Tim recently celebrated a birthday - and although I won't tell you which one, I will tell you it was one of the most memorable ones he's had here on Guam. Our librarian and her three children cooked up a yummy birthday cake, the kids made a banner, and they all blew up balloons to give Tim a "birthday surprise" here at PIU during our lunch break on his special day. He was smiling all afternoon! (And I think I caught him sneaking back for extra cake at least once or twice later that day!) Thanks to all who shared in this special event! (Special thanks to Lisa, Zac, Eli and Miriam.)
You probably can't see the close-up detail in this shot, but this is me - Melody - after starting on water blasting our house to prep for painting. I thought it always looked like "so much fun" when I saw Tim doing it on the roof, school walkways, etc. before - so I begged to try it. HARD WORK! That power washer has a kick! DIRTY WORK! I was instantly peppered with dirt, leaves, anything that washed off the wall AND the ground at the bottom of the wall. WET WORK! I was soaking wet in 3 minutes flat! COLD WORK! YIPEE!! :-) It was a breezy late afternoon - even 86 degrees with 75% humidity can feel cool when you're soaking wet and there's a bit of a breeze!!
Incidentally, we got the whole house painted and the trim and edge brushing are nearly done. Tim also put up new porch lights and it looks terrific!
What do Tim and Melody do on a day off? (Besides working on the house!) Hmm - well, one thing we did recently was to enjoy some toasted March-mallows (hee-hee . . . yeah, it's a BAD pun!). Did we go camping? No! Did the local Girl Scouts come and talk us into making S'mores? No! Did we randomly find a bag of marshmallows on the discount rack for 99 cents and take them home on impulse to toast over our gas stove's burner? Yep! Why not? Why save the good stuff for once-a-year camping trips?
At the start of spring break, all the faculty, staff and students of PIU took a couple of days for fun, food, and friendship - there were games by day (friendly competition) . . .
. . . and also some great skits, songs and speakers by night.
Tim and I had the joy and blessing of celebrating our anniversary over PIU's spring break! We got to stay at a local hotel and play "tourist," visiting a few places we hadn't, took in a movie, ate out, and . . . (scroll down)
. . . I (Melody) got to kayak for about an hour as well! (Tim watched from shore and had coffee. What do you mean you aren't surprised?) :-)
What's that? Lovely centipede!! Yeah, we get some nasty critters here on Guam! (Not the cat - she's not nasty - just feisty!!) We measured the centipede - nearly 6" long. YUCKY! I for one was thankful it was on the OUTSIDE of our slider! Our cat, Iggy, might have gotten more than she wanted if the centipede had dared to enter the house!
Well, I think this is a GREAT place to end this entry! Thanks for checking in to see what life is like here on Guam. We only have a few months left to enjoy Guam's beauty and the great staff and students of PIU as we'll be moving home to California this summer. We hope to see many of you soon.
Till then, have a great spring! Looking forward to sharing with more of you in person!
Melody and Tim
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