Today the children in Gore and Webbers Falls begin school. I told our friend Calee that kids in Oregon don’t start till after Labor Day and she was envious, but of course, around here they have to allow extra time for snow days. Continue reading
This weekend has been Wet and Wild Weekend at Marval. They’ve done this theme on the same weekend every year and people sign up for this one so they can participate in a water war. Some of the regular staff who have been through this before really get into it, too. Continue reading
The cutest thing happened today in the Activity Center. I have noticed that young children like to make things for their parents. Today a boy who is about to enter kindergarten came in and wanted to make something for his dad whose birthday was yesterday. Continue reading
A prize to Capi Reed from Reedwood Friends Church. She responded to my last post asking if the sound we’ve been hearing that the locals identified as being crickets could actually be cicadas. I went to YouTube and found what a cicada sounds like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mah26og11ms. Sure enough; that’s it! Oklahomans should be ashamed that a Portlander did better than them, and from only a verbal description! Continue reading
There are so many things about Oklahoma that make it a whole different culture from what I’m used to. This city girl has learned a lot about living in the country. I was just reminded of it again as I was sitting here at the Laundromat watching a man ride by the post office across the street on his horse. Continue reading
For several weeks now I’ve been mum about negotiations we’ve been making for when this job in Oklahoma ends. I wanted to be a little more certain it was going to happen before saying anything, but we have a tentative offer of employment and we’re in the process of jumping through all the hoops, so I think we can safely say we know where we’re going next… Continue reading
This is Mud Wars Weekend and this afternoon was the mud war. A large hole was dug along the road to the dumpster and it’s been getting watered for several days. Continue reading
Mark wanted to look for something at Camping World and the closest one to us is in Oklahoma City, so we took off this morning and headed west. Normally it might take a couple hours from our place, but we had to make a detour. Continue reading
I’ve had all sorts of responses and suggestions from my post about the flea problem we’ve been having. I think we managed to solve the problem yesterday but it also just about did me in as well… Continue reading
On our last weekend we focused on trying to get rid of fleas in the RV. In all fairness to our cats it must be said that we brought the fleas in on our clothes. Continue reading