Here are random things I want to remember.
In July, Jalen went to FSY. It was his second time and he loved it even more than the first time. He roomed with Gideon Stroud. I'm glad he has good friends in his life.
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| Jalen, Luke, Gideon, Alee |
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| with Gideon |
Nice view from the dorms. This was Alee's room since I never saw Jalen's.
The whole Irmo Ward gang.
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| no idea, no idea, Gage, no idea, Gideon, Jay, Jalen, Luke |
After dropping off Jalen, I met up with Stephanie Hall and went to lunch.
At some point we went to see the new Spiderman movie. It was so good. We loved it.
I made salsa with tomatoes and peppers from our pitiful garden.
Baylie wrote this beautiful tribute to me. It made me so happy. I wanted to save it forever.
Baylie got a scholarship from the NAACP. The award gala was a bit of a downer because they didn't have a dinner seat for her, but the award was beautiful and the scholarship was a welcome addition.
David went with her.
Our oven quit working and I was devastated. I love our oven and we couldn't afford to replace or repair it. Fortunately I found a YouTube video that taught me how to fix it. And it worked!!
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| taking it apart |
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| the culprit |
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| It works!! |
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| All back together. |
And we finally finished the brownies started two days earlier.
The next week the air conditioner went out. Crud! Once again, YouTube came to the rescue. We figured out that a part called a capacitor had gone out and we could replace it for $20! David bought the part at Home Depot and fixed it himself. So awesome! I didn't get a picture of the actual repair, but this is him being proud of himself once the air kicked back on.
And speaking of fans, we bought two fans for $20 each. Our kitchen had a fan, but later when our bedroom fan quit working, we moved the kitchen fan to the bedroom. Later the pull chain broke so we could never change the fan speed. So with the two new fans, we replaced the kitchen and bedroom fans! Score!
I'm so proud of us!
We got two new chickens. They are so pretty. We are fostering them while Ella Filter is on her mission in the Philippines.
Spike is eating and pooping more than ever. He seems like a pretty happy camper.
Jalen went to Fleet Feet and got measured for new cross country shoes. They do custom analysis and fitting.
The employee that helped him was his teammate Zack.
Jalen paid half and we paid half. They were not cheap!
But he loves them.
Baylie was invited to sing the National Anthem at the ribbon cutting of the new Saluda Shoes Riverwalk at Dreher Shoals park. She nailed it. You can see her sing it
HERE.
With her principal, Dr. Kaaren Hampton.
We did fantasy football again this year and apparently my team is going to be amazing. I don't know most of the people I picked, but I have Puka Nakua and Travis Kelce.
A lot of good things are happening right now. It's weird without Baylie, but I'm really happy for her.
