Year 3, Week 5: A Little Time Off

 

Hello! We are back...and on time! Surprise!!! Last week was the first time I have had time off for about a year or so...which was fantastic. I definitely needed the break and enjoyed some extra time with my husband.

Monday and Tuesday we both worked, so Jonathan was home in the evenings without me. On Monday he mowed and then went to pick our big stuff up at the auction. Unfortunately, some horrible person stole our dresser, so that put a damper on the week, but we will figure it out!!! Baby won't know if the dresser and crib match anyway. So he, Mom and Dad went to pick everything up - three tables, crib and Mom's stuff, then they went home and cleaned everything up a little bit. The tables are really neat and I can't wait to use them! On Tuesday he worked on the rocker and talked to the Landis' until I came home.

After that I was off until Sunday! Wednesday I did laundry, practiced piano, then made ham braid and mac and cheese for dinner before Ashton and Caleb came over! They reached out to get together since they were in town and we were so glad to spend some time with them. We went to get ice cream, then came back, played some euchre and spent some time having good conversation.

Both of our vehicles needed some attention, so on Thursday we went and dropped the car off, then went to my parents' for dinner - we had tacos and sweet corn!!! Yummy! It was nice to spend some time together just the five of us and get a plan together for the weekend.

Friday night we spent the evening relaxing after we went to pick the car up. We had leftovers, watched "The American Gospel" on Netflix (highly, highly recommend), and put our yearly collage together! It was a really good "date night"!

We woke up early Saturday morning, made meat and potato quiche and headed over to my parents for breakfast before we went shopping for the day. Breakfast was delicious and the shopping was great! I finally have some clothes that fit! We went to Boardman for the first time for Jonathan and I. Old Navy really had me covered (literally), as usual. Then I found a few things at JCPenny, Kohls and Target. Getting ready to go somewhere is now a lot less stressful. For lunch we stopped at "The Casual Pint" on a whim and it was fantastic! They tried some yummy beverages and I enjoyed my coke and pizza. We got these yummy "sidewinders" (curly steak fries) smothered in beercheese, sour cream and bacon...it was fantastic.

Sunday was the first day I worked with Neil, our new pharmacist. I am glad to have him as an addition to our team. We are excited to start our new three pharmacist rotation! I will be working fewer 13 hour days and every third weekend instead of every other, which will be a really good change for all of us! Jonathan went to help on the video crew for church, then came to see me at work, caught up on dishes, called Hulu to get our service updated, then met me at the mechanic's to drop the truck off. When we got home, he made crack burgers...they were SO delicious! Cheddar, bacon, other yummy stuff - the burgers were definitely keepers. Afterward we watched church together and had our weekly check-in. It was a relaxing Sunday evening and we enjoyed our extra time home together throughout the week. Definitely more time off coming up soon!

Everything has been going really well with the baby. Lil Landis has been very active recently! Lots of moving around in the mornings! If there is a big kick Jonathan could feel it...however, baby usually stops moving when he tries, so we are still working on that. Nothing else too big. I have been feeling a lot better, much less sickness though it still pops up every once in awhile. 

I hope everyone has a good week! We will see you soon, enjoy the awesome weather!

Love,

Alli and Jonathan

Year 3, Weeks 3 and 4:

Hello! I hope everyone has had a wonderful few weeks! Though we aren't keeping up with the every week thing, we are back a little earlier than expected! The past two weeks haven't been super exciting, but we will give you a quick update!

The week of July 26:

We had our family check-in on the 26th since we were both home. It was a great day reconnecting, cleaning up the house and getting ready for the upcoming week. I worked Monday and Tuesday, so Jonathan had a few evenings by himself. He went to game night on Monday after his long day at work, then Tuesday he had a project due date, so once that was done he ate and then went over to the Landis' for ice cream and family time!

I was off on Wednesday and Thursday, so we had southwest crispy wraps for supper, then had a lot of phone calls to make about the house we are looking at. After we ate, we went on a walk, then went to get some ice cream and stopped to say hi to the Haas fam! Thursday we had leftovers, made more phone calls, went on a walk and then played some gin rummy...not the most exciting few days, but they were wonderfully relaxing and fantastic!

The weekend was fairly uneventful since I worked, but Jonathan worked Friday, then mowed, called his grandma and relaxed after his long week at work. Saturday Jonathan cleaned, Shem came over, then they went and played some video games at Kyle's. We were planning on going out to eat for dinner, so when Mom text to see if we wanted to join them somewhere for dinner, we ended up meeting them at Classic then went home and enjoyed the rest of the evening together.

The week of August 2nd was full of all sorts of different stuff!

Monday was a huge blessing. David Guess, a friend I was homeschooled with then went to public school with, reached out since he and his wife were in town, so they came over for dinner! Jonathan made steaks and potatoes on the grill and the four of us sat together until 11 and had a lot of great conversation. Though Jonathan had never met either of them, it felt as if we had all known each other forever. It was refreshing to have deep conversations with people who have a similar worldview and love Jesus.

I worked on Tuesday, but Jonathan got a call letting us know our chairs were ready! In May we went to Jake's Furniture in Amish Country to order six kitchen chairs for our table, so we FINALLY got them! This led to a lot of coordinating to see when we could go pick them up. It ended up that Dad, Shem and I went on an adventure on Wednesday! I had a baby appointment and Shem had an appointment right down the road, so Dad came with us with the truck and when we were both done, we went to Jake's to get the chairs! On the way back we got mexican for lunch, then went to Grandma and Grandpa's to get some corn. It was a great morning/afternoon with them and we got a lot accomplished! When we got home, we unloaded the chairs and silked the corn, then Jonathan and I went to JCPenny. The store closest to us is closing, so we went to check out their deals. Jonathan found a lot of clothes for great prices, then we came home, had ham sandwiches, corn and chips and salsa.

Absolutely full freezer!!!

The rest of the week went a little crazy. Jonathan left for Celina Thursday and I worked. He stayed with Dillon, then on Friday, after work, he went to Hocking Hills for a bachelor party for Tim. I was off the weekend, so I spent a lot of time with my parents. He had a great weekend with the guys hiking, playing indoor and outdoor games, running, drinking beer and eating meat - so, basically, the perfect guys weekend! While he was gone, Mom and I put corn up on Friday and Dad took us to the KDB for dinner. Saturday Mom and I went to an auction and I hit the jackpot! I got a crib, dresser, 3 tables and stemware all for an awesome deal! We were very proud of our finds, then spent the evening doing a few things around Mom and Dad's. Sunday Jonathan finally came home...so I was quite happy about that. I organized the freezer, watched church, got some corn for dinner, then came home to Jonathan! For lunch we had BLTs and corn, caught up on our weekends, then took a nap. Supper we had enchiladas, cleaned up the kitchen and enjoyed a ton of time together, it was a fantastic day and I am very excited to have my husband back home with me!

I hope everyone is doing well! We miss you all and can't wait to see you soon!

Love,

Alli and Jonathan