Thursday, June 19, 2008
Swamp Cooler: Final Update
We fixed our swamp cooler (much sooner than the one week deadline that I predicted), and holy cow does it work. Our house went from being 84 degrees to 68 degrees. It's fantastic! In fact, it's almost too cold - but we're definitely not complaining. Now we can stay home and enjoy our house on hot summer days!
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
P.S.
Just to give you an idea of how hot it is in our house, last night it was 84 degrees, and this morning it's 83.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Swamp Cooler Blues
I love my house - don't get me wrong - but unfortunately, our swamp cooler is not working at the moment, and the timing could not be any better. :)
(Well, I suppose the swamp cooler could work, but that would mean flooding our downstairs neighbors again (sorry Ashley!).)
Just as the weather started to get hot, the swamp cooler decides to misbehave itself and send it's incoming water down our house and into the basement instead of using it like it's suppose to. It's actually an easy enough fix, but we just haven't gotten around to it. Why? I have no idea. We're sweating ourselves silly over here and all it would take is a little black tubing. We'll have to get around to it ASAP...which means it will be another week. :)
At least we have the air conditioner that sits in our bedroom window to keep cool at night!
(Well, I suppose the swamp cooler could work, but that would mean flooding our downstairs neighbors again (sorry Ashley!).)
Just as the weather started to get hot, the swamp cooler decides to misbehave itself and send it's incoming water down our house and into the basement instead of using it like it's suppose to. It's actually an easy enough fix, but we just haven't gotten around to it. Why? I have no idea. We're sweating ourselves silly over here and all it would take is a little black tubing. We'll have to get around to it ASAP...which means it will be another week. :)
At least we have the air conditioner that sits in our bedroom window to keep cool at night!
Saturday, June 14, 2008
5k Number Two!
Today I ran in my second 5k ever: the Break the Silence 5k Race Against Abuse & Pornography sponsored by the Women's Services and Resources Center on BYU campus. I ran the race with some of the girls from work (Jessica, Jenny, and Katie), and it was a lot of fun! My goal was to run this 5k faster than my previous, and I did it! I ran the breast cancer run in 29:30, and I ran this one in 28:51. That's a 40 second improvement! I'm glad that the girls at work convinced me to do it. We'll have to see if I do more 5ks this summer...
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Longest Post Ever
I was going to title this post "Ode to Disneyland," but when I went through the pictures from our trip, I decided to change the title because I have tons of pictures that I want to post! As such, I think this may be my longest post ever.
This last week, Tyler, David, Denise, and I went to Disneyland for a fun summer vacation. We were able to go to Disneyland, California Adventure, Six Flags: Magic Mountain, and the beach all in four short days. Unfortunately I don't have pictures from Magic Mountain (Tyler had the camera with him, and he took it with him on the rides), but I have plenty from the rest of the trip to show. Here they are, in as best chronological order I could muster:
High speed? I beg to differ, but the ride sure is fun nonetheless!
Billy Hill and the Hillbillies in Frontierland. In this shot, they're playing their individual instruments, in addition to the instrument to their...left. Can you see it? Pretty cool!
Some of the recent additions to the Pirates of the Caribbean ride:
1) Captain Barbosa (spelled incorrectly, I know)
2) Captain Jack Sparrow
Mickey 2008 graduation cap for the recent graduate:
Tyler? Or Indian Jones?
Our boat died in the middle of our Jungle Cruise. No joke! This is the rescue boat that came to save us. Because the ride broke down while we were on it, we were given a FastPass to any ride we wanted! We used it (wisely) on Splash Mountain.
Tink.
Mickey.
Self-portrait with the hotel we stayed in.
I'm a chicken. I refused to go on this ride with Tyler and David. It's similar to Drop Zone, if any of you are familiar with that ride. It gives me the hebbie-gebbies just thinking about it...
...instead, I went on the "kiddie" version with Denise. If you're wondering, those are supposed to be jellyfish.
Entrance to the rafting ride. We can't remember the name of it right now. Oops, I think it says on the picture. :)
It's tough being a bug. (Still wet from the rafting ride.)
Self-explanatory, I would think. Good thing I'm looking at the camera.
At the beach! It was cold; we didn't go until about 7 in the evening.
Looking for shells.
I took this picture for my mom. She grew up in Huntington Beach, although I later found out that she lived rather north of where these pictures were taken.
Yay, all done!
:)
This last week, Tyler, David, Denise, and I went to Disneyland for a fun summer vacation. We were able to go to Disneyland, California Adventure, Six Flags: Magic Mountain, and the beach all in four short days. Unfortunately I don't have pictures from Magic Mountain (Tyler had the camera with him, and he took it with him on the rides), but I have plenty from the rest of the trip to show. Here they are, in as best chronological order I could muster:
High speed? I beg to differ, but the ride sure is fun nonetheless!
Billy Hill and the Hillbillies in Frontierland. In this shot, they're playing their individual instruments, in addition to the instrument to their...left. Can you see it? Pretty cool!
Some of the recent additions to the Pirates of the Caribbean ride:
1) Captain Barbosa (spelled incorrectly, I know)
2) Captain Jack Sparrow
Mickey 2008 graduation cap for the recent graduate:
Tyler? Or Indian Jones?
Our boat died in the middle of our Jungle Cruise. No joke! This is the rescue boat that came to save us. Because the ride broke down while we were on it, we were given a FastPass to any ride we wanted! We used it (wisely) on Splash Mountain.
Tink.
Mickey.
Self-portrait with the hotel we stayed in.
I'm a chicken. I refused to go on this ride with Tyler and David. It's similar to Drop Zone, if any of you are familiar with that ride. It gives me the hebbie-gebbies just thinking about it...
...instead, I went on the "kiddie" version with Denise. If you're wondering, those are supposed to be jellyfish.
Entrance to the rafting ride. We can't remember the name of it right now. Oops, I think it says on the picture. :)
It's tough being a bug. (Still wet from the rafting ride.)
Self-explanatory, I would think. Good thing I'm looking at the camera.
At the beach! It was cold; we didn't go until about 7 in the evening.
Looking for shells.
I took this picture for my mom. She grew up in Huntington Beach, although I later found out that she lived rather north of where these pictures were taken.
Yay, all done!
:)
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