It's a rare day in winter when it's clear enough to see Mt. Rainier.
And I found this guy just hanging out in a tree along the river one day.
18 December 2009
Pretty
Once in a while I notice that my commute has some pretty moments.
It's a rare day in winter when it's clear enough to see Mt. Rainier.
And I found this guy just hanging out in a tree along the river one day.
It's a rare day in winter when it's clear enough to see Mt. Rainier.
And I found this guy just hanging out in a tree along the river one day.
Poor Furnace
It's a little funny to say we were fortunate (in my opinion it was a huge blessing) to have our furnace go out this week. Why is that a good thing? Because this week the temperatures were above freezing. If it happened last week we would probably have some pipe damage to go along with the poor busted furnace.
It started in the evening, when I felt a bit cold, so I turned the thermostat up four degrees. I heard the furnace start making noise and thought nothing of it until Dan pointed out that the furnace kept just starting to make noise and blowing some cold air around and then turned off. Over and over again. We were a bit nervous about a problem with the gas, so I kept sneaking upstairs after we turned the furnace off and the thermostat down, but I didn't smell anything funny.
So, the next day I called and got an appointment for 2:00 in the afternoon. I enjoyed the warmth of the car heater and the warmth at work. Then I bundled up, headed home, and sat in the cold until the fellow showed up. He started up the furnace, waited for it, and then told me the igniter was broken. So, hooray, it could easily be replaced!
I then quized him all about my heater (yeah, getting my money's worth or something). I found out how the furnace works, including some of the safety mechanisms built into the furnace control board. And now I know what the igniter is. It's that thing that glows white hot an then lights the gas.
It started in the evening, when I felt a bit cold, so I turned the thermostat up four degrees. I heard the furnace start making noise and thought nothing of it until Dan pointed out that the furnace kept just starting to make noise and blowing some cold air around and then turned off. Over and over again. We were a bit nervous about a problem with the gas, so I kept sneaking upstairs after we turned the furnace off and the thermostat down, but I didn't smell anything funny.
So, the next day I called and got an appointment for 2:00 in the afternoon. I enjoyed the warmth of the car heater and the warmth at work. Then I bundled up, headed home, and sat in the cold until the fellow showed up. He started up the furnace, waited for it, and then told me the igniter was broken. So, hooray, it could easily be replaced!
I then quized him all about my heater (yeah, getting my money's worth or something). I found out how the furnace works, including some of the safety mechanisms built into the furnace control board. And now I know what the igniter is. It's that thing that glows white hot an then lights the gas.
08 December 2009
Catch Up
In no particular order, here's some things that have happened since the last time I posted anything.
Um, November? It's been more than a month. I may have a couple pictures to add later, but I've been as lax in my picture-taking as in my blogging.
Almost all of the leaves have fallen off our big tree. For the first time in years I actually climbed into a garbage can to stomp down the leaves to make more fit. (sorry, there are no pictures of this)
Thanksgiving - a great dinner and fun time at Mom's house this year, with my very first attempt at a lemon meringue pie. There was also a sour cream lemon pie and an apple crisp. I think the apple-yam casserole is possibly my favorite part of Thanksgiving.
Teaching Relief Society - it's just as nervewracking the second time as the first, but I had someone come up to me today and tell me my story and analogy that I closed with was beautiful.
Volleyball - we WON! Just tonight, we won the playoffs and No Fear is officially the city's upper B league champions. We played two matches, best of three games in each match. The first match we went 1-1 and then I served out the third game with five or six serves in a row and it felt great! The second match we won 2-0, and again I served out the final game! And even better, the other team decided not to block me the one time I hit (we have some really really great men on our team who hit so well I usually don't need to very often) well, the one time I hit I just ripped it into the short cross-court and people were diving for it and it was just an awesome kill. For me at least.
Planning Christmas - I had one very failed attempt at Christmas shopping, but now I'm regrouping. If anyone is looking for ideas for me ... I don't even know. I love socks with grip on them - slipper socks I guess they're called. And the Botanical Crewel napkins from williams sonoma - to be used for decorating purposes since they're dry clean only. Um, maybe I'll have to come up with a better list later.
Construction Project - we got together with Dan's brother and his family and built the amazing Costco gingerbread houses. They were totally cheap and way better than the ones we usually get in the grocery store. They had a house, a tree, two gingerbread men, more than enough premixed frosting - it just came out like toothpaste - in white and green, and at least seven types of candy. Eight if you count the cute little sugar wreath.
Scouts - Dan finished all his scout leader training and he got to go on his first cool activity. Cold, actually. Hiking Little Si last weekend. I made sure to get him wool socks so he wouldn't freeze as fast.
Hopefully we'll soon have a wool rug to put in front of our fireplace - it's below 20 degrees out there. Fire sounds lovely.
That's it for now. I'm sure there's more, but at least this is something or anyone who's wondered where I disappeared to.
Um, November? It's been more than a month. I may have a couple pictures to add later, but I've been as lax in my picture-taking as in my blogging.
Almost all of the leaves have fallen off our big tree. For the first time in years I actually climbed into a garbage can to stomp down the leaves to make more fit. (sorry, there are no pictures of this)
Thanksgiving - a great dinner and fun time at Mom's house this year, with my very first attempt at a lemon meringue pie. There was also a sour cream lemon pie and an apple crisp. I think the apple-yam casserole is possibly my favorite part of Thanksgiving.
Teaching Relief Society - it's just as nervewracking the second time as the first, but I had someone come up to me today and tell me my story and analogy that I closed with was beautiful.
Volleyball - we WON! Just tonight, we won the playoffs and No Fear is officially the city's upper B league champions. We played two matches, best of three games in each match. The first match we went 1-1 and then I served out the third game with five or six serves in a row and it felt great! The second match we won 2-0, and again I served out the final game! And even better, the other team decided not to block me the one time I hit (we have some really really great men on our team who hit so well I usually don't need to very often) well, the one time I hit I just ripped it into the short cross-court and people were diving for it and it was just an awesome kill. For me at least.
Planning Christmas - I had one very failed attempt at Christmas shopping, but now I'm regrouping. If anyone is looking for ideas for me ... I don't even know. I love socks with grip on them - slipper socks I guess they're called. And the Botanical Crewel napkins from williams sonoma - to be used for decorating purposes since they're dry clean only. Um, maybe I'll have to come up with a better list later.
Construction Project - we got together with Dan's brother and his family and built the amazing Costco gingerbread houses. They were totally cheap and way better than the ones we usually get in the grocery store. They had a house, a tree, two gingerbread men, more than enough premixed frosting - it just came out like toothpaste - in white and green, and at least seven types of candy. Eight if you count the cute little sugar wreath.
Scouts - Dan finished all his scout leader training and he got to go on his first cool activity. Cold, actually. Hiking Little Si last weekend. I made sure to get him wool socks so he wouldn't freeze as fast.
Hopefully we'll soon have a wool rug to put in front of our fireplace - it's below 20 degrees out there. Fire sounds lovely.
That's it for now. I'm sure there's more, but at least this is something or anyone who's wondered where I disappeared to.
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