New Job

Sorry for not many updates...I tell you - being newlyweds with 2 teenage children is quite taxing! We are now back home from staying with Simon and Rebekah Oosthuizen for 3 weeks. Neil and Colleen had a fun time in Egypt, Jerusalem, Jordan, etc. but they were glad to get home. After 3 weeks of more driving and carpooling than we've done EVER Mark and I came home and pretty much slept the day away on Sunday. We have a new appreciation of our home and having our own space.

Well, most of you have probably heard by now that I have a job!! YEA!! I will be teaching 3 classes of 8th grade Math and 2 classes of something else - not sure exactly what. I am taking a part time teacher's job, but with a full time position, so they are creating 2 classes for me from other classes. It will probably still be Math, but it might be 9th grade or something. If you want to look at the school's website, you can see it at www.northcliffhigh.co.za I"ll try to take pictures sometime because the website doesn't really do it justice. It's kind of neat - there are a few teachers there that taught John, Mark, and Belinda - so I am already hearing interesting stories... I formally start on June 1, but I will just be helping with exams and marking the exams after they are finished. I will be teaching beginning on July 16 after mid-year break.

I think that is all the news I have for now. Hope everyone is doing well, and I'll try to do a better job of keeping this site updated. Love to all!!!

Tagged...

So, I've been tagged by Kim to tell why I blog. Well, I was asked by Suzanne to start blogging so that we could keep up with each other a bit better. It has been really cool to see what Kim and Suzanne have been up to since the wedding. I hope others (like Fran :-) ) start to blog soon.

Inside

Here are some pics of the inside things at our house - our bedroom furniture and our new closet/cupboard - sorry that one is a bit fuzzy, but I can't quite get a clear shot in the small space.

Quick Pics...

I'm not going to write much - our connection does not seem to like blogging. Here is our new carport and before and after pictures of some of the paving.
This is where Joey's big cage will go.

This is where our wendy house will go to get it out of the middle of the yard.

Update from SA

Well, not much new on this side of the world. We are still working on the house a bit. Mark and I put together our new cupboard for my clothes. The only problem is that one of the three doors had a pretty nasty scuff mark which is at almost exactly eye level for me, so we have called Builder's Warehouse and they will come switch that one out for a new one on Friday or Saturday. Also I went to the American Embassy here on Tuesday and applied for my new passport in my married name. Mark was at a client's office, so I got a map out, found out where I needed to go, and went! I was proud of myself. Our carport should be finished tomorrow. I'll have to get Mark's cameral out to take a few pictures since mine has not been working - I'll go get that fixed soon, too. Our bricks for the new paving outside should be delivered on Friday, and that exercise will begin next week. It should take about 8 working days - I told Aureen I may have to move in there for a few nights if it got on my nerves! Probably won't have to, but it's nice to have the option. After that is complete, Cinnamon will be able to move in finally. Well, not much other news - so I guess that is good news. I have actually cooked at least 5 nights a week since we've been back - and it's all been edible. Actually, I have to say that I've done quite well seeing as I haven't really had to cook on a regular basis for almost 2 years! Hope all is going well for those in the states. Miss you guys and I'll keep you updated on any other news!

Hello from Jo'burg!

Well, getting back to "real life" now. We have gotten the bags which we sent back with people. Between Mark and myself we're gonna need to buy another house just to have a place to put things. We are in the process of finishing up all the changes to the house that we want, and we just need one or two things in the house to have it the way we want it. I'm going to post a few pictures that Candice took at the wedding. Between Suzanne and Candice, we have some REALLY great pictures. I almost have 2 albums full already of the week of the wedding, the wedding, and the honeymoon! I told my mom that if these pictures are this good, I can't wait to see the pictures that our photographer took!

Hello again!!

Well, I guess it's back to reality! I tried to keep up a computer journal on our trip so that when we got to an internet connection it would be fairly simple to update our blog. Of course it has still taken like 2 hours with all of the pictures. For those who aren't used to blogging, I have put too much for you to see it all on the first scroll down, so you will need to click on the date on the right to see some of my entries. Hope to hear from everyone soon! Love you all!!!