House Updates Have Begun- Two Rooms Done!

Here are the promised house updates! We're still working on several rooms, but we have felt a sense of accomplishment this past week as we can now count the remaining big projects on one hand. We'll begin with the rooms that took the least amount of work and have changed the least. Mostly because they're the only rooms that are actually finished...

Bathroom: This was the room that we had absolutely no recollection of what it looked like until we moved in. I wasn't sure what I thought about the tile at first, but it has grown on me. It reminds me of Seville every time I walk in (minus the bidet). All we had to do for the bathroom was buy a shower curtain, shower hooks, and a shower rug, and we were set to go!
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Laundry Room: This is technically a little cubby in our basement, but I refer to it as the laundry room. We've tried making it feel homey by adding the carpet that we removed from upstairs. It was quite a project to get our new washer and dryer down the stairs. When the Sears men came to deliver them, they wouldn't fit down the stairs. They left with our washer and dryer and told us we needed to go to Sears and find a washer and dryer that were one inch smaller. We went to Sears, but they only had one washer and two dryers that were the right size. However none of them were the same brand, they were not high efficiency or front loaders, and they were more expensive than the ones we already had! (We got a great Memorial Day sale on ours.) So we decided to tear off the trim going down our basement stairs and saw off an overhanging wall, and called Sears to bring back our washer and dryer! It was a VERY close call, but they made it down the stairs. At one point, the man said it was stuck and wasn't going to fit, but with a little maneuvering, they made it down. Whew!
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More to come soon!

Howdy from AK Rowdy

We're back! After a month and a half without internet, we are finally connected to the Cyber World again. A lot has happened since our last blog update. We have been working on lots of house projects since we moved in, and are still in the process. Our house is starting to feel like home and we are settling into Akron (AK Rowdy). Josh has begun working as the youth director at Goss and is really enjoying it. Also, I accepted a teaching position last week at CVCA (Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy), a private Christian college-prep school about 25 minutes from our house. I will be teaching 8th and 9th grade English, and I am really excited. However, I am not excited that I start working August 10 so my summer is coming to an end.

Josh and I also celebrated our second anniversary this week! Josh surprised me with a "Welcome to Akron" scavenger hunt and took me to some popular Akron sites.

We began the day with Toy Story 3 in 3-D. (Okay, maybe this isn't a popular Akron site, but we had been wanting to see it.)


Next we headed to the gorge for some hiking, after stopping for a shake at Swenson's Drive-in (our favorite Akron restaurant).

After our hike, we had dinner at The Spaghetti Warehouse. I asked if we could sit in the trolley, and we had it all to ourselves! Then we went to see an Akron Aeros game. Josh was excited because Cabrera and Choo (Cleveland Indians players) were playing with the Aeros this week while they were injured. And we had dessert at the game, Dip n Dots for me and a $1 hot dog for Josh.


After the game, we came home and watched our wedding DVDs. It was a great date day to celebrate two wonderful years together.

Stay tuned for house updates!