I went horseback riding last night and it felt sooo good to be back in the saddle. Unfortunately, it didn't last long. I started back to the car, so excited because I could prove to David that horses weren't that bad and I was okay, I slipped getting into the car and wrenched my knee. I fell and hit my head on the door frame of the car and really bruised my ego. When Sara helped me up, my knee really made itself known. I had such a pain that I could barely walk on it. I got into the car and doubled footed it to Wal-Mart in Ooltewah to still pick up the motorcycle battery that David requested. I was a hurting unit but I thought that I would still go get it so that the injury didn't seem all that bad.
I got home and the injury was all that real. I could barely move my leg after walking through Wal-Mart and driving home. So David and I made an appointment to go to the doctor today. He said that it seemed to act like a lateral tibular fracture. I am to be on crutches and a knee brace for two weeks. Luckily, the doctor doesn't think I did any real damage to it but when I go back for the follow up x-rays, I may have to get a MRI if no injury is found evident on the x-rays. If there is damage to the cartiledge or ligaments then it could result in surgery. Not fun idea at all.
Then to top it all off, I am starting to get sick and so is Fallon. She's got a real congested cough and runny nose. I feel so helpless because I can't help her like she's used to and she really needs her momma now.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
Air Conditioning Madness
You never realize how important something is until your without it. When I was growing up, living in Maine you didn't really come across any homes that had air conditioning except for the few "rich" people that had the window units. Business's carried air conditioning but that was it. You got used to the heat and it wasn't as hot up there like it is in the south. So when I moved to Texas and met David, I learned how convenient air conditioning was and how needed it was.
When we bought the house in Cleveland, it came with a 24 year old Carrier air conditioner. The problem with it was that it wasn't big enough for the house. We also worried that some day it would just quit working. So October of last year, we had a brand new 2.5 ton Trane Unit. We decided on the Trane because it was the only air conditioner that had high ratings and was still completely built in the United States. The technicians came and installed it and had to replace a part on it the day that it was installed. That should have been our first clue right there, but the unit continued to work beautifully up until this week.
I had noticed earlier this week that the unit was starting to have trouble keeping the house cool but I thought that it could be a number of things other than the unit itself. I considered it to be that it was 100 degrees plus outside for the past week. Well come Thursday night, the unit was really having problems. The house got up to 80 degrees by 9 that night. David started checking things out and the unit was blowing 82 degree air inside the house. So instantly we were worried about Fallon and how she would handle the heat. By midnight, when we had exhausted all our ideas on what could be happening, I tried to find a certified technician that could fix it as soon as possible and honor our warrenty. We didn't find any last night so we stayed in a hotel for the night.
Finally, a technician called us today at 11 am to meet us at the house to work on the system. He found out that there were two cooper pipes that have rubbed together so much that they fused together. When he opened up the system, the pipes released and created a large leak, of course that wasn't really noticed until the guy went through 5 pounds of Freon. The next thing that he noticed was that the orphis (don't think I spelled it right) valve was damaged so that needed to be replaced. This air conditioner is only 8 months old. It's awful. So we are in a hotel for the weekend. How great is that?! RIGHT!!! I am sorry that we didn't believe the 24 year old Carrier wouldn't make it because it sure as heck proved that American made isn't always the best.
When we bought the house in Cleveland, it came with a 24 year old Carrier air conditioner. The problem with it was that it wasn't big enough for the house. We also worried that some day it would just quit working. So October of last year, we had a brand new 2.5 ton Trane Unit. We decided on the Trane because it was the only air conditioner that had high ratings and was still completely built in the United States. The technicians came and installed it and had to replace a part on it the day that it was installed. That should have been our first clue right there, but the unit continued to work beautifully up until this week.
I had noticed earlier this week that the unit was starting to have trouble keeping the house cool but I thought that it could be a number of things other than the unit itself. I considered it to be that it was 100 degrees plus outside for the past week. Well come Thursday night, the unit was really having problems. The house got up to 80 degrees by 9 that night. David started checking things out and the unit was blowing 82 degree air inside the house. So instantly we were worried about Fallon and how she would handle the heat. By midnight, when we had exhausted all our ideas on what could be happening, I tried to find a certified technician that could fix it as soon as possible and honor our warrenty. We didn't find any last night so we stayed in a hotel for the night.
Finally, a technician called us today at 11 am to meet us at the house to work on the system. He found out that there were two cooper pipes that have rubbed together so much that they fused together. When he opened up the system, the pipes released and created a large leak, of course that wasn't really noticed until the guy went through 5 pounds of Freon. The next thing that he noticed was that the orphis (don't think I spelled it right) valve was damaged so that needed to be replaced. This air conditioner is only 8 months old. It's awful. So we are in a hotel for the weekend. How great is that?! RIGHT!!! I am sorry that we didn't believe the 24 year old Carrier wouldn't make it because it sure as heck proved that American made isn't always the best.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
My Birthday and Our Anniversary Weekend
Since David and I have been celebrating our anniversary David has surprised me with trips to Gatlinburg, Lexington, and this year...Stone Mountain and Atlanta. We couldn't decide this year on where to go especially since we had Fallon. So we decided to go to Atlanta area. It was somewhere close and had some things that we would want to do.
Thursday, June 11
Today is officially my birthday and our anniversary. We are celebrating 4 wonderful years together. David has to work until noon and then we are heading south for the start of his mini vacation. We are going to Stone Mountain and staying in the park at the Stone Mountain Inn which is right across from the Confederate carving. The room is huge but the air conditioner had a hard time keeping up with it. The bed is comfortable and Fallon seems to be comfortable in the surroundings. We went and walked around to look at the carving since the last time I saw it was at night. It is amazing, all the work that has gone into that. Then we went and got dinner at the authentic German Restaurant right outside of the park. It was really good food. We went back to the hotel and we decided to try to go to the Laser light show but Fallon got scared with the noise and fireworks so we had to go back to the hotel.
Friday, June 12
Today we got up and ate breakfast and then headed to the aquarium. It's supposed to be the World's Largest and has some Whale Sharks in it. The traffic heading into Atlanta wasn't bad at all. We got to the aquarium and found out that Fallon really enjoys watching jellyfish and fish in general. Maybe we should keep fish in the house instead cats and dogs. Less to clean up every day. Fallon started getting really tired and the noise was really overwhelming so she cried and cried. So we left. I was very disappointed because I felt like I should have known better and David kept telling me that it was probably a bad idea. So he was right and Fallon suffered for it. David located a Cheesecake Factory and we ate, boy did we eat. It was so good! We got two slices of cheesecake each to bring back to the hotel. It was well worth getting lost over. Later that day we investigated and found the train that goes around Stone Mountain. We decided not to push that so we went on the tram instead. It takes you to the top of the mountain. You can see Atlanta and some other cities too. The trip up was crowded and hot. The tram's were was overloaded and of course no air flow. Fallon cried a little on the way up there.
The top of the mountain was beautiful. It had a wonderful breeze. You couldn't really see the outline of the city through the smog but it was still beautiful up there. The trip down in the tram was horrible. Fallon screamed the entire 3 minute trip down the mountain but as soon as we got off of the tram, she fell asleep. After that, we went back to the hotel room and rested for awhile. We started to go to the laser light show and watch it in the car but some thunder storms rolled in on us and they don't have the light show during that but they did set off the fireworks. It was pretty cool. Poor Fallon kept getting loaded in her car seat as we kept thinking that they were going to be having the show. She stayed asleep though.
Saturday, June 12
We got ourselves packed up and ready for the day and to come home later that day. We went to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens after searching for a Dunkin Donuts. We finally did find one. The botanical gardens was beautiful and a gem inside the city center. It had a garden geared for kids too. They didn't have many roses though. But I have roses at home so I can enjoy those.
We made it home with no problems and are enjoying the rest of the weekend to relax.
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