Mike is doing well. He was officially hired on July 8 by CR England.  As I type this, he is in Minnesota headed to Indiana, then on to Colorado.  He texted me a bit earlier, saying today was a bad day and he’d talk to me later. Yuck.  Until then, he has sounded so good every time I talk to him. Better than he’s sounded in a very, very long time. But, gotta have a bad day sometime, huh?

Summer is passing quickly!  I took a part time job at our JoAnn’s store so I can get out of the house some and meet people my own age with similar interests.  That was one of the “deals” with Mike going on the road. He said I HAD to get out of the house some. Well, I love my job and am having so much fun!

We have a new care provider (aka “Nanny”) for Gregory, that also watches Felicity for me. She’s wonderful and has experience working with Autistic children. The kids both love her and it’s wonderful to come home from work to a peaceful house and not one of utter chaos.  She will be teaching both of the kids and I how to play piano and guitar. We are so excited! She, Felicity and I will be doing some sewing, quilting and crocheting, as well. Gregory is showing interest in crochet, so maybe we can even teach him.

The kids and I are hoping to make a trip to Albuquerque, NM sometime in August and then to Ozfest in Liberal, KS in October. Liberal, KS is the *official* home of Dorothy and “The Wizard of Oz”.

We are down to one chicken. Nonnie, our Serama pullet. She has become mostly a house chicken. She goes in and out with the dogs. We hold her alot and let her run free in the house supervised. Otherwise, she has a very large cage she calls home in the family room.  She even layed her first egg yesterday!  I have more Serama eggs on the way so Nonnie can have a couple of *girl* BFF to hang out with, besides us humans. Of course, she doesn’t seem to mind hanging out with us one bit.