We've just been settling in here. We still like our house but seem to be finding something every day that needs work or something. We've also been discovering lots of disgusting bugs...like slugs in the basement and these nasty centipede things with a million legs...like this
We had a GREAT 4th of July! On that Saturday Ben's brother Jake and his girlfriend were in Michigan City, IN, about 45 minutes from us, visiting her family so we drove down that morning and had breakfast with them and hung out on the beach with them down there. Then, our friends Sasha and Jonathan came up to visit from St Louis! So we met them here at our house for lunch on Saturday. We went down and had pizza at this super awesome pizza place on the beach and then we walked down to the beach and hung out for a while. That afternoon we relaxed and played alot of Canasta! For dinner that night we cooked indian food and Sasha taught me how to make Samosas! That was fun! On Sunday we went downtown to Antiques on the Bluff, which was pretty much a big garage sale with lots of antiques and few other things. We came back and relaxed that afternoon and went to a nearby town, Baroda, for an awesome fireworks display. Monday we got up and went down to Warren Dunes State Park where there are these huge sand dunes. We only climbed one...one was enough of a work out. Then there's a really nice beach there so we hung out, the guys swam and we had a picnic lunch! They had to head back to St Louis after that and Ben and I came back and took a nap. That night we went to downtown and watched fireworks from the beach..that was pretty cool! The fireworks here are awesome...unlike any I've seen before!
Let's see...what else? Last weekend was our first full weekend here by ourselves, Friday night we had a date night and went to dinner, walked on Tuscornia Beach and out on the pier, had ice cream at this really awesome place here and then rented a movie! It was nice! Sunday we went to a new church here...it was nice and we're really looking forward to finding our church home here!
Earlier this week, we finally invested in a window air conditioning unit...it was just so hot and muggy in this house without air conditioning! Of course, we put it in and yesterday was absolutely gorgeous and 70 degrees and sunny...todays a little warmer but still in the 70s. Oh well, it's supposed to be hot this weekend and next week. Yesterday I walked down towards the beach and spent the afternoon on the bluff overlooking the beach reading a new book. It was awesome! It's so nice being able to walk to the beach anytime I want to! Today the cats and I have been enjoying the nice day out on the porch.
Ben is still loving his job. As for my job situation, I did accept the position I had previously written about that will start full time after Thanksgiving, but I'll be starting part time for 2 days a week in September. I'm so excited about being a nanny for this family...they are so sweet and their son is great, and I'm sure their daughter will be too! I may also be doing some temporary nannying for another great family I interview with. Due to the increase in committment from my previous family, I won't be able to help this other family out for a couple months. They're having trouble finding someone, so I told them I could help out for a few weeks if they needed me to, so I may be starting that in a couple weeks if they don't find anyone first.
Next week I'm going down to Kentucky for a few days. My Grandma was sick a couple weeks ago and has been recovering in nursing home to get her strength back...so I'm going to go down and stay with her for a few days once she goes home. My parents will be going down that next weekend so I'll get to see them a little bit too!
I guess not much else has been going on...oh, the cats are getting along great now. They play together all the time...sometimes so much so that it's annoying! They always seem to think that our bedroom is a playground at 7am! I feel like I'm vacuuming everyday to get up all the little grey furballs all over our rug!
Well thats all for now...hope you all are having a great week!
So I have to admit I'm jealous you live so close to the beach! That must be nice! Glad to hear you are getting settled in your new house, that's a relief. Sorry to hear about your Grandma hope she gets better soon, that's sweet of you to go stay with her! Good luck starting the new job, I'm also starting a new job soon! Seems like we have a lot in common. :)
ReplyDeleteWe had a ton of fun visiting you guys!! For some reason, my google reader hasn't been pulling your posts, so I didn't know you had updated your blog, but I'm catching up now! Miss you, and we sent you a something in the mail! :)
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