Remodeling

This is what we spent our day doing today. As suspected we found MOLD and had to take everything out down to the studs!! In true Pam fashion I thought we should have taken a before shot when we were almost done gutting it. So this is all you get to see finally a mold less bathroom. Yeah!! Now comes the fun part shopping for new tile, vanity, toilet, and accessories!

First Snow

Well its only November 9th and we have gotten our first snow of the season. We aren't used to having snow this early. Of course I took Kaya out to play, she loves playing frisbee in the snow. The pellet stove was finally repiped yesterday just in the knick of time. We also raked and mulched leaves yesterday which took almost all day to do the front yard and driveway we didn't even get to the side yard.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Here are our Pumpkins!! John and I had a really good time carving them, and it wasn't nearly as hard as I thought it would be. I did the witch and he did the cat(well I mean oh we just won't go there). So far we haven't had many trick or treaters. We may be sending everyone some candy. Hope everyone had fun and saw some great little gremlins!!!

Apple Picking

We went apple picking this weekend. We had a lot of fun (not as much as we have with Dan and Allison). We went with a friend of John's from work and his wife. No hay rides on this trip we drove to the orchard and then walked. They checked our car when we were leaving to make sure we didn't take extra apples. We had 14 pounds of apples. I obviously made John an apple pie on Sunday it didn't make a dent in the apples so I now I need to come up with plan B.
While I was posting this our neighbors house caught on fire. We had 6 Fire trucks and an ambulance outside our house blocking our driveway. We did get to meet one of our neighbors. Anyway we tried to get good pictures of all the trucks but John has yet to master his camera, so this is what we got.

The Appalacian Trail

We had to do 2 blogs for this weekend. We took a hike on the AT (Appalacian Trail). We thought it was a bust when we got to the top because we couldn't find a view. Apparently we made a wrong turn when did find it the view finally and it was amazing. Hope you all had a great weekend. I attached some pictures of the view from the hike. Yes, I actually got that close to the edge. I wasn't as nervous this time. For some reason I felt safer up there. Go figure. John was surprised at how calm I was.

Long Weekend

Well John had a 5 day weekend and I had a 4 day. We were pretty busy. John started wiring the surround sound in the basement on Thursday finishing on Friday evening. On Saturday we took Kaya for a hike at Ramapo State park. She really enjoys climbing big rocks on our hikes. I took John to dinner at Macaroni Grill we had an awesome meal and even better wine! There was a little giggling on the way home, silly John (he doesn't know I'm typing this yet). Sunday we went Kayaking and screwed with some turtles who were just trying to sun bathe. Finally we are at Monday can you believe its already time to go back to work tomorrow? The Appalachian Trail....

New Employment Opportunity

Well its official. I am employed, John's heart can start beating again. I have sent out tons of resumes. Several interviews were scheduled within a two week period. I have known for about 2 weeks that I had gotten this position but didn't want to jump the gun before the official announcement. My new job title is adaptive computer specialist or assistive technology specialist(depending on who your talking to). I will be teaching teachers how to utilize technology programs and devices for students with disabilities to assist in educating the student. I will also be assessing students needs for assistive technology. This is something I have come to love over the years while working with my students. I am always excited to see them use the different technologies out there creating something independently. I hope I will be able to share this passion with other teachers, students and school staff while in this new position.

John's home away from home

So John is/was on a business trip. I tagged along mainly to spend time with Ericka who was in the same area for a conference. What are the odds? John is working a horrible shift so I would have barely seen him had I stayed. Ericka and I stumbled upon a press conference from a distance (I forgot the camera at the hotel). Apparently the president of France was in the area who knew? They (the men with guns) wouldn't let the spectators get any closer. Anyway the hotel room John is/was staying in reminded us of Faulty Towers without the doorman. I attached a picture of a lighthouse Kaya and I saw on the way to pick Ericka up at the bus station.
The lighthouse is located in Portsmouth New Hampshire. I hope you enjoy.

We Gotta a Live One Folks

I know two posts in one day but I had share what we just saw on the way home from making copies of my certifications and transcripts for the job hunt!! !!! In order to capture this one I had to do a tight U-Turn( probably illegal) but I was so excited and couldn't believe what I was seeing. We used our cellphone so its not the best pic. Apparently we should have a camera with us at all times. John says I'm going blog crazy(he he)!

A Tiling we will go!

Just so you know this will not be a daily update. It just so happens we have been keeping busy the last few days. I really don't have that much to say usually. For those of you who don't know we have done some remodeling since we moved into our new home. A pellet stove with a base took up half of that space, so we took it apart and John built a new one. We tiled the new base and the entry way from the garage yesterday. We picked natural stone and we love the uniqueness of each tile. Cutting tile is pretty easy. Here are some pictures.

Crabby Friday Night

Since we have no lives. We had to entertain ourselves and thought we would share our exciting Friday night. We made crab legs for the first time!! Woo Hoo!! It was a very simple process who would have known, not to mention delicious.

Adrirondacks

We went to Lake Placid this weekend and climbed Mt. Joe. We took the short trail which was quite steep. Kaya was the leader of the pack if I didn't know better I would have thought she was a mountain goat(Don't get jealous Brandon). She knew exactly where to go the entire way. John only had to help her once. We made it to the summit, (where I spent my time clinging to the rocks, not a fan of heights) the scenery was breath taking!! It was definitely worth the hike. We also stopped off and took pictures on the way up. This is one of our favorite pics from the trip.