The Wearing of the Orange

Steven is now officially gainfully employed. He will be working at the brand spanking new HOME DEPOT in our local area, working in the paint department. I'll be frank, the pay isnt great. The benefits are so/so and there is a 40 minute commute involved. BUT its a job. And I am so happy just to have SOMETHING.. I cant tell you how happy. SOooo if any of you locals need paint? Steve-o is your man. The manager tells him that he has more paint and management experience than the dept manager... so there is room for upward movement. He starts week after next.

I havent been blogging much due to total full out busyness. Our church put on its annual Vacation Bible School FIESTA!! WOW, and we were wide open all week. It ran 400 nightly and was pretty successful. Tonight was the finale for the kids and they were all pretty wound up. There was a nightly offering contest between the boys and the girls... the childrens minister promising that the male staff members would COW TOUNGE TACO if the girls gave more, his wife and her counterparts promising to eat jalapenos if the boys were victorious. AMAZINGLY (and contrary to the laws of nature and probability) it was an EXACT tie... watching the staff choke down mexican cow tounge tacos was pretty funny. The youth pastor totally "tossed his toads" according to Thing Two, whom, as a lover of all things dissgusting was THRILLED.

We were on "vacation" from The Boy this week, and it was nice. He has been such a wild thing lately. But I am glad that they are home safely and will be back with us again next week. I'll be glad to be back into a routine with him once Steven goes back to work. Soon after I'll have Ms Em, since Steph is going back to work the week of July 4th.

Summer camps also start pretty soon. I will go Jun 19-23 and then Thing One the the week after. Finally Thing Two will venture out on her own.. soloing for the first time. THREE nights. Im struggling with the thought of it a little. But I know she will be in good hands since our own Kids minister will be preaching there that week meaning his wife and other staff memebers will be close at hand. She may even have a semi-family member as her "counselor" since Meg a cousin's girlfriend will be there.

We are heading to the beach tommorow to celebrate the new job. YAY