So my air conditioner decided to die today. I guess today is a better day than a week ago. Last week the temps were 108. Today the high was only 97. So now it is 93 outside and inside it is 87. Since there is a breeze, I have opened all the windows and it feels cooler outside than it is inside. I will have to get an appointment with my home warranty company to come out. It will probably be a couple of days. :-( Thankfully we are going into a cooling trend over the next couple of days. Tomorrow and Tuesday it is only supposed to be in the low 90's and on Wednesday it is is to be in the high 80's. I don't think I would really call this a cooling trend, but since it is much better than over 100, I guess I will take it. I will count my blessings that the air conditioner didn't break last Sunday. It was really, really hot.
Even then the air conditioner was put in in 1978, so I am not sure if it is fixable. :-( I will see what they have to say when the come out. I was planning on having a BBQ at my house on Saturday. I guess I will have to see if I have air conditioning or not. I wouldn't want to have 30 people over if my house is going to be 90.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
July 3rd
So yesterday I decided I wanted to make cookies. I wanted chocolate chip cookies. However, I didn't want to turn on our oven. It was going to be 104 and a hot oven??? I don't think so. So I went and got my propane tank refilled. However, when I went and plugged it back it and turned on the grill it made a strange high pitched humming noise. I looked up online what that might mean and the tank was probably over filled. So then I decided if I was to turn on all the burners on high, and then let it run for 10 mins then the tank might be okay. So I did that. However the humming didn't stop so I let it go another 10 mins. When I went back to look at it, there were flames shooting up out of it, out from the bottom and the sides.
I kind of looked at it not really sure what I wanted to do. I turned off all the burners, but the stuff in the drip pan was still on fire. I knew I could bring over the hose and douse it all, but since I had cooked a bunch of hamburgers in it the last time, I figured it was more of a grease fire then anything else. Water on this wouldn't be smart. I knew I have about three fire extinguishers in the house (yes, I have three...I accidentally start fires occasionally). I didn't want to use a fire extinguisher because I knew the mess that would be involved and I wanted to use my grill again.
As I was watching it, pondering what to do, my roommate comes out and mentions I probably should do something since the fire was near the propane tank. That prompted some action. I hadn't wanted to open the lid because I didn't want to feed the fire, but decided it was easier to blow the fire out from above. I opened the top and started huffing and puffing and blowing out the fire. Eventually it was all gone.
Later that night I had a friend come over and decided to put my BBQ pizza stone on the grill and cook some chocolate chip cookies. Boy, were they good. Yum!!! The best part was the house didn't get hot.
I kind of looked at it not really sure what I wanted to do. I turned off all the burners, but the stuff in the drip pan was still on fire. I knew I could bring over the hose and douse it all, but since I had cooked a bunch of hamburgers in it the last time, I figured it was more of a grease fire then anything else. Water on this wouldn't be smart. I knew I have about three fire extinguishers in the house (yes, I have three...I accidentally start fires occasionally). I didn't want to use a fire extinguisher because I knew the mess that would be involved and I wanted to use my grill again.
As I was watching it, pondering what to do, my roommate comes out and mentions I probably should do something since the fire was near the propane tank. That prompted some action. I hadn't wanted to open the lid because I didn't want to feed the fire, but decided it was easier to blow the fire out from above. I opened the top and started huffing and puffing and blowing out the fire. Eventually it was all gone.
Later that night I had a friend come over and decided to put my BBQ pizza stone on the grill and cook some chocolate chip cookies. Boy, were they good. Yum!!! The best part was the house didn't get hot.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Thursday Night
So on Thursday, we went down to the Temple for the Singles night. Yes, they have Singles night at the temple. It is mainly for the baptisms. So when we got there, I realized there were a lot of people and not a lot of people helping out. So I was able to help out and direct people. That was cool and a little funny. Since I was wearing a dress people thought I knew what I was doing and so would ask me questions. Most of the time I had no idea what they were asking for. Since there is currently a big push for the singles to do temple work, there were a lot there. There were 42 people that came from our branch. This was a big turnout. In total there were 146 people that showed up that night to do baptisms. We didn't get out of the temple until after 10 pm.
On the way home we witnessed an accident. It was right behind us and we were stopped, and the stupid big truck decided to muscle itself out of where it was and ended up getting hit...Should have been more patient. On the way back into Bakersfield it was about 12:30 am and we saw a car in front of us that was weaving a bit. We all decided it was probably a drunk driver. So I decided to call it in. I couldn't make out much of the license plate or the make or model, so I am not really sure why I bothered to call it in. However, I reported a small silver colored 4-door car with a license plate starting with a 5. After I got dropped off at my car, I got back on the same highway and started down the road. This was about 10 mins after I called in the drunk driver. Then it dawned on me.....I am driving a silver 4-door car that the license plate starts with a 5. Great. I decided I better drive the speed limit and make sure not to weave any even though I was really tired. :-)
On the way home we witnessed an accident. It was right behind us and we were stopped, and the stupid big truck decided to muscle itself out of where it was and ended up getting hit...Should have been more patient. On the way back into Bakersfield it was about 12:30 am and we saw a car in front of us that was weaving a bit. We all decided it was probably a drunk driver. So I decided to call it in. I couldn't make out much of the license plate or the make or model, so I am not really sure why I bothered to call it in. However, I reported a small silver colored 4-door car with a license plate starting with a 5. After I got dropped off at my car, I got back on the same highway and started down the road. This was about 10 mins after I called in the drunk driver. Then it dawned on me.....I am driving a silver 4-door car that the license plate starts with a 5. Great. I decided I better drive the speed limit and make sure not to weave any even though I was really tired. :-)
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