May

May is almost over HOORAY! This month has been good. Eight more days until school is over and we can't be more excited. Recently Paul bought us a new camera, it takes amazing pictures compared to our old one. He got a mega deal on it too!

Paul and Terra planted gardens in the back yard. We used swimming pools so we wouldn't spend money on trees to make planter boxes. These we can move around and take with us when we move. Pretty good idea that I wouldn't have thought of.

 We had our neighbors over for a picnic on Friday. All the kids played and adults sat, drank, and ate. Good times!

Even though Terra wasn't feeling well, she took part in the Strawberry Run today. It was a huge Strawberry festival along with several races in various length. Terra ran the 1/4 mile. Next year we will sign her up for the one mile for sure! The rest of the day she has been on the couch sick with fever. I really hope she feels better because tomorrow we were going to go to Safari Park.

Paul and I are getting ready for our road trip. Points of interest have been picked out and so far we have made three music CDs. Next we need to make up some bingo cards and come up with other in car games.

Here are some pictures with our new camera.

Building and Bugs

Recently I participated in a Habitat for Humanity All Female Home Build. It wasn't quite what I had envisioned but it has motivated me to look for other volunteer opportunities with Habitat for Humanity. I did learn how to install door jams and hang door! I'm sure that can be useful. Here's a picture of the Palomar UU Peace and Justice Team at the end of the day.

Our most recent addition to the family is a '67 Volkswagen Beetle. My childhood dream has come true! His name is Ted (formally April, he had a sex change) after the DC comic book hero The Blue Beetle. Today was my first project under the car. I was going to change the oil but first I had to replace the Push Rod Tubes because they were leaking oil. I ended up ruining a bolt with a torque wrench so major bumps in my project. Hopefully getting the bolt replaced won't be too difficult or expensive. I may need to take it to a shop. I feel so sad that I let Ted down. I was really hoping to take care of this project and be back driving. Here's a picture of Ted.

We have one month of school left and then we're hitting the road! I am really looking forward to this road trip. It has been so long since we were able to drive like this. We plan on hitting the Grand Canyon, the Painted Desert, Albuquerque, Amarillo, possibly Dallas, and then Shreveport. It will be very difficult for Terra. When the two of us would visit Paul in 29 Palms it would take us about three hours to get there. Terra got bored and cranky after about 45 mins.  It's going to be a long week.