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Making nice with neighbors

Spring is toying with us. It’ll come and go for the next few weeks, with some days being on the warm side, while others revert back to cold. This morning we’re already at 50°. When we walked out the door, the sun was so bright and warm that there wasn’t much difference between the inside and outside temperatures. Still, the house was chilly when I woke up and I turned on the furnace for fifteen minutes.

We’re in the ‘tween period when it’s still chilly enough for heat in the morning, but warm enough at night for neighbors to open their bedroom windows. Having my wood smoke blowing in would make them rather peevish. So I make sure to only have a fire when the temps are cold enough for bedroom windows to stay snapped shut. Toward the middle of the week, nights are supposed to dip back down to the mid to lower 20s, which will allow for a fire in the stove through the night. And that will also keep the house warm through the remainder of the next day without any need for the furnace. But for the mornings after these mild nights, I’ll have to depend on the furnace to take the chill off. It pays to be considerate of the neighbors and they do notice, too.

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Both the lad and I have gmail accounts that have been upgraded with gmail’s new chat feature. I hadn’t used it yet, but early last evening a little chat box popped up on my screen from the lad, inviting me to chat. I clicked on it and his message appeared—“Hey Mom, what’s for dinner?” Gotta love 21st century communications.

Posted on 03/13/06 at 08:23 AM
 




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