Happy Birthday: Pam Aug.7 / Danielle Aug. 8 / Cierra Aug 9
Prayer: Brian & Hailey in Mexico / Riley will be in Africa Aug. 11-27 / Our Country / areas being affected by hurricane Debby
Good morning from sunny for the moment NC, till rain from Debby comes through.
Last week, I took Hailey and her good friend Annabeth to the beach Monday-Wednesday, before she and Brian left for Mexico on Thursday. Jessica came home from work sick Wednesday night and was out Thursday and Friday. Jessica’s parents are here to help get Kenzie to band camp… but then her Mom got sick Sunday morning. Praying Kenzie doesn’t get it as she has 2 weeks of band camp 7:00am-5:00pm Monday – Friday for the next 2 weeks…she really needs to stay healthy.
Riley is going to Africa with his uncle who works for the Tucson Zoo on a special trip during migration season.. I forget which part of Africa. Riley got special permission to go as he starts school today and will only have a week of school before he is gone for 2 weeks. I am sure it will be exciting.
The new fawn has been seen frolicking about by the corn field as well as a wild turkey and her young one. Enjoying watching so many good athletes in the Olympics.
Mark, Rachel, and her boys had a wonderful time in Turks and Caicos and arrived home safely on Tuesday. Brian and Hailey are doing well in Mexico and return home Thursday evening.
The windows are in but, waiting on the door to arrive before they start the sunroom.
Have a blessed week,
Gatha
“I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 – Jesus’s words to the disciples
We had a fun weekend in Charleston before the rain started moving in. Praying for those in the area, 30″ of rain is no joke. Thanks to work we never made it to the beach this year; the fun of pharmacy…can’t request weekends so have to make it work with the timeshare and do partial weeks or off weekends. That being said…we made it work and got a beach day in on Sullivan’s Island. Apparently this was also the weekend for the Trump rally in Charleston Harbor…probably 500+ boats went out flying MAGA flags. We were eating lunch at a harbor-side restaurant when it started…most tables where pretty happy, several were not. Strangely those tables left quickly.
We’re back in public school this year after homeschooling last year. Brit had to step in to a full-time spot at the pharmacy when they had a pharmacist leave, I’m still at Walmart playing the corporate game so we’re trying to figure out how to get everybody where they need to be when they need to be there since for right now neither of us is home most days. Unless your insurance doesn’t allow it…just don’t go to a chain. Just no. Find a small pharmacy. Give ’em some love.
Aria is still in ballet and Aiden in scouts. Aria has been able to perform in the Nutcracker performance for the last 4 years, this year she is going for a bigger role when the audition comes up this month. She is in the oldest ballet company in the area, and one of the few that still focuses on traditional ballet. Aiden can still put a Lego together in 2 seconds flat. And is already halfway through the some book or another when you’ve even figured out what you’re looking at. When someone comes up with $1,000 he says he’s doing the Super Star Destroyer…the 4 foot long limited edition option.
We’ve also had a new four-legged addition; that brings us to 4 for anyone counting. Maverick is the full-size Aussie bringing us to 2 mini Aussies, a golden retriever, and Mav. He is also a small tornado that brings half the pool inside with him. Between the furry friends, the kids, and the neighbors, life is full. While not technically “legal” in VA we are blessed to have a farmer that is all for fireworks and neighbors that look forward to it…we still set off a fireworks show that is apparently better than the town on the 4th of July. I’ll blame that on the years of Schleicher shows. Personally I think last year was a better show than this year, but I found out all 80 some homes in the neighborhood plus relatives from out of state were in attendance for this year and nobody really cares as long as something goes boom. If you didn’t see the FB post of the video, catch it here: https://family.schleicher.social/photo-gallery/#july2024. We were blessed with a house full of kids from around the block wearing the pool, slip and slide, bounce house, and all the yard games out; working the day before made it a bit of a mad dash to get everything up a ready for the 4th, but it all worked out.
On a separate note the “newest” FB scam has been making the rounds here; somebody I work with and another friend that coaches the youth football team both had their accounts hacked. A “friend” that they both knew PM’d them saything that they had been hacked, and to help unlock their account FB was going to send a friend of their choice from their profile a code and they would just have to verify that code. To me its common sense…never do that…but apparently it was convincing enough and in both cases came from a close friend’s profile (or impersonated profile). Both accounts immediately had all the info changed, login info was changed, email and phone number was changed, and they got locked out completely while the hacker(s) started putting up photos of items “for sale”. One of our physicians in town apparently believed it (I almost did too) and “bought” a hot tub…he’s now out $1,000. Anyway…point is their accounts, while reported, apparently are unrecoverable. We sat through a lecture with the local state police during Aiden’s scout meeting a few months ago, topic was online safety especially for kids. They’re seeing scams getting more and more sophisticated with victims that range from the IT unaware can’t-turn-a-computer-on to people that deal with IT every day, with the point being they see it happen to anyone. Soooo…I pulled together some of the things out of that presentation as well as some generalizations from what I’ve worked with on the side: https://family.schleicher.social/internet-safety-reminders/.
Everyone have a great week, stay cool (or dry, whichever the case may be in your neck of the woods), and prayers for all of those traveling now or soon to be