What a whirlwind my life has been the last couple of weeks! I went to Boston last weekend for IB training for school. I'm not really sure I can honestly say I learned a lot, but I was assured about what I have been doing in my own classroom. The girls I traveled with decided that we were going to stay an extra day to do some sightseeing. We went shopping and to the aquarium and more shopping. We did a lot of walking around in the meantime too. We returned home Tuesday night and Wednesday was a Professional Learning Day at work. So I decided to sleep in a little, which then turned into me sleeping in a little too late. Haha! So yeah, I finished blowdrying my hair and was putting my hairdryer away when I noticed water was dripping down the wall. I then discovered that it was coming from the OUTLET!!!! Yikes! I tried to stop the dripping because it has messed up my fresh paint, only to figure out that I can't because I really don't know where it is coming from. My dad advised me to call a roofer to try to find the problem. So, in between the forever-long meetings I had throughout the day, I called one and he met me at my house after work. After going in the attic twice and up on the roof twice, he determined that one of the vent pipes was not sealed properly, so he sealed it up. In the meantime, he also determined that I need a new roof before summer! So there goes some more money that I DON'T have...more YIKES!
And moving on to a REAL joy - and by real, I mean happy... I am in Auburn this weekend, and I just have to say that I LOVE AUBURN!!! I am so sad that I don't have more time in my life to spend here. There are so many people here that have been truly invested in my life and they continue to be a blessing to me even though I have moved from this city. So the time I get to spend with them face to face is even more of a blessing. And, I don't get to see my sister nearly enough, so of course, I always love the time we get to spend together!! The main reason that brought me here was a friend's wedding. Johnny and Amy had a very sweet, precious ceremony. I am excited to see how the Lord is going to use them together to bless others. Another dear friend was also in town for the weekend, and I got to see her at Cliff and Toma's house. It is so hard for me to believe that Emily is a mom! Her son is absolutely adorable and I know that her daughter will be just as precious when she enters the world in a few weeks. And oh, Cliff and Toma's house... so many memories there. It was truly my home away from home when I came to Auburn. I will forever be grateful to the Lord for the Knight family. I do not get to see them NEARLY enough anymore, so I am extremely thankful for the time I get to sit in the kitchen and talk with Toma or sit at the dinner table and talk with everyone (over food, of course!) or just sit and talk with Beck. LOVE THEM ALL. I've also gotten to celebrate a child's first birthday with his family. I cna't believe how much he has grown over the past year! What a precious testament to the love of Christ. I am hoping to spend more time with friends before I have to leave tomorrow, and I KNOW I will eat at my all-time favorite for breakfast... The Barbeque House!!!! I am beyond excited about my bacon, egg, and cheese biscuit and sweet tea. So, more to come on all this... until then, I pray that everyone else out there experiences daily blessings from the Lord and praises HIM.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
The Joys of Homeownership
Most of you reading this already know about the great fiasco that happened to me this past week, but I want to blog about it so I can remember it! Let me just set this all up for you...
Thursday night I was hosting my Bible study group, so I had been doing things around the house all afternoon. I had washed two loads of laundry and run the dishwasher. In the meantime, I was cooking dinner. Well, as I discovered in college, I always mess up SOME part of dinner - usually, it is easily fixed. However, on Thursday, I was cooking rice to go with my champagne chicken and green beans. I got it all ready and it was simmering... I had set the timer to make sure I watched it, and when there was still TEN MINUTES left, I started smelling something burning. Well, needless to say, every single grain of rice was burnt to a crisp - they were all popping up in the pan and clinking against the top. I blame all of that on my gas stove - we all know how I feel about it to begin with (if you don't, read past posts), so that's what I'm blaming. So, I call my mom in a slight panic, and she graciously brings me another box of rice. While I was trying to give her back her Tupperware containers, she decides that she needs to use the bathroom before she leaves. The next thing I know, my mom is yelling, "Allison! Allison! Allison!" in a panic-stricken voice. I run to discover that the toilet she used is OVERFLOWING!!!! Ugh. I grab all the old towels (that also belong to her) and throw them at her so she can start cleaning that up, and I run back to the kitchen to take care of dinner. After a few minutes, I realize that this same thing happened to someone else I know and the water had also backed up into her tub. So, I look in my tub, and sure enough - there is a LOT of NASTY, old backed-up pipe water in the tub. I run to look in my shower, and yes, the same thing had happened in there...G-R-O-S-S!!!!! So I'm kinda freaking out since 5 other people are supposed to be walking in my front door in ten minutes for dinner!! We get the bathroom all cleaned up, I manage not to mess up the rest of dinner, and I even manage to give a tour of my house to everyone since they hadn't seen it with furniture. My mom called a friend of hers who is a plumber and he promises that someone will be there within the hour. My Bible study group enjoys dinner (and dessert, thanks to Sarah!) and we begin Bible study... and my plumber showed up. I have never been so glad to see a complete stranger standing at my door. We continued to have Bible study while Pete worked on cleaning out the pipes and flushing the system. So, I now have root-free pipes and a clean water system from my house - thanks to Plumber Pete and $550!!!!! Oh, this new house... and all the fun adventures that come with it... what a joy! ;)
Thursday night I was hosting my Bible study group, so I had been doing things around the house all afternoon. I had washed two loads of laundry and run the dishwasher. In the meantime, I was cooking dinner. Well, as I discovered in college, I always mess up SOME part of dinner - usually, it is easily fixed. However, on Thursday, I was cooking rice to go with my champagne chicken and green beans. I got it all ready and it was simmering... I had set the timer to make sure I watched it, and when there was still TEN MINUTES left, I started smelling something burning. Well, needless to say, every single grain of rice was burnt to a crisp - they were all popping up in the pan and clinking against the top. I blame all of that on my gas stove - we all know how I feel about it to begin with (if you don't, read past posts), so that's what I'm blaming. So, I call my mom in a slight panic, and she graciously brings me another box of rice. While I was trying to give her back her Tupperware containers, she decides that she needs to use the bathroom before she leaves. The next thing I know, my mom is yelling, "Allison! Allison! Allison!" in a panic-stricken voice. I run to discover that the toilet she used is OVERFLOWING!!!! Ugh. I grab all the old towels (that also belong to her) and throw them at her so she can start cleaning that up, and I run back to the kitchen to take care of dinner. After a few minutes, I realize that this same thing happened to someone else I know and the water had also backed up into her tub. So, I look in my tub, and sure enough - there is a LOT of NASTY, old backed-up pipe water in the tub. I run to look in my shower, and yes, the same thing had happened in there...G-R-O-S-S!!!!! So I'm kinda freaking out since 5 other people are supposed to be walking in my front door in ten minutes for dinner!! We get the bathroom all cleaned up, I manage not to mess up the rest of dinner, and I even manage to give a tour of my house to everyone since they hadn't seen it with furniture. My mom called a friend of hers who is a plumber and he promises that someone will be there within the hour. My Bible study group enjoys dinner (and dessert, thanks to Sarah!) and we begin Bible study... and my plumber showed up. I have never been so glad to see a complete stranger standing at my door. We continued to have Bible study while Pete worked on cleaning out the pipes and flushing the system. So, I now have root-free pipes and a clean water system from my house - thanks to Plumber Pete and $550!!!!! Oh, this new house... and all the fun adventures that come with it... what a joy! ;)
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