Katherine Rhodes is Coming Home!

We're so excited to know that Lauchlin's sister, Katherine, will be the new assistant professor of art at Ole Miss next year! I think the official word came Tuesday, and she will be moving from her current abode in St. Louis back to Mississippi sometime next month. Her position is only for a year, but we'll be sure to enjoy her while she's here.

Above is a lovely picture of  her "Katherine pose." It works well for a full-time professor, we think.

A Little Scoop of Heaven

Now everyone can lick the bowl!  

"Enjoy the Possibilities"

Olivia and her mom took a trip to Jackson to visit the Backyards & Beyond exhibition, which is only up for two more weeks. After closing time, they headed to Sam’s Club. Her mom is one of the 47 million members who contributes to the $37 billion dollars in sales spent there each year. Even though whether or not it was a good value is still to be determined, Olivia has probably made her last Jet Dry purchase for the decade.

I'm going to need another copy of that memo.

Next year's contract for employees of the Vicksburg Warren School District was delivered with this memo attached requesting that all employees review and determine the information in their contracts was accurate.  As Dr. Price proves the "You are your own worst proofreader" cliche, Olivia signs her contract, confident that she will not be transferring to the Vicksburg Schools Warren District next year.  

School's Out for Summer!!!

Olivia is so happy to be able to put behind her fourth year of teaching!!! For those of you who remember junior high days/your first Spanish class and enjoy a good David Letterman Show, we have compiled a top 10 list of things that Olivia will not miss for the next two months....

10. Unwarrented, unfair insults
9. Coming home with tiny pieces of paper and paper clips in her pockets
8. Reading Graffiti...everywhere
7. Greeting adolescents who arrive fresh from gym class
6. Consuming 20-minute lunches
5. Hitting "Snooze" on the 5:30 a.m. wake-up alarm
4. Intercepting, Picking up, and Finding Paper balls
3. Listening to he phrase "Puedo ir al bano, por favor?" spoken in various degrees of fluent pronunciation
2. Seeing, hearing, or touching anything with an alligator, gata, or gator on it
1. WORKING!!!

The Last Dance

So, Kristi Yamaguchi took home the trophy tonight on "Dancing with the Stars," which means our Monday and Tuesday nights just got really boring again. We will have to find another show to consume us for the two hours each night we watched people dance. We were happy with the outcome, though.
Here is a clip of Kristi and her dance partner, Mark, performing the jive, our favorite dance they did all season. Before the dance is some recap stuff — in case you missed the season. Enjoy! 

Joke's On Me!

Wouldn't you be excited to receive this in the mail? Olivia thought she was one of the lucky people to have received her stimulus payment today. It arrived in thin, smaller-than-letter size packaging...just the thing to hold, say, a stimulus check. It was actually only a notice to say that her payment would be arriving later this week.