Caramel Apples - October 27, 2015

Tuesday - October 27th
We have 3 apple trees in our backyard.  We have a ton of apples!  They are so yummy!  Today we made Caramel Apples.  I need to do some searching for ideas on what to do with all these apples.  We are loving them.  They are yummy, yummy, yummy!

So, last week, on our first day in our house, we experienced a leak in the family room ceiling.  This week we experienced another leak.  When I went downstairs with Alissa to tuck her in, there was a large puddle in the center of her bed.  We were so confused.  It seemed like the water came from nowhere.  It just magically appeared.  There is a big light fixture above her bed.  I couldn't see any marks on the ceiling that would indicate that there was any kind of leak.  We went and got Roger.  He investigated a little and found a spot near the light fixture, that was moist.  We headed upstairs and started pulling things out, to figure out what was leaking.  Alissa's room is under the kitchen.  So, we checked under the sink, pulled out the dishwasher, and then the refrigerator.  We didn't find a leak coming from any of those, so Roger went back to the sink, to double check and make sure we didn't miss something.  Roger noticed a small leak in the tube that leads the water to the fridge.  The Francom's had to mess with it, when they removed their water filter system they had installed.  We're guessing that's when the leak started.  It was just a little drip, that must be why it took a little over a week for it to fill up enough to spill on to Alissa's bed. (hopefully I explained that well enough and in a way that makes sense).  So, that was frustrating!  But it was an easy fix.  The light fixture, kept the ceiling from breaking downstairs, so that was good.  The tubing under the sink didn't take too long to fix.  Roger went to the hardware store the next morning and bought what he needed to fix it.  He came home and fixed it.  He watched it for a little bit, to make sure that it was correct.  He realized it was still leaking.  So, he did a little more research and figured out that he had turned the clamp a little too tight, which causes a leak (probably what caused the first leak).  So, Roger went back to the store, bought what he needed and fixed it again.  This time it worked.  We are definitely learning a lot about this house in the short amount of time we've been here.  Another issue we're having, is that the dishwasher doesn't always start.  I'll load it, get it all ready, then hit start.  Sometimes it will start and sometimes it won't.  That's a little frustrating.  I'm pretty sure it won't be long until we'll be needing a new dishwasher.
We love our house.  Even with all the little mishaps.  We are just so happy to be in a house again.