Burnin' Down the House!

While cooking lunch today, I was cooking hamburgers in the oven using the broiler.  FYI...I have done this before!!  Well this batch of hamburgers was a little bit more greasy than normal, so the grease was bubbling up and splattering on the broiler coil.  I noticed this and pulled them out of the oven and turned the oven off.  While in the midst of putting my temperature fork together the smoke alarm started going off!!  I didn't know that the oven was producing that much smoke!!  Jonathan started running into the bathroom and acting crazy....seriously!!  I grabbed the kitchen towel and started fanning the smoke detector.  After 30 seconds it stopped beeping.  I'll never make hamburgers in the oven again....who's getting us that grill off of our wedding registry??

A Leaky Machine

Tonight, I was attempting to do some laundry.  I had succeeded in one load of permanent press, next was jeans and colors combined. The jeans and colors did not fill up the machine, but it was a good amount of clothes.  

During a commercial break, I was going to put the jeans and colors in the dryer and I stepped into a pool of water....at the sink!  This pool was a lake leading all the way to the washer.  I screamed for Jonathan's name in the other room and quickly grabbed some towels.  After cleaning up the puddle, I immediately looked up our apartment policy regarding emergency maintenance issues.  It said that if the issue was to cause property damage, it was considered an emergency....water, square stick-down vinyl "tiles", leaky washer, EMERGENCY!!

We called the leasing office and left a page for the emergency maintenance worker.  10 minutes later, "the man" arrived at our door to fix our problem.  What he found out was our drain line (the thick black hose-a sample pictured below) popped out of place because of the water pressure and drained on our floor instead of down the drain.  He told us to keep an eye on it for the next couple of wash cycles, and if it keeps popping out he would rig it to stay put.

 

Thanks you maintenance man!!

Honeymoon Plans

Jonathan and I have been discussing what we wanted to do for our honeymoon plans.  We talked about delaying it for a while because we wanted to visit with our family that was in town for the wedding, but after we found this great deal, we couldn't pass it up!  

We are going to take a 4 Night Bahama cruise on Norwegian Cruise Line's "Norwegian Sky".  Our ship leaves from Miami, Florida and taking us to Grand Bahama Island, Great Stirrup Cay (the cruise line's private island), and Nassau.  Our ship leaves on July 2nd, which will give us time after the wedding to visit family that are still in town then fly out that early evening for Miami.

We are really excited now that we have the trip booked, and are now looking at possible excursions, attractions, and planning our beach time!!  Another countdown to make!!

2 Month Review

Jonathan had his 2 month review at work on Thursday.  They talked to him about how he has been enjoying his working environment, his job position and tasks, and other questions.  He has another month before he will have a decision from Weatherford on being hired.  Hopefully it will it be good news!!

GRE Exam

This Thursday I will be taking the GRE test (Graduate Records Exam).  This test includes 3 sections: Analytical Writing, Verbal Reasoning, and Quantitative Reasoning.  Starting August 1st, they changed the test to be more accessible, probably not easier though. 
So, this Thursday would appreciate some prayers!!

Summer Convention

This past week/weekend, I attended a choral convention in San Antonio, TX.  Texas Choral Directors Association annual convention is usually held at the end of July or beginning of August every year.  This convention featured 35+ workshops and 13+ new music reading sessions.  Featured composers Craig Hella Johnson, Dan Davison, and Laura Farnell.  Other featured clinicians and workshop leaders were Donald Neuen, Sandra Snow, and Jonathan Reed.  There was also a huge exhibit hall featuring music vendors, fundraising ideas, t-shirt makers, and other musical items.

This year I received 266 free pieces of choral music from the reading workshops!!  Music ranges from Unison/2-Part music to advanced HS and college level, incorporating secular and sacred music.  Not bad for a person starting to build their choral library!!