Saturday, October 3, 2009
Dryer is coming
So I went to Lowes on Thursday to get a Dryer. So much for their advertisement that they have free next day delivery. The next delivery they could do was three days later. Of course I wouldn't have them come on Sunday, so they will deliver it here on Monday. In the mean time, I have a bunch of things I want to wash. I have a hard time taking towels out of a cardboard boxe and using them without washing them. So I now have a bunch of kitchen towels and bath towels, plus the regular laundry that needs to get done. Thankfully I just need to hookup my washer and that will work. This way I can just wash and hang dry until the dryer gets here. I can't say that I have ever wished for a Monday, but I wish for one now.
New TV
I need a new TV. I have had a small 13 inch TV since 1996. It has worked well for me until right now. Since it was created before DVD players it doesn't have the correct plug in spots for the DVD cables. I had a VCR until I moved, but since it stopped recording or playing VHS tapes I decided to get rid of it when I moved. I didn't realize it was the only thing that was connecting my DVD player to the TV. So I went to hook up my DVD player so I could watch a movie tonight when I ate dinner. Then I realized it wouldn't work. Rrrrr!
Out in the middle of nowhere...no TV and can't watch movies. I would have to say that really motivated me to find my cables for my computer.
Out in the middle of nowhere...no TV and can't watch movies. I would have to say that really motivated me to find my cables for my computer.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Walnut Orchards
It is really pretty here. Last night I went exploring in my car after work. I didn't know where my trash can was and so started driving around. Then I found a road and wanted to see where that could take me. Then I knew the river was near, but didn't see it, so I saw another road and thought what the heck, why not. The next thing I realized I had gone about a 1/2 hour and wasn't really sure where I was. I was still in Walnuts, and I could see the river. I knew that if I drove north I would eventually hit a main road. However, I wasn't sure if I would recognize the main road when I hit it. I pulled out my GPS and since I already programmed home in, I found it on the map. However, GPS couldn't tell me which farm road to take to get back, so I wound myself around and around trying to get to the elusive home dot on the GPS. I swear I passed the same worker driving the water truck a couple of times. Mom called me as I finally found myself on a familiar road and so I stopped on the side of the road and was talking to her when the water truck saw me again and stopped. Since I knew where I was I smiled and waved him on.
My next project is to find my camera battery charger so I can take pictures. Right now I am a bit stuck on picture taking until I can find the battery charger.
My next project is to find my camera battery charger so I can take pictures. Right now I am a bit stuck on picture taking until I can find the battery charger.
Hello!
I know it's been forever since I have updated. I have now moved to Chico, CA. I live out in the boondocks now. I really mean it, the GPS unit can't even help me get home. There are three ways to get home and all of them involve at least 2 miles of gravel road if not more. I am about a 1/2 mile from the Sacramento River. I have a neighbor across the drive, but other than that, the nearest neighbor is about 1 1/2 miles down a gravel road. I live in the prestigious "gated" community on the Deseret Farms of Chico. I say "gated" because if you leave too early or come home to late the gates aren't open. I have now had to open the gates twice.
I moved out of my house on September 29 and arrived at my new place that night around 11. There are deer where I live and so I kept my eyes out for them and spotted two as I was coming in that night. Luckily since it was a gravel road I couldn't be going fast enough to worry about them. The only way I would hit them is if they decided to commit suicide and run into my car.
The next night I needed to go to town to pick up some groceries. The missionary couple that lives next door made me a map on how to get to town. However, they forgot to write down the names of the streets I need to turn on. So on the way back home, I had my GPS unit on to see if I could at least get close to home and then try to nose my way around. All of a sudden I saw a sign for a street I thought I needed, so I slammed on my brakes and turned quickly....so sorry to the car tailgating me. My GPS unit freaked out and wanted me to make a u-turn. Then Mom called and I was talking to her and it was pitch black and I missed the road I was to turn on. Luckily I made it to work and then could make it home. So in the two miles of gravel road, I saw about 10 deer that night. I spotted three, then about another 1/2 mile, I saw another two, and so on. By my house there were another three.
Apparently we have wild turkeys and boar as well. Allegedly there are also coyotes, but no one has seen them. They only know little pets disappear. Sam and Phil will not be venturing out of the house.
As for Sam and Phil, they made the trip okay. They are a bit traumatized, but that is to be expected. I thought the road trip was going to be torturous with 6 hours of two meowing cats. But as soon as I got up to speed, they settled in and only meowed when I yelled at the stupid drivers around me. Finally when we got in that night I put them in the bathroom and left them there since the movers were coming in the next day. I didn't want to have to try to hunt them down. So when the movers left I opened the bathroom to let them out. However, they wouldn't come out. They stayed in their crate all day Wednesday and when I came home from work on Thursday they were still there. They are still mad at me and Phil wouldn't come out from under the bed until about 8 tonight.
On a sad and disturbing note, I have a rodent in the house. I am a bit scared it may be a rat. I am not sure if it is a mouse or a rat. I found fresh droppings on the carpet in the living room. Yuck. I guess I will just have to get some Decon and put it in places Sam and Phil can't get to it.
I am halfway unpacked and just found out I might be able to move to another (smaller) house in December. Yeah!!! One of the other workers has bought a house and will be able to move in December so I will be able to get that house. It is significantly smaller. I am in the 4000 sq ft home, and it is only 1200 + it has a garage. Boo Hoo. But I think I can handle that. I don't need 4000, and I had been in 1600 so going to 1200 wouldn't be bad. It is right across the street from work and the company pool is only a couple hundred feet away. That will be good in the summer.
As for the weather here, it has been great. It is chilly for me. I know all you northerners will make fun of me, but is only getting up into the 70's and the lows are in the 40's. I can't find my sweaters and I don't even have a jacket. I have had to dig trough my boxes until I found a blanket since I have been cold. However, the people are scaring me a bit with the El Nino stuff. I have heard several times that the floods are coming. Floods are coming??? They also state that I need to be ready to be without power for several days. What? No power!!! No power means the well pump will not work, which means no water for the toilets, showers, or cooking. That would be why my walk in freezer is currently full of bottles of water. That makes sense now.
Oh the joys of living in the middle of nowhere. I am having my moments of thinking "WHAT THE HECK DID YOU JUST DO???"
I moved out of my house on September 29 and arrived at my new place that night around 11. There are deer where I live and so I kept my eyes out for them and spotted two as I was coming in that night. Luckily since it was a gravel road I couldn't be going fast enough to worry about them. The only way I would hit them is if they decided to commit suicide and run into my car.
The next night I needed to go to town to pick up some groceries. The missionary couple that lives next door made me a map on how to get to town. However, they forgot to write down the names of the streets I need to turn on. So on the way back home, I had my GPS unit on to see if I could at least get close to home and then try to nose my way around. All of a sudden I saw a sign for a street I thought I needed, so I slammed on my brakes and turned quickly....so sorry to the car tailgating me. My GPS unit freaked out and wanted me to make a u-turn. Then Mom called and I was talking to her and it was pitch black and I missed the road I was to turn on. Luckily I made it to work and then could make it home. So in the two miles of gravel road, I saw about 10 deer that night. I spotted three, then about another 1/2 mile, I saw another two, and so on. By my house there were another three.
Apparently we have wild turkeys and boar as well. Allegedly there are also coyotes, but no one has seen them. They only know little pets disappear. Sam and Phil will not be venturing out of the house.
As for Sam and Phil, they made the trip okay. They are a bit traumatized, but that is to be expected. I thought the road trip was going to be torturous with 6 hours of two meowing cats. But as soon as I got up to speed, they settled in and only meowed when I yelled at the stupid drivers around me. Finally when we got in that night I put them in the bathroom and left them there since the movers were coming in the next day. I didn't want to have to try to hunt them down. So when the movers left I opened the bathroom to let them out. However, they wouldn't come out. They stayed in their crate all day Wednesday and when I came home from work on Thursday they were still there. They are still mad at me and Phil wouldn't come out from under the bed until about 8 tonight.
On a sad and disturbing note, I have a rodent in the house. I am a bit scared it may be a rat. I am not sure if it is a mouse or a rat. I found fresh droppings on the carpet in the living room. Yuck. I guess I will just have to get some Decon and put it in places Sam and Phil can't get to it.
I am halfway unpacked and just found out I might be able to move to another (smaller) house in December. Yeah!!! One of the other workers has bought a house and will be able to move in December so I will be able to get that house. It is significantly smaller. I am in the 4000 sq ft home, and it is only 1200 + it has a garage. Boo Hoo. But I think I can handle that. I don't need 4000, and I had been in 1600 so going to 1200 wouldn't be bad. It is right across the street from work and the company pool is only a couple hundred feet away. That will be good in the summer.
As for the weather here, it has been great. It is chilly for me. I know all you northerners will make fun of me, but is only getting up into the 70's and the lows are in the 40's. I can't find my sweaters and I don't even have a jacket. I have had to dig trough my boxes until I found a blanket since I have been cold. However, the people are scaring me a bit with the El Nino stuff. I have heard several times that the floods are coming. Floods are coming??? They also state that I need to be ready to be without power for several days. What? No power!!! No power means the well pump will not work, which means no water for the toilets, showers, or cooking. That would be why my walk in freezer is currently full of bottles of water. That makes sense now.
Oh the joys of living in the middle of nowhere. I am having my moments of thinking "WHAT THE HECK DID YOU JUST DO???"
Sunday, July 5, 2009
:-( Air Conditioner
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.
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.
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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