US journal
Thursday, June 20,
2013
Judy, Judy, Judy!
Yesterday proved to be a red-letter day! We got to visit and
have lunch with our daughter-in-law Victoria’s mom Judy! She was Yard Sitting
(!) at Kyle and Victoria’s house. Some workers have been trying to work on
their yard for 2 weeks; but with all the rain, they haven’t been able to do
that. Judy was helping out by being at the house to supervise the work. So, we
arranged to bring lunch yesterday to Kyle and Victoria’s house and share it
with Judy, which we did and had such a great time getting caught up with her.
It seems that she has cut back on some work and has taken the time to go with
her church group from Memphis to Honduras on some mission trips. It was very
interesting to hear all about the trips, as well as the extra time she has been
spending with her children and grandchildren. Thanks for the wonderful visit,
Judy! Let’s schedule another one next time you come to Georgia to Yard Sit. So
sorry the workers still didn’t show up yesterday!!!
Theresa
I’m on a good roll with my lunch dates. I’m sure any moment
now my brother Tom will mention that I need to stop talking about food so
much!!! J
Today, I met Theresa my co-counselor at my previous school
at Theo’s, and it was “way cool” to hear about her time since I left for Italy.
Her daughter graduated from high school 4th in her class. She was so
close to being Valedictorian that the school counselor actually called Theresa
a few days before graduation and informed her that there were a few students
who were so close to #1 that she was asking all of them to prepare to make a
speech at graduation, just in case. It was fortunate that Kamaria finally did
not get the top spot actually. The day before graduation, she became ill, and
she barely made it to the ceremony, much less was she able to give a speech.
Everyone was very proud of her high 4.39 grade point average! That’s over 100,
for those of you who don’t keep up with those things!. Way to go, Kamaria, and
thank you so much for sending me your invitation with the gorgeous pictures!
I was also enthralled by Theresa’s newest passion…coupons!
She has saved so much money in the short time that she’s been learning about
coupons that she left me after lunch to go shopping there at her favorite shop
in The Avenue with her savings! We talked about her upcoming “how to” book, the
varied ways she could make money by teaching others about couponing, the really
exciting benefit that could happen in her church if she could purchase for just
pennies the donation items that the church needed. Our imaginations are on
overload. As we left Theo’s, she mentioned that the next time Peter and I
taught the Dave Ramsey “Financial Peace University” that she would be glad to
do a workshop with the participants about the beautiful marriage of “Financial Peace” and couponing. Great idea,
Theresa! Hold that thought! I look forward to our next “think tank” session
this summer!
Love, Colleen
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