Its been a while...

I can hardly believe that its been nearly 3 months since I last blogged! I guess I've got some catching up to do...

I am finally employed! Praise God! I am a full-time nanny for two boys, ages 5 and 9. They are both very smart! They're also both at that stage where they are learning lots of words that are NOT okay to say and then say them constantly because they know they're not suppose to. It can be a little exhausting. I do love my job though and hope I can work for this family for several years!

This weekend, especially, has been an interesting one...
Let me begin by saying that shortly after we moved into this awful apartment we noticed something nasty in the corner of the dinning room. We thought perhaps our cat threw up. Anyway, I cleaned up whatever it was and forgot about it. Well, this past Thursday night I was setting the table for dinner and stepped on a wet spot on the carpet...no, a soaked spot on the carpet. I knew that neither Derek or I had spilled anything so we thought maybe it was coming up through the carpet from beneath so we decided to call maintenance on Friday. Then Derek says, "Oh no, that thing in the corner is back!" Yep, what we first believed to be the result of Reecie's upset stomach turned out to be something strange growing in our dining room...that's right...growing!! GROSS!! Maybe some kind of fungus or strange mold? We still have no idea. Well, after we called and informed the office of the nastiness in our apartment, they had maintenance knocking on our door within 3 minutes...literally! Their diagnoses is that we have a small leak in our dishwasher, and the neighbor right behind us coincidentally also has a small leak, which is the cause of the soaked carpet and the strange growth in the corner of the wall. Hmmm... So, I had to take all my crystal dishes out of the hutch, and the hutch had to be moved (not an easy task considering that its solid wood!) and the carpet in the corner of the dinning room has been ripped up! And it has been left ripped up all weekend so that the padding underneath can dry... The apartment smells musty and like mildew and everything is out of place until they can finish the job. They're suppose to come back tomorrow and decide if the carpet can be put back down. I'll be anxious to see if things are better when I get home from work tomorrow. They fixed the dishwasher by replacing the motor, but I have to say that it actually sounds worse than it did before it was fixed. In some small strange way I am hoping that fixing the dishwasher does not fix the wet carpet problem and it will end up being a mystery and we'll have to move out! I have already highlighted several houses for rent in the classifieds just in case! :)

So Friday didn't end up being very fun, or productive, seeing as Friday is my cleaning day and nothing got done. However, Saturday was amazing! It had been my plan since the beginning of last week to have a picnic on Saturday since the weather was suppose to be amazing (and it was!!). So Saturday afternoon Derek and I went to Olmsted Falls and had a picnic near Grand Pacific Junction in the nature walk area. I wish I could remember the name of the trail and park, but I guess it doesn't matter. Its absolutely beautiful! I have a feeling Derek and I will be spending many summer days there! Shortly after we sat down to eat a bride and groom who were either about to get married or had just been married walked over to us and asked to take their picture with us. Umm...random!?!? I have to say it was a first... I don't think very many newlyweds say to themselves, "Hmm, I think I would like two complete strangers enjoying a picnic in my wedding photos!" It was strange to say the least...then again, a few minutes later we saw them pick up a big stick and have their picture taken with that too. I guess they're just "that" kind of couple!

Anyway, Grand Pacific Junction is possibly my new favorite place! Here is their website if you care to take a peak:

http://grandpacificjunction.com/index.shtml

After our picnic we took a walk over to Falls Ice Cream, which is part of the Junction. They have SUPERMAN ICE CREAM!!! Its the ice cream of my childhood! So of course I had to have 2 scoops, which unfortunately I couldn't finish because their scoops are huge! After eating too much ice cream, we did just a little more walking and then left for home.

After watching the Indians DESTROY the Stinkees, I mean the Yankees (22-4!!), Derek and I rearranged the bedroom. Its a nice to change things up once in a while. Later in the evening we went to the drive-in movie theater!! It was my first time ever going and I loved it! We saw a double feature: 17 Again and He's Just Not That Into You. The first movie... amazing, I loved it! The second movie...sucked, I hated it! He's Just Not That Into You should be listed in the top ten worst movies of all time. Don't watch it unless you want to leave feeling completely hopeless. If you want to see a good movie, watch Fireproof!! Anyway, overall my drive-in movie experience was awesome! I can't wait to go back!

Perhaps I shouldn't wait so long to blog next time because this has become a small book. I think I'll go work on a puzzle for a while...sounds nice and relaxing! Have a great week!

God Bless!