Current Notes: Proud of everyone who went 'Flickr Black Day' with us, understand why many didn't.
One of the best and worst
days ever. Best, because we have heat !!! And one of the worst ‘cause of how
it happened. We’ve been making do with a portable propane heater these few cold
weeks, but it’s expensive and can’t be unattended. Makes for some cold toes late
at night ! Part of what we were saving for at the first of the month was
getting a repair person out here to look at the 'broken' central heat and air unit (only three years old) after Beloved Hubby exhausted his repair
knowledge on it to no avail – and $200+ in parts we were pretty much stuck
with. He decided to put it back together before we lost parts this afternoon
(yeah, he was pretty bored), and it was then that FIL remembered the separate ‘relays’
it has. Um, FIL, those are fuses, not
relays, and I know Beloved asked you about those, and you referred him to the
fuse box that runs this whole pit.
Beloved found the fuses,
including the one lying at the bottom of the box that belonged up there with
the others, and installed it…and the heater started right up. OMG. We roasted
when we first moved, had to sleep all of us to a room, and have been toughing
out the cold these last few weeks, none of which my heart really needed … for
nothing ! Unless that fuse was suicidal, FIL pulled it (probably so he could
tell DMIL the central air was broken, and keep them to one room with an air
conditioner window unit, presumably for a lower electric bill) and forgot about
it, even when Beloved asked. I’m somewhere between deliriously happy that my
feet aren’t frozen and bloody well furious.
Rather than stress about it –
and other of his late antics I don’t even wanna get into – I’m trying to just
enjoy and be glad we didn’t have to scrape up $$$ for a major repair, or even
$150. for a service call and minor repair. It didn’t help when FIL blustered in
here, telling Beloved that not having to fix the central heat/air was ‘like
putting $700. back in your pocket’. I muttered ‘more like putting it in (name
of mortgage holder’s bank)’s pocket instead’ and got a sour eyeball for my musings.
Yeah, I’m a bit bitter.
Decided to participate in
the current Flickr protest, since I was just whining about it here a few days
ago. It really is frustrating to suddenly find y’self stuck with an entirely
new interface you don’t know how to work, with no warning, then just as
suddenly find it back to the old one. I have no idea how Flickr can even call
these ‘improvements’, they don’t do a darn thing for the images or how to find
them. So, when the black notices showed up in my ‘stream, I snagged one and
posted it. Probably won’t do a darn bit of good, but one never knows. Maybe
just this once…
Also decided to let Catrine
keep her head ‘til Tuesday, possibly Wednesday, depending on when Rarity-donor
arrives. Our last UPS delivery didn’t arrive ‘til nearly 6pm, although the one
before arrived at 1pm. Took out my destructive tendencies on the boxes sitting
around – from Catrine, Pinkamena, and the Premiere
Party playset. With all the buying I’ve done recently, I have plenty of
plastic for pattern templates ! And if I ever snag a Christmas tree, lots of
supplies for ornaments, as well. And I redid the bedside storage cube that
holds all that cut-up cardboard. Yaaay !
A pretty productive Sunday,
I think….
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