Beavertail Lighthouse

Saturday, we decided to drive down to Jamestown, RI to see the Beavertail Lighthouse. Beavertail is one of the oldest lighthouses in America, and is still in operation today. It was built in 1749. It's not the prettiest or grandest of lighthouses, but the history behind the lighthouse is pretty amazing!

We were able to go to the top of the light house. It was pretty foggy, so we couldn't see as far out like on a clear day, but it was still a pretty view.

Then we went and sat on the rocks down by the water and enjoyed a lovely picnic lunch. It's still surreal to me that we live in Rhode Island! I love smell of ocean air! I don't think I will ever tire of it!

Then the fog started to roll in, so we decided it was probably time to go. Good day!

I Got a Job!!

I finally landed a job! I will be joining the team at Home and Hospice Care of Rhode Island. I will be working as a social worker on the long term care North team. I don't officially start until October 17. For now I can finally relax and stop stressing about trying to find employment.


The long story begins Wednesday, August 31. I got the call to come in for an interview on Wednesday, September 7. In my first interview I was interviewed by 3 ladies. One from HR, and 2 of the direct supervisors to the social workers. I was told they would make a decision by Friday and get back to me. On Friday, September 9, I was called to come back for a second interview on Tuesday, September 13. In my second interview, I interviewed with one of the hire-up supervisors. At the end of that interview I was told they would make their decision by Friday and let me know. On Thursday, September 17, I was called and told that an unexpected problem came up, and that they would not be able to make the decision about who would get the job until the next week, but that I was one of the top candidates. On Friday, September 18, I was called and told that they would like me to come in for a third interview with the other social workers on the North team. On Tuesday, September 20, I went in for my third interview with 3 of the social workers. At the end I was told that they would get back to me soon to let me know either way. Which leads us to today, Wednesday, September 21. I got the call this morning offering me the job! I'm still so excited, I'm not sure what to do with myself! I've seriously been put through the ringer for over 3 weeks now, and am so glad that it's over!

P.S. If you're wondering why this is the first time you're hearing about this, it's because I wanted to keep things on the down low until I knew how the job would pan out. I didn't want to to tell a million people that I didn't get the job, but now that things have turned out positive, I am shouting it from the rooftops!

P.P.S. My landlords were so excited for me, they had a party for me tonight. My landlady, Sara even made me a cake, and picked fresh flowers from her garden. I think they were more excited than I was! I love them!

Grapes & Figs

Over the last few days our landlords have harvested all of the grapes they grow. What are they going to do with the massive amounts of grape they harvested you ask? They are making wine. Although we won't be partaking in the wine, we will however be partaking of the delicious grapes. They have been giving us so many grapes these days we didn't know what to do with them all. So we got creative, and decided to make grape juice! We were able to squeeze out two glasses of juice, and wow! it was amazing! Sweet and tasty!

I am using a potato masher to juice the grapes

The final product

 

And last, but not least, Adam wanted me to share in his excitement. Along with plenty of grape vines, our landlords also have two fig trees. Adam loves figs, although he's never had a fresh fig until moving to Rhode Island. He shared his love for figs with our landlords, and now they will knock on the door to grace Adam with figs. He loves it! He mentioned today that he needs a food dehydrator so he can start dehydrating figs. What a silly guy!

 

Eww!

WARNING: If your stomach upsets easily, and you hate bugs. DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT read this post.

I would much rather have this running through my house,

than this running through my house.

They are 4 times as big and a million times faster. They are called house centipedes, and they like my house. I am super grossed out by them. Yuck!

Life's a Beach

Lucky for me, Adam doesn't have classes on Friday's! This means, that while I am jobless, we can have 3 day weekends! Now that Labor Day has come and gone, we are able to go to the beach for FREE! We packed up the car, bought some crabbing supplies and headed South for the beach.

Adam was super excited to step foot into the Atlantic. Also, there was hardly anyone at the beach, which made for perfect conditions.

Since our visit from Hurricane Irene, the beaches were littered with a lot of rocks and debris from the ocean. Also, the amount of clams on the beach was staggering! I took it upon myself to become. . . Julie Taylor, Clam Saver. I walked the beach and scoured the rocks in search of clams that needed to be thrown back into the water. I feel pretty good about my efforts today.

After some time of saving clams, we decided to try crabbing. Adam's been counting down the days until we could go to the beach and catch a crab. Adam worked for over an hour trying to lure the crabs into his bucket. But, alas, he did not have any success. He was able to see some crabs, but couldn't catch any. The waves were pretty big today, and kept sweeping the crabs away. Maybe another time.

Happy Bits

Some happy things have been happening around our place lately.

#1-I walked outside this morning and it smelled like fall!
#2-Adam has officially started school! On Monday he had to go to school dressed in his chef whites. It was kind of an "opening ceremony" of school yesterday.

 Today he starts his real classes. For those that don't know. JWU does 3 terms. 1 terms is an academic term, where they are in regular classes. 2 terms are laboratory terms where they are able to be in the kitchen baking. Adam starts the school year with an academic term, and then goes in to his lab terms. So, he won't start baking until after Thanksgiving when term 2 begins.

#3-A while back I had lost a button from one of my jackets. Yesterday I was speaking to my landlady, Sarah and asked her where she went for sewing supplies. I told her my story about losing a button, and wanted to see if I could find a similar one. This morning on my way out the door, Sarah greets me with a hand made button that she had fashioned for me from an old button. I was so shocked! I still can't believe how amazing she is! Here's the proof of how awesome she is!

Our landlords are seriously the nicest people in the world. We couldn't be more blessed! I love happy times!