It’s been a pretty good and relaxing weekend.  Spending time in the pool, lounging outside, campfires, and hanging out.  It’s been great.  I like having a “vacation” in the back yard.  It’s better than driving to a cabin!

Today we went to Como Zoo to walk around and see the animals.  It was failry fun.  There were a lot of people.  We also saw at least 5 different bridal parties taking pictures, and they were setting up for a wedding in the pavillion too.

Afterward we went to the Roseville Mall.  I played with the iPhone and I really like it.  Having played with the iPhone last week as well, I can’t wait for November when we get our iPhones.  I like the interface, and I found it rather easy to type on it.  It takes a little bit to get used to it, but it’s also fairly easy to get the hang of.  I wish I could have used some of the apps from the App Store though.  Oh well.

I’ve seen a number of commericals for the Sprint Instinct.  While I’ve not tried out that phone, it looks interesting.  Also the Sprint plans seem rather nice.  $99 for unlimited everything.  AT&T has an Unlimited Voice plan for the same price, but you don’t get the text, data, or any of the other things you get in Sprint Unlimited plan.  I wish that type of plan would come to AT&T.  It would take away one of my few concerns with the iPhone.

So AT&T if you’re listening, bring better plans for the iPhone!

It’s Monday, what can I say.  So here’s an update:

Some of you may know that I applied for a temporary job at Bethel.  I didn’t get the job.  So I’m still looking for something to fill the time and make some money during the reduced hours at the House.  I did see the Apple store is hiring.  I might apply there.

Yesterday I got in my car to go to church.  My car started hard.  It turned over real slow.  I had noticed a few times before the car started kind of hard.  So when that happened I thought it was the battery.  But I made it to church.  After church the car started fine, and I went to the auto part store.  The battery tested fine.  But I could get the car started when I tried to leave.  Turns out the starter went out on me.

So the nice people there gave me a push and I was able to pop the clutch to get it going.  I made it home and took out the old starter.  Now I’m waiting for the new one to get into the store.  That should be there by 3:30, then I get to put it in tonight.

So while I sit at home I’ve been doing some good yard work and getting the house cleaned up.  It’s nice to do that again.  This place was getting a little bit messy.

I had a chance to play with the new iPhone this weekend.  We went to the Apple Store and looked around.  The iPhone was pretty sweet.  They had it running off of the 3G network and I was pleasantly surprised with the speed.  Beth enjoyed it too.  She says she wants one too.

I got out to the Driving Range yesterday with Pat.  It was great!  I was a little worried about how it would go, but it went better than I thought it would.  It was nice to hang out with Pat again, and the driving range is always fun!  Of course Pat helped pull the starter out too.  (Or he did most of it I guess).  Thanks Pat!  You rock!

So that’s an update. It’s a good time here in the Bleess House.

So that’s an update on things here.

We’ve got a few of the windows open and I’m enjoying the fresh air on this lovely Sunday afternoon.  I was doing some homework and watching the trees move with the wind.  I also noticed one of the neighbors had a tent set up in their yard.  I was watching that move with the wind and thought to myself “I hope they have it secured pretty good.”  No more than 3 minutes later I sit here looking out the window and see the tent blowing across the yards behind us.  I guess they didn’t have it secured too well.

The weekend was good, and I’ll enjoy the wanning hours of it.  The pool party was fun, with a decent crowd.  The storms forced us out of the pool and into the house where we played Cranium.  That’s a fun game, and we had enough people to make it pretty interesting.  After the rain ended we went outside and have a camp fire with some smores.  You have to love smores! So over all we had a good time. I’m looking forward to the next party already!

Vacation in the PA was fun.  I enjoyed getting to know Beth’s family out there.  They are very nice people, and I’m looking forward to going back sometime.  We also got to do some sightseeing as well.  We went to Independence Hall, Liberty Bell, Betsy Ross House, and a few other places.  It was a lot of fun.  Pictures will be coming.  We have some, but Beth’s sister has way more.  We’re seeing them tomorrow so we’ll grab their pictures and post them up here.

Work is going alright.  It’s been interesting and challenging (in both good and bad ways) lately.  Now the reduced hours have started, and so I’m looking for a temporary or part time job to fill the difference.  I’ve got one that I’ve interviewed for twice, and I think I have a good shot at.  A few people out there know about it, but I’ll wait until I hear something to post more on that.

Tonight we’re having our first pool party!  I’m excited about that.  It’ll be fun.  It’s super hot out there.  As long as the storms don’t crash the party it will be a good time.  Although with all the heat of today I wish our AC was working.  I’m not really sure why it’s not.  We’lll have to get that looked at sometime.

And to all a Good iPhone 3G Night!

It’s my favorite Holiday.  Remember what the brave men did for us over 200 years ago to provide us the freedoms that we have and enjoy today.  It’s a great thing to be an American.  I hope you will all take some time to remember the events that brought us our Independence.

As for us, we’ll we’re going to where it all started.  We might make a trip to Independence Hall this weekend, and the Liberty Bell.  I’m not sure how much time we’ll have to see things, or if we’ll get out at all or not.

We’ll try to take some pictures of whatever we do.  We’ll see you next week!