January 19, 2005
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Snow
Dog 2005
Its official, winter has
finally arrived in Maryland!So in
honor of Winter's cold and ignominious true arrival in northern Maryland
*ignoring Winter Solstice where it was 50 sumpin degrees here that day*, I
present to you Shia's first snow of 2005...
Isn't she
gorgeous? And as usual, always a smile on her face!Keeshonden
aren't called " The Smiling Dutchmen" for naught !
Well I suppose Winter
truly arrived the other night when the thermometer migrated from daytime
temperatures of a lov-er-ly 60 degrees to a finger, nose and booty numbing
20 degrees. Brrr.Oh, and
did I mention that our pellet stove chose the day before winter hit en
force to start whining like a 9 year old starting school after summer
vacation? Mike and I did trouble shooting , learned all about the 4
varying motors on the back *convection, combustion, upper and lower augers
for those who have a weird and unfailing need to KNOW* and decided it was
the combustion motor that was screeching and pitching a fit. Part is
ordered and should be here in a day or so. Meanwhile the gas and electric
company will be a fair piece richer and we a whole lot more broke. Gak.
Anywho....we can fix it ourselves for around $125 which is a sight better
than having a technician come in, charge us $75 to go " I have to order
the part I will be back when it comes in", then charge us a minimum of $75
to install the new motor. Oh, and rest assured they would charge about $50
more for the part than the manufacturer charges. Harumph.I am off
to Home Depot to buy another oil filled radiator. They are only $35, and I
am sure another one will help ramp back the amount of gas the boiler is
using to heat the water for radiators heating the rest of the house.
*Listening*I can hear the meter clicking as the gas pumps into the boiler,
and I can hear the execs at Baltimore Gas and Electric cackling with glee.
Til
later...
Kathie
Comments (12)
We don't heat the upstairs of our house - but we sleep up there. We have one of those portable radiators in our room (where all four of us sleep!) and we just turn it on to warm up that room ahead of time. We stay very warm all night... with the door shut, the heat stays in nicely. And it saves us having to heat the whole upstairs. ((although when the new baby comes, I can't keep FIVE people in one room...))
Is that your dog? She is gorgeous! My dog smiles all the time, too. It's so cute! Hope you're having a great day! :pease:
:biggrin: What a cute doggy! I could do without the cold weather though.
That is my dog, Shia * Shia means "gift" in Hebrew. She is a Keeshond and about a year and a half old. As you can tell from the fur, snow is definitely her thang!
:smile: If it snowed down here in Florida like it did up North, I probably wouldn't be very motivated..............I would want to stay under the covers and read.........sounds good to me! Have a warm, cozy sort of day! Blessings Dee!
thank you for your kind comments. it is a small world sometimes. my boyfriends mother is a sheriff for va beach also. small small world! anyhoo talk to you again soon...
What a cute dog!!!!! Have a great day, ~~ Suzanne
Such a cute DOOOOOOGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGIE!!!!
---kaz
What a cute doggy! Have a super weekend! :spinning:
Beautiful dog!! We use a pellet stove to heat our house too! It doesn't get heat all the way upstairs, well some to our room, but we use a poratble heater in the kids room and keep the door shut. Our Haromon stove is acting up too. Hmmm, must be the season!
It is only a year old! GRRR! We have been really happy with it but need it looked at. 
It keeps going out even with pellets in it and it just doesn't seem to burn right...the flames go weird. 
Have you used HWT's the whole way through with your daughter? Did you come across it by way of Sonlight? We are really happy with it so far!
Have a great day!
Kim~
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Oh, if only to have 20 degree weather again...hehe...we've been having like 8, 9, 10 degree weather...all this week it was even colder....zero! with a windchill of -40....now THAT is cold. ick Enjoy your snow!
you're welcome!
and what a cute little dog! if the time comes that i get married and have a family, i plan to have a dog. they are so cute.
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