You know what's a nice surprise? Going to the supermarket and when looking for cucumbers you notice that right next to the collard greens is a weird looking item. Upon further inspection,I realized that they were smoked necks. In the vegetable area? When I asked Justin about this when he got home from work, he told me that you make collared greens with the smoked necks. His exact words were, "just like putting a ham bone in beans." Now, I'm a girl from the Pacific Northwest and I'm pretty sure that is not the same thing.
Julie and I ventured to Walmart by our selves today. I got a little over confident and decided not to use my GPS on my phone. I ended up passing the Walmart exit and taking a nice scenic route to get back around. Poor Julie thought it was taking forever to get there. Note to self: It's ok to use GPS if you aren't sure exactly where a place is located.
Living in a tiny town has it's benefits. I didn't realize that it's pretty much ingrained in me to look out around my surroundings at all times when I am out and about. And always made sure my purse was close to me at all times. Living in a big city, people (especially at some Walmarts) would steal wallets out of purses and I don't feel like I have to worry about that here. It's very friendly town and a lot of people talked to me today while I was shopping at Walmart. The cashier was even telling me all about her grandchildren while I was checking out.
Jaxson is loving school. After his first day I asked him what his favorite part is. He said everything. Then I asked him what his not so favorite part is and he said, "Mom, I said EVERYTHING was my favorite." Oh sorry! His teacher is so sweet and has helped his transition to a new school go smoothly. He loves PE the best. He also told me yesterday that his PE teacher told the class that they need to go to a church Harvest Festival for Halloween and then go trick or treating. So he came home telling me that we had to go to church first. Which was our plan to begin with, but funny how a teacher saying that makes it so much more important. (But a teacher could have never told a class that in a big city school...)
The house is coming along. Most of the boxes are out of here now and I can find most things. I still have some more work to do and work on it daily. And of course, I'm already thinking of house projects...painting Julie's room is top priority now!
Julie has loved to help me out. She thought sweeping with the broom was the BEST thing ever.
Julie has helped me decorate. Which really means that she has undecorated what I have already worked on. And I think her wearing the cleaning gloves is a nice touch. I'm not sure why she thought she needed cleaning gloves to move my picture frames!
In all each day we get a bit more settled into everyday life. Who knows? I may be purchasing some smoked necks to go in my collard greens-you know-just like a ham bone!