Stuff

We have had a wonderful week, I'm happy to report. Last week was my first week on day and evening shift, which was wonderful. Sleep is a great thing. I went to Chicago with my two girlfriends, Linda and Felicia, on Wednesday and we came back Friday. Dave took a vacation day Wednesday and Thursday and Lindy watched Anson on Friday. I got home around 6:00pm. Dave's parents came over all day on Saturday to watch Anson while I worked and Dave got some things done around the house. We really appreciate that help on the weekends. I don't know what we did before they started coming! And, Anson loves seeing them. I'm working today 12 hours and then off Monday. Linda, Lindy, Anson and myself are heading to Jeffersonville outlets early Monday, which I am looking forward to. With my crazy schedule, I can never find anyone to go with me, and they were up for it. Can't wait. I start classes for Fall quarter on Wednesday and I haven't prepared myself at all for it. I need to get books, but that won't take long.

Dave is settling in with his new job and liking it better. The kitchen is coming along, but we had to fire our carpenter, unfortunately. So, we are on the hunt for someone to do the cabinets and trim. It'll get done at some point.

So, that's where we're at right now. We are so blessed and so thankful for all we have and have been given. Things are good.

Gas Leak!!!!

This morning at 7:00am, Dave went downstairs to get the laundry started for me (yes, he's wonderful). He called me down, so I put Anson in his play-yard and went down. He thought he smelled gas, and I smelled it instantly. We had just had gas ran for the dual-fuel stove, so we automatically thought this was the issue. I immediately called Columbia Gas and they came over within 30 minutes.....I was impressed. The nice gentleman tested the new gas line and it was fine. So, he went on to the furnace and that's where the leak was. It was a fairly large gas leak and he was able to fix it right then. I've never had this happen to me before and it really was quite scary. I'm just Dave went downstairs when he did and it didn't go on any longer. Thank goodness!

Labor Day

I actually had a full Sat/Sun/Monday off and I wish I could say we got more accomplished. I slept for about 4 hours Saturday after working Friday night and then we were off to a wedding. It was a Roman Catholic wedding that was very long, but beautiful. We didn't go to the reception and headed home to work on the kitchen. We had sushi for dinner and called it a night. Sunday Dave and I primed the kitchen and mended some areas where the 50 year old wall paper was coming away. No, we did not want to strip the wallpaper. We used a special primer to seal it and it worked great. We also set-up Anson's new fish tank (see previous post) and finally found an infant swimming pool for him. It's really small, only about 3 feet in diameter. Perfect for him. Anyway, Dave worked until about 2:00pm Monday on the kitchen and then we were off to the Upper Arlington Labor Day Festival at Northam Park. This is an amazing festival full of rows and rows of crafts for children, live music, lots of vendors with everything from ceramics to rocking chairs. It's a 22 acre park and they also had a huge video game screen that was quite impressive. We had italian sausages and elephant ears for lunch, which were quite yummy. We spent about 3 hours there and came home so Anson could "swim" in his new pool. He loved it. I'll post pictures later. More work on the kitchen, dinner, then Dave and I were in bed by 10:00pm. Anson was out at 7:00pm. It was a nice weekend. Dave and I haven't had three days off together in months. I'm hoping this Thursday will be my last nightshift and that will make life easier. Fall quarter starts the 19th. I can't believe it's creeping up on me that fast. I hope everyone had a nice holiday. Have a great week.