Seeing as there's not too much to do while playing receptionist, I've been blog surfing, if you will. I came across a "frugal" blog that a stay-at-home mom is doing, and I think it's fantastic! This blog is actually maintained by the sister of someone who was in my singles ward at Glenwood. I hope she doesn't mind that I added the link to my blog.
:)
Happy money saving!
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Summertime
Now that Tyler is done with his LSAT class and has taken his test, we've started to have some fun this summer! This past weekend we made up for the first few months we missed out on because Tyler was studying so diligently. (We find out how well Tyler did on his LSAT next week!)
:)
Last Wednesday, Tyler and I went up to my parent's house to spend some time with them. Tyler went biking with Kevin while I went running and spent some time with my mom and sister. We then enjoyed dinner with all of my family.
Last Thursday, Tyler went biking with Greg (I can't remember where) while I hiked the Y with some girls from work - Jessica, Katie, Aubrey, and Jenny. I took my camera with me, but didn't end up taking any pictures. I'll have to see if I can't get some from Jenny. It was fun, and the view is beautiful up there.
On Saturday morning, Tyler woke up really early to start working on our house. We've had plans to fix up our house for some time now, so we decided we better get started. Tyler trimmed back the pine tree over our house, pulled out old bushes and trees with his truck, and dug a hole under the walkway so that we can get water to the other side of the house and plant some bushes there. I mowed the lawn and pulled weeds (after I woke up). We then took all of our clippings to the green waste in Provo.
On Saturday afternoon, we went boating with Tyler's parents and his sister Andi's family at Yuba Lake - about an hour south of Provo on I-15. I had never been there before, but it was a lot of fun. We wakeboarded and tubed all afternoon - although I'm not very good at either. (For pictures of us boating, go to the Hadlocks or Ma and Pa blog, as listed on my sidebar.)
On Sunday, we went to my parent's house to celebrate my dad's 49th birthday. We celebrated with a traditional ice cream cake from Basket Robbins and had steaks for dinner.
On Monday, the house-fixing-up-plans continued with more cleaning up and more digging. We even made a trip to Home Depot to check out sprinkler stuff and to get an idea of what kind of flowers and shrubs we want to plant. Later that night, we helped Tyler's parents take the boat back to storage and Andi's swing to her house.
So far, our summer has been pretty good. Too bad school starts in less than two months!
:)
Last Wednesday, Tyler and I went up to my parent's house to spend some time with them. Tyler went biking with Kevin while I went running and spent some time with my mom and sister. We then enjoyed dinner with all of my family.
Last Thursday, Tyler went biking with Greg (I can't remember where) while I hiked the Y with some girls from work - Jessica, Katie, Aubrey, and Jenny. I took my camera with me, but didn't end up taking any pictures. I'll have to see if I can't get some from Jenny. It was fun, and the view is beautiful up there.
On Saturday morning, Tyler woke up really early to start working on our house. We've had plans to fix up our house for some time now, so we decided we better get started. Tyler trimmed back the pine tree over our house, pulled out old bushes and trees with his truck, and dug a hole under the walkway so that we can get water to the other side of the house and plant some bushes there. I mowed the lawn and pulled weeds (after I woke up). We then took all of our clippings to the green waste in Provo.
On Saturday afternoon, we went boating with Tyler's parents and his sister Andi's family at Yuba Lake - about an hour south of Provo on I-15. I had never been there before, but it was a lot of fun. We wakeboarded and tubed all afternoon - although I'm not very good at either. (For pictures of us boating, go to the Hadlocks or Ma and Pa blog, as listed on my sidebar.)
On Sunday, we went to my parent's house to celebrate my dad's 49th birthday. We celebrated with a traditional ice cream cake from Basket Robbins and had steaks for dinner.
On Monday, the house-fixing-up-plans continued with more cleaning up and more digging. We even made a trip to Home Depot to check out sprinkler stuff and to get an idea of what kind of flowers and shrubs we want to plant. Later that night, we helped Tyler's parents take the boat back to storage and Andi's swing to her house.
So far, our summer has been pretty good. Too bad school starts in less than two months!
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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