Melanie's Visit . . . Shopping . . . the Great Bed Swap!



Melanie finished her finals on Tuesday, and she drove Dick's SUV to Pittsburgh to swap her double bed for two twins. She is changing rooms next year and doesn't have enough space for the double, so she left that one here and took our twin. The second twin we had was already scheduled to become Katy's big girl bed when she gets out of her crib. Since Melanie had the SUV here, she took both beds back to Columbus. This whole exercise generated a lot of re-arranging of furniture and dust and vacuuming. We cleaned out Melanie's closet while we were at it. There is still a lot to be done over the weekend. And Oma needs to get ready for summer visitors, too. :-)


Of course, no visit from Melanie would be complete without SHOPPING! On Wednesday afternoon, I left work early so that we could go to the Grove City Outlets. For those of you in Ohio, this is an outlet mall owned by the same people as Jeffersonville. The stores and arrangement is the same. So you know we easily spent 3 hours just hitting the important stores. We did, however, stop at the guest welcome center and get the AAA discount coupons and all the special offers. I think we did pretty well, don't you? Any time there is discounted Chico's and Coldwater Creek in close proximity, it is goodness. Such karma is rare. Melanie obviously found a few places on her favorites list as well. After shopping, we went to Olive Garden for dinner. Those of you who know Melanie will know she was pleased with this restaurant selection.

Greg says he wants to see the Narnia movie this weekend before it leaves the big screen. We will probably catch that tomorrow or Sunday. It is supposed to be very hot outside, so a little bit of yard work will go a long way. The Three Rivers Arts Festival starts tonight, and I will definitely want to go there before the 22nd. However, we need some quiet time after travelling around in May. We will catch it later. Besides, I can stop down at lunch time since I'm downtown! (Shhhh!)

For those of you who are new to blogging, I thought I might mention that this is supposed to be "interactive." This means that it kind of takes the place of letter writing or e-mailing. The idea is to have little conversations with people in the comments. So jump right in there all you silent people. I would be delighted to know you are out there and whether you are bored stiff with what I'm writing or mildly entertained or . . . anything. You do have to create an ID to comment, because if I allow anonymous posts I get a lot of unsolicited advertisements and spam in the comments. But I really would enjoy hearing from you.

Have a great weekend!