Long time....

So it's been almost three months since I've posted anything....ahhhh, summer!

I worked as a substitute special-ed paraeducator for Omak School District until Mid-June. It was a ton of fun but also gave may some insight as to what is going on with school systems/education today. It was really hard for me to see kids falling through the cracks not necessarily by the fault of the school system but by a combination of things. Happily, in most cases, the school system was the "positive" aspect of the kids life. I was supposed to recieve a full-time permanent-ish position but that fell through due to the wonders of Union agreements. I'm hoping that there will be something opening soon, at least that's what they keep telling me *sigh*.
The month of June was a busy one for us with Pride parades, birthdays, and our 7 year anniversary. It was a busy month and although it was fun, I'm glad it's past. We went to Lake Osooyoos, Canada for the 4th of July with our friends and their family. It was entertaining and a good time.

I spent a lot of time working in the Garden of Despair as I now call it. All I managed to get in the ground due to a series of unfortunate events was tomatoes, onions, peppers, and eggplant. I'm going to try planting late season things and see what I get but the rest will have to wait until next year. We may be buying a house sometime in the next 6-months due to our swell landlord deciding to sell our place. We may buy the house that we are in but honestly, if we are buying I want more land and more rooms! Life in Okanogan isn't as bad as you may think and we are considering extending our stay here to 5 years total if some other things fall into place. We shall see.
Most of July was spent working on the Wizard of Oz youth theater camp. It was run by and attended by numerous Mormons. Now that in itself was not really a problem except for the fact that I felt a little judged, many of us were treated like slaves, and there was little recognition of our talents or work. I would only do it again if a certain someone needed the help but ONLY then! The play was awesome and there was a great director and stage crew. The kids were both cute and annoying but overall it rocked. These pictures are of Glenda's Bubble (the good witch) that she rides into the scenes on. R* and I came up with the ideas and I put it together in about a day. It's for sale if anyone is interested:) There is also a huge Oz head that was made. I'll post pix of it later.
After that was done there was Harry Potter and visits from friends and their dogs and much merriment had.