything that we have and all of our fabulous friends and go to a new place for a new lifestyle...and I guarantee Texas is a much different lifestyle from California. We will be blessed for our decision and I can see the blessings waiting for us. Even in the difficult times there is sunshine blessed sunshine. I promise to blog something a little more original than just the move next time. For now I think I had better get some sleep. It looks like I am starting to type everything backwards. Not bad, but not good either!!!! Good night and happy fishing!!! I will try and get some special photos on my niece and tell you all about her adventures!!!!

I should ask Martha Stewart!!!!

Now, after talking to a friend, who I happened to graduate with, in the store we got on the subject of our 20th class reunion next year. In all honesty, and I am not the only one saying this. We have no desire to see any of our classmates. i know that sounds bad, but here is our reasoning. We really had no ultra close BFF's that we shared everything with. We we talk to our classmates, but there was just not that bond that many people have. So, we came up with an idea and I didn't know how this falls into the bonds of etiquette. Perhaps you all could help me?

Would it be a bad thing to plan an "Anti-Class Reunion Cruise" ?

I am dead serious! For those of us who really have no desire to see the people who made our four years of high school miserable we could get together and plan a cruise. We thought perhaps I could contact the classmates who didn't come to this year's reunion and invite them for the thirtieth or even the 25th!!! We laughed and thought it would be hysterical!!!
Just a thought...
What do you think Martha would say?!
I can only see her passed out at this point!!!

Just a thought...

hey! I just thought about this!!! If we are living in Texas by November and Corinna, Molly and I hit the midnight release of Twilight...we will see it before a majority of my friends here...2 hour time difference baby!!!! Wahoo!!!! Of course, I don't want to think of the gazillions on the East Coast that get to see it before I do either. WAAAHHHH!!!!!

Party Pong anyone?!?!

It couldn't have been more fun. Something I desperately needed. I woke up this morning and did a bit of writing and then made some good breakfast for everyone. We loaded up the truck with some of the boxes that were full and took them out to the garage. Finally I can start packing up a few other items I have been dying to get to. Yesterday, we took a couple items up to my parent's house that were theirs. We then spent much of the afternoon playing with the ducklings and chickens. The ducklings were cute, but the chickens...I don't know why, but I am still not a fan of chickens. Other than that I kept quite a distance from Dad's new bee set up. He has been given a few bee boxes and is going to be making his own honey. Grumpy Grandpa's Wildflower honey. Well, all day my family members offered to take me out and let me have a special visit with the bees...I am allergic to bee stings. Fabulous!!! Can you feel the love in the air?

Anyway, today we went over to some awesome friends' house for some fun. In the end we played quite a few rounds of Party Pong. If you have never played it before it is a fast paced game for 8 people. You race around the ping pong table taking turns volleying the ball to the other side. Every time you miss a shot you get a point against you. Three strikes and you are out. At first it isn't too bad, but in the end when you only have three players running around the table you can most certainly get wild and we had a great time! In the end as we ran around it had gotten so hot that we ran out into the back yard doing cannonballs into the pool, one right after another. It was hysterical. We got some rousing cheers from the rest of the group relaxing out by the pool. I needed the craziness to forget all the stress of daily life here. For me friends who hosted. I love you guys and I hope you had as much fun as we did.

Happy Labor Day All!!!