summer is almost over.
we've kept busy, so it doesn't really feel like summer was here much at all.
except for the heat and humidity. we felt that.
caleb spent most of his summer being an awesome scout master and doing school stuff.
i spent my summer working and reaching my breaking point with my job. so when i got another offer at a new facility, i took it.
i've been there a few weeks, and it's good overall.
but i really want a real therapeutic recreation job. not just "activities".
here are some other summer highlights...
fourth of july:
we enjoyed a true small town america experience, complete with pickles on a stick.
later, we came to know the fried pickle...
other food we've tried here include local goats milk, catfish, macaroni and tomatoes, fried okra, fried mushrooms, and almost anything else you can think of in fried form.
our anniversary:
august 16th marked three wonderful years of marriage!
we celebrated by going to a smaller town west of us, where a large amish community is located. we stayed at a country b&b and enjoyed a lazy weekend.
we tried to mingle with the amish folk.
we shopped at their country store, where we bought a cookbook and root bear extract. we went to the buggy shop and learned alot. i had to drag caleb away from the carpenter's shop. he loves tools and wood working, so he especially appreciated all they can do without electricity. he really wants a well-made, real wood, amish peice of furniture. so we may go back.
we also went to the laura ingalls wilder museum/houses.
this is where she wrote the little house on the prairie books and lived most of her life with almanzo and their daughter rose.
the museum and her houses had so many authentic pieces and interesting parts of her history.
did you know laura was only 4'11" and almanzo 5'3"?
not quite how the show portrays.
this is the nice, victorian cottage rose built for them when they were older.
it was way modern for its time, with many conveniences and very pricey. rose could afford it because she was the second highest paid author/war correspondent for the company she worked for. she was very forward thinking, especially for a woman at that period.
yes, i am a book nerd, but it was really fun to see the connections between the books and her real life.
now, caleb is about to start the fall semester.
we have some new goals we're trying to implement.
one of them involves losing weight.
we've been playing tennis, and i'm going to start running again.
life is going forward in missouri.
we're glad we chose to come here. it's been a great place to live and a good time for growth.
