efficiency…

14 Thursday Dec 2023

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yesterday morning the furnace people arrived around 8 am, just when they said they would… the temp had made it up to 18°C…

people came and went, bits and pieces were removed and then the new high efficiency furnace made it into the basement after tarps were laid down to protect the stairs… Harry worked all day, with helpers coming and going as needed…

it took two of them to get the heavy oldie out of the house…

I was out for the afternoon and when I arrived home the temperature was at a toasty 20°C…

the basement was perfectly clean, all of the bits and pieces which had gone into the backyard were gone and the vents had been raised so the snow shouldn’t be a problem in the future…

and this pretty thing was snuggled into the space… reminds me a bit of Barbie, the barbecue;-)…

I am very pleased with the whole process and would happily recommend M1 Mechanical for furnace replacement or repair…

37…

13 Wednesday Dec 2023

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the furnace has been misbehaving for nearly six weeks…

it started when my Nest app advised that the furnace had been off a number of times over a few weeks starting early in November and suggested I be in touch with a technician… this had never happened before…

I contacted the usual company and they said as long as it was working they couldn’t tell what was wrong… they booked me for an annual maintenance appointment which wasn’t until December…

since the beginning of December I have listened to the furnace starting and stopping close together, a sound which was certainly new… different from previous problems when it had stopped due to snow plugging the vents…

when the technician came for the annual checkup they advised that the furnace needed to be replaced… apparently it is 37 years old… it was working fine while they were here although it was doing a bit of the on-and-off business…

I called another company for a second opinion and on Friday they agreed that it needed to be replaced before too long…

Saturday when I got up, the temperature was 14.5° Celsius and it took hours for it to even start raising the temperature in the house… I was worried it had finally stopped;-(… eventually it made it to 17° C… Sunday it stayed around that temperature…

Monday it was down to 16° C and was quite chilly, lol… I called and a new install was scheduled for Wednesday…

Tuesday, it was 14.5°C when I got up… I raised the dial on the thermometer to 32° and it took a very long time to start to warm up…

then it got too hot, but I was afraid to lower the temperature in case it stopped working again… eventually I lowered it to 22 before bed…

Wednesday morning it was down to 17°C…

it has been a very stressful time, I have to say…

if…

10 Sunday Dec 2023

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well, last Sunday I finally made it into the plunge tub…

didn’t get as deep as my neck… it was chilly, but I made it to two minutes…

maybe, if I do it again, I will try to get down to my neck, lol…

certainly did wake me up, but I was still shivering and my legs were cold half an hour later;-)…

fun😳🤪🤔…

postcard…

10 Friday Nov 2023

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much as the snow can be a pain, it is also beautiful… especially if you don’t have to be somewhere and drive through it, lol…

the view out the windows were delightful on Thursday morning…

the snow clung to the trees and made it look like a postcard outside…

and the squirrels were busy at one of the feeders… if you look closely you will see the three in this picture…

I went out and shovelled the sidewalks and got a few photos while I was out there…

such a blessing to be able to be home, able to shovel, and enjoy the beauty;-)…

ghost…

05 Sunday Nov 2023

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on November 1st I took down the ghost from the front step… it was difficult, because the sheet had frozen into the step, lol…

then I took the poppy bird feeder that I received as a Christmas gift and tied it to the rail… this was a process, because it was cold and my fingers kept trying to stick to the metal, lol…

looks pretty good, right;-)…

average…

01 Wednesday Nov 2023

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yesterday, I set up pumpkins with lights in them, and put a witch’s hat on the larger one…

I filled a bowl with chocolate bars and set it by the door…

we had twenty kids, about average for our neighbourhood… this was a good number considering how cold it was… I was surprised at how quiet they were – many of them just rang the doorbell, lol…

two of them were from Sturgeon Heights collecting non-perishable items for Christmas hampers… last week there was a flyer in the mailbox advising they would be coming so I had gathered a few items to donate… made sure they got candy too;-)…

the house looked good with the ghost on the steps and pumpkins in the window;-)…

displays…

31 Tuesday Oct 2023

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I’ve been collecting photos of Halloween displays since the very beginning of October when they started popping up on my walks in the neighbourhood;-)…

here are some that I enjoyed🎃…

decorating for Halloween has certainly become a popular pastime…

the very tall skeletons were cool, but I kind of like the happy displays, more than the scary ones, lol…

the majority of these were taken before the snow landed (and hasn’t left) which has since curtailed my walks;-)…

breaking…

30 Monday Oct 2023

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Saturday, late in the afternoon, after breaking the ice on the pond, we caught twenty-one of the goldfish…

the pond water was filled with leaves and was rather brown and murky…

it was quite the job as, at one point, my grandson went into it barefoot with his pants rolled up to cut down the water lilies and grasses (I think it was about -12°C in the air)…

but that really helped catch a bunch of them that had been hiding under the lily leaves… they were moving slower in the cold, but still snuck out of the net… also, some of the catching was in the dark, lol…