Our week at Grandma's

We are staying at Joe's parents house this week while they are on a post-mission trip to Oregon. Joe's brother Dusty just got back from his mission in February and they went back to meet the mission president and others Dusty met on his 2 year adventure. It is fun staying somewhere different for a change! Mallorie is having a good time because of all the new stuff she gets to explore. I have noticed that Anita(Joe's mom) sure does keep alot of snacks and goodies around and that is not good for me! We're all taking advantage of that:P It is also nice not to have to drive 45 miles to go somewhere. Mal's cousins are supposed to come over today. She loves playing with them, but we live just a little too far for drop-in visits. So overall this should be a pretty fun week...It might be hard to get me to go home! I hope our garden survives with our neighbor watering it. Our neighbor is a very nice person, but he is also the "town drunk"! No, I'm not kidding. He brings Mallorie a Yoo-hoo almost everyday, or at least something, and we have grown fond of him. He has two flags flying on rickety poles; the Florida Gator flag, and the Confederate flag. He lives in a camper trailer and you don't set anything you are trying to get rid of at the road for pick-up because it will be in his yard before the trash guys get there. Every Saturday at "high noon" as he calls it, if we're sitting on our porch we can listen to Bluegrass coming from his out-dated battery-powered radio. Anyway, I went on a tangent!...He is supposed to water the garden...I do have faith in him, though. I also have faith in someone else and am praying to them asking for the survival of our garden!





On Saturday, I'm taking Joe on a trip for Father's day(which is not this weekend, I know) and he doesn't know where we are going yet. I sure hope he likes what I have planned. My mom and Mallorie are also coming for some of the fun, and then I have something planned just for the two of us. I'm really excited! It's eating him alive not to know...I've tried to take him on a surprise trip before but he always ended up finding out. Anyway, I'll update with how the trip went.





I'm also trying to figure out how to go about getting a job as a school teacher here in Georgia. I think I've decided that's what I want to do so that Mallorie can go to the schools here rather than the county we live in. I would get off around 2:30-3:00, summers off, and still have a reasonable starting salary. Sounds absolutely awesome to me. The only bad thing, but a big one, is that it is hard to get hired in as a music teacher. Appearantly there is a waiting line! The ole' supply and demand theory. So, what kind of teacher would I be, you ask? GREAT QUESTION! I'm still looking for the answer, too...Joe wants me to work at his elementary school. I've got alot of praying to do.

Hope everyone is having an enjoyable week!




Mal at Grandma & Papa's & Our Neighbor Paul