A Big Move and the Arctic

  Monday at 7am, I will start my new job as a nurse in the operating room. I am so excited to begin a new career in the operating room as this is what I have always wanted to do, but I am sad to be leaving my friends! I have been blessed over the last 2+ years to have great coworkers and on Thursday for my last day on the floor, they threw me a going away lunch. I felt very loved and all the food was so wonderful! We had pizza, meatballs, chicken wings, rotisserie chicken, chips, cookies, cake, and brownies. Taylor made me "Good luck, Emily" signs and hung them up on the lockers. My last week on the floor ended pretty well and I will definitely think of my friends when I'm down in the OR. I will be starting a residency program in the OR and it will be at least a 5 or 6 month program in which I will learn about all the different operating rooms. I think this week is mainly in the classroom and I will be starting with one other girl, but I am really excited. I am hoping that in a few years, I can apply to a First Assist program and hopefully, find a doctor whom I can work with for several years (or more!). 

(Terrible pictures, but this part said "Good")

  Besides finishing out this week with my lovely coworkers whom I will miss so much, I enjoyed being in an Arctic tundra. Wednesday night I got home from work and thought to myself that it was really chilly in my house. We usually keep the heat on 68 and I knew that it should have been warmer than what it was. I look at the thermostat and it is on 63. Ugh. Of course, Pat was out of town, so I was having to troubleshoot it myself. I think it was like 40 degrees outside since the cold weather had kicked in over the last few weeks or so. I could hear the heater trying to turn on as I adjusted the thermostat, but alas, no heat came out of the vents. I slept in sweats with my heating pad and was so glad that we did have hot water on Thursday morning as Wrigley and I warmed up with the hair dryer. I was able to get my AC guy to come out on Friday afternoon and boy, am I glad! Our house was 50 degrees Thursday night and Patrick and I bundled up and I even wore my earmuffs to sleep because I was so cold. I think one of the coils had burned out and it took my guy about 45 minutes or an hour to get everything fixed, but the heat turned back on!! I was so excited when the temperature in my house started to rise! I know Wrigley was excited as well since I had found him trying to lay on towels used to dry him off from the torrential rains and on the rug, anything to keep off the tiles or hardwoods. 

  Of course, today is beautiful and I think it's supposed to get up to 70 degrees so I won't really need the heat! But I am thankful that we have it fixed for now! Well, I'm off to enjoy my weekend! I hope you enjoy yours as well!

Homeownership Woes

  So yesterday afternoon around 2, it started raining. I was on my
computer in the dining room with Wrigley sleeping at my feet.
Suddenly, Wrigley starts barking and growling at something in the
sunroom. I tell him to be quiet becuase sometimes he will just start
going crazy for no reason and that's what u thought was happening
until I start listening. And what do I hear but plunk, plunk, plunk. I
realize that I am hearing rain drops inside my house!! Cue freak out
time!! I jump up and see drops of rain dripping down onto one of my
director's chairs in the sunroom. I look up and see the stream of
water rolling down the wall where one of our skylights are.
  I call two companies and thankfully, one is able to send a guy out
to tarp the skylight for a mere 450 bucks! Ugh!! But that seems to be
the going rate as the other company quoted that price to me too. I
must admit that I did go to my haircut while I was waiting on the
second company to call me back because the rain had stopped and I did
have a pot underneath to catch the drips. Of course, the guy called me
back right when I got to my salon and said he would be at my house in
an hour. I got my hair cut then drove like a madwoman in traffic to
get back to my house. I walked into my house and saw this:

Yup, we now have a lovely blue tarp covering our skylight to prevent the leak from doing any more damage. I'm so glad this company was able to send out a guy to tarp the skylight since it POURED last night and the other company couldn't send anyone out until today to place the tarp. Unfortunately, the guy thinks we might have to replace the whole roof because the people who lived here before us used a sketchy guy to replace the whole roof and gluing shingles on isn't quite the way it's supposed to be done. I am hoping they can just patch a few of the worst areas, but I'm doubtful. At least if we have it replaced, I guess we will have a ten year guarantee from a reputable company that won't not return my phone calls or disconnect their phone!! Oh, the woes of home ownership!

Guest Bedroom Changes

After living in our house for over a year now, I am finally trying to add touches to make it our own. I took Bryn's (from bryn alexandra's interiors) advice and snagged up a new duvet set from Overstock for our guest bedroom. When we first bought the house, we ended up buying the furniture that the previous owners had in the guest bedroom and they left the duvet cover and shams for us too. Now, the duvet is from Pottery Barn and so it's pretty nice, but it just wasn't my taste. I convinced P that we needed a change and we got the white and light blue duvet. So, a little before and after for your viewing pleasure.

Before:

After:

                                      

I still need to order a simple white bedskirt to match the duvet set because I don't think the current one with all the red and tan stripes quite works! Any advice on where to find a decent bedskirt? I've done a search on Overstock and haven't found too much yet, but i'm thinking about this one, but I'm not sure if the whites will match up. Do you think that will matter?