Flower Garden Judging . . . TODAY!

Gabi and I live in a one bedroom apartment in a small town that has a gazebo in the center. It's quaint and its quiet. I was paying 650 dollars a month for my previous apartment in Akron which was on the third floor, by the elevator and smelled like cig smoke. On top of that, I had a steady stream of ants. which was probably my own fault. At one time I had 10 pizza boxes. Needless to say, after I was sick for an entire month, I decided that it was time to clean. This may shock many of you because I'm kind of a clean freak, but I've found that I'm only a clean freak when I live with other people. When I'm alone, I'm only a clean freak when I walk out the door. Maybe I shouldn't be discussing this. Anyway, I eventually cleaned my apartment and found a bag of potatoes which were growing.

So, my point is that our new apartment is much cheaper and much nicer. The joys of living in a smaller town. When we moved in they told us that they were going to have flower contests (each apartment has a flower bed in front of it. ours is quite large). So, Gabi was pretty excited to plant some flowers in our garden. So she purchased some flowers, and grasses, etc. the first month, we weren't too good at watering consistently and it was so hot. So our plants were looking a little sad. But we gave them just enough to keep them alive and they kind of grew a little. so last week, the office manager came by and told us that judging would be happening in a week and a half. so, we really started watering the plants and taking better care of them. They exploded over night and are now looking quite good.

So, judging is today. If you win you get money off your rent and a gift certificate for like 100 bucks or something.

The apartment next to us is government subsidized. A sad result of that is that the crime rate in that apartment complex accounts for half the crime in the entire village. So, apparently some residents of our apartment complex have had their hanging baskets stolen. The apartment manager walked over to the other complex and found them hanging on some ladies porch. I mean, who steals flowers? There is also a kid over there who's father is his uncle (this is on good authority from the local PD who have dealt with this issue in the past). . . small town Ohio. :(