A Good Saturday

Ross and I don't make a big commitment to house work for rental property. So even though I hate the "blah" color our apartment is painted or the disgusting carpet or the fact that the tub is nasty, in the back of my head I think "this is only temporary". However, we did come to the conclusion on Saturday that it was necessary to do a little house work because we were so cold getting out of bed that long underwear and gloves were a given outfit. The cause - old leaky windows; the solution - plastic wrap that shrink wraps the entire pane; the decision - it's only getting colder! So off we went to ACE Hardware for this project. I was highly skeptical that plastic wrap would really help the house retain heat and honestly? We have to use a hair dryer? Seemed a little too easy - but I'm a believer. It was fairly easy and now I sit at the computer able to type this morning because my fingers aren't blue.

After this ordeal, we decided to go to the conservatory and Eden Park. I wanted to take my friends there last week, but we just kinda ran out of the time. It was beautiful though and Ross and I really enjoyed it.

First room was the desert... Ross was in a "I don't feel like smiling" mood.




























They were having an orchid display. The room smelled amazing.



























They also had a bonsai exhibit - which I thought was really neat. Look at those plants - I love that they look like hundreds of year old trees. Amazing.




















Other pictures of interest were:

Dead Man's Fingers - ewwwwww!


























Various fruit trees - these are papayas and oranges.





















The waterfall. These reminding me of Fredrick Meijer Gardens in Michigan.




















After the conservatory, we walked to Mount Adams, which is the cutest little neighbor ever. At the top of the "Mount" was a good view of Cincinnati. After this, we were getting hungry, so went to a cute Italian restaurant and then drove around looking at houses (we are starting to house hunt - which is exciting). We ended the night watching a movie with homemade lattes (amazing). A good Saturday.