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Furnace fixing day

Today is fix the furnace day and the timing is perfect. I used the last piece of dry wood last night. I’m so excited! Finally, heat on demand. Instant gratification with the mere flick of a wrist. I am really, really, really tired of feeding the wood stove twenty zillion times a day. The pain of writing the repairs check will be much mitigated by that fact.

As I write, the service guy is running in and out of the house dragging his supplies in. Terry thinks it’s a holiday because she gets to sleep on my bed while the repairs take place. She had to be vacated from downstairs. Peeps is busy inspecting the cat box in the bathroom. I suspect that will keep him occupied for a while. I’m not even going to argue with him about it. That’s a pretty good indicator of a really good mood in full swing.

I’m so ready to try out the thermostat in a few hours. Except...it’s kind of warm out today. It’s already 40° with the mercury headed toward 51° by mid-morning.  So maybe I won’t need to try out the fixed furnace until tonight. But that’s fine, too. Just as long as I can, when I want to.

Posted on 02/16/05 at 08:04 AM
 




Dave

So....?  How is it?

United States   Posted by Dave on 02/17/05  at  06:22 AM





Kate

Well, you know...I sort of feel as if I just moved to a penthouse with all the upscale amenities. All because of a little round dial that speaks to another part of the house and instantly starts delivering heat to me.

We really didn’t need much yesterday, since it was so warm out, but last night, I didn’t have to think about dragging wood in the house. I didn’t have to stay up an extra half hour getting the fire to just the right stage so that I could shut the damper down and be assured that the wood would last and the fire would burn low all night without going out.

And there are no wood crumbs on the floor to vacuum up a couple of times every day.

How do I like it? I feel as if I just fell into the lap of luxury! I love it!

HOWEVER.

The plumber’s bill was a whole different story. To be continued in a different post.

United States   Posted by Kate on 02/17/05  at  07:50 AM





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