Since Sunday morning, our heater has not been working. Two repairmen later, and our heater is still not working. Two parts have been ordered and due to arrive tomorrow. We do, however, have the upstairs heater working, but we're not running it constantly because we don't want it to run itself down trying to heat the whole house.
Gary went to Wal-Mart Monday night and bought us an electric blanket and warm caps to wear to keep our heads warm. We stayed under the electric blanket all day yesterday, only bundling up to venture downstairs to what we now refer to as the "freezer." We can literally blow and see our breath!
In addition, we had 6 plus inches of rain over the weekend, and the lovely built-in china cabinet located in the dining room began to leak down the middle, and leak, and leak. We filled several bowls and soaked up several towels with rain. It also leaked in the downstairs bathroom, but thankfully only over the tub, and down a corner of the utility room. We've called all the roofers in the phone book. One was promising, but he never showed up. Besides the leak, the tin roof over the upstairs bathroom blows up and flaps every time a strong wind blows. We've been asking our contractor to come and fix it for about the past 3 months. (Sigh...)
As if that weren't enough, we also have have no local phone service since Sunday, but a repairman is scheduled to come on Friday. Thank goodness for cell phones.
Oh the joys of living in an old house!
Schools are closed today, so thankfully, we do not have to worry about driving out in this mess. We stayed home yesterday even though my district was open. Our drive to school is 45 minutes away, and it was very icy along the highway between here and there. So, we will spend another day under the electric blanket. That's OK because I'm in the middle of a good book! Too bad for Gary, though. He finished his last night.
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