Shortening

Seems as though  my posts have been diminishing in size that last few I have had. It it terribly difficult to be doing so many tasks that all seem to have priority over the others! I am in the process of buying a house but there has been a lot of issues with sellers and offers being made. It is interesting that I can't seem to get the houses we want! My realtor who is actually a really good friend, has been helping us and she has said that the amount of offers she has had to write up and the limbo she has been put through with most offers placed and other realty groups is just so insane. I feel bad and like we have been working her to death going to several house after hours just so we can look at them because of our busy schedules. It is frustrating let me tell you to never have time to breathe. But, it will all be worth it and other than a few rants every now and then, I don't complain much. I admire so much more people who are able to do what I am doing now. Funny how you don't appreciate something until its happened to you.

Inner Comments (03 0f 13)

I chose this degree (Associate of Business) because business is what I enjoy and I plan to either work high up in a business or to own my own business. Right now I have a projected date to graduate in Fall of 2020. I'm pretty sure I will not meet this goal unless I start taking summer classes which I plan to do. I plan on taking more credits in the Spring and Fall semesters and also taking summer classes.

Late

Seems to describe everything I'm doing lately. Behind on assignments in this class but at least I'm trying to complete them. I've never had a class so demanding in assignments. Hopefully I can find a better method than what I'm doing now! Any tips?

Natural gas dryers

Just a tip for the day. If you are using a 220 volt electric dryer (or just an electric only dryer), you are overpaying for energy for that appliance. In fact, natural gas is dirt cheap in comparison to most other energy sources. And is relatively safe, as long as maintenance, proper use and installation is done correctly. A good comparison of the cost of natural gas to electricity is that for one load of a natural gas dryer you will pay the same amount for two in an electric dryer. Now this may not seem like much, but you can literally cut your energy consumption for laundry in half. You may be surprised on how much money you will save. If you need installation help, I am available for you if you would like. This goes for any natural gas appliance you have, if you want me to look at it/them I will make my best effort to do so.

Soutwest Gas Safety Announcement

Though I may not sit at a corporate level as of right now, I have the ability to advise and recommend certain policies in which Southwest Gas Corp. has assigned as protocol.
If you smell gas in your home, please DO NOT wait to see if it will go away. Chances are that you could be smelling gas that can be dangerous if a large amount accumulates in an area without much ventilation. Common gas leak areas- dryers because of people moving in and out of a home/apartment. This is the most common item installed by the owner of the appliance. Sometimes  fittings just aren't tightened tight enough. Also, new installations of any appliance. If you buy the appliance from Home Depot, Lowes, etc. and they offer to install it. In my experience, its almost always done wrong and they try to stack fittings that don't fit together properly, on top of one another and this will lead to a leak at some point. Key word being will. Stacked fittings will leak eventually. Please call a contractor that is a professional.
Another problem area is outside on the MSA or, meter set assembly. This typically refers to the gas meter on the side of your home. Maybe be a single meter to a single home or a large amount of meters on a single MSA at an apartment complex/condos. Smelling gas outside is a lot safer than indoors but nonetheless can still be potentially dangerous. If you smell gas out by the meter or in the street, please call Southwest Gas ASAP, along with 911. If you are indoors, please leave the building. In any event of gas odor in the air, refrain from building static electricity, using your phone in gaseous atmosphere (so call somewhere away from gas odor), starting car, opening garage, flicking switch, touching breaker box, and obviously lighting a cigarette. Though the actual lit cigarette will not be hot enough to ignite gas (has to be 1200 degrees), the inhaling of the cigarette can cause it to reach the ignition temperature of gas.
And just an additional bit of information-natural gas is odorless. But what? I thought it smells like rotten eggs? Your right, natural gas coming out of facility owned utilities, an odorant is added to the gas called Mercaptan. So, in the natural world, if there was a gas leak in the wild, you would have no way of smelling the gas the way you smell it now. If you don't know what the difference between the smell of natural gas and car gas, sewer, etc. You can turn your stove on without lighting it right away. Please do not do this for more than 4 seconds at a time, if you need to do it at all.
Hope this is helpful. More natural gas facts to come.
If you have any questions please feel free to ask.