I had called the company that installed my AC to look at the hot water heater and furnace gas leak issue - they were going to come out sometime today and I was ok with telling them the secret to get into the house with me not being here. But something told me I should be here - so I took off work today - good thing I did.
I did some more cleaning in the basement today and brought up albums that my uncle had placed some of his unique postcards - he was a HUGE postcard collector. So while I was waiting for the guy to come to work in the basement I took some time to really look at the postcards in his albums. The two pictures below are of hand-painted postcards and they are beautiful! I think I'm going to take several postcards out of the album and frame as groupings in several large frames. I found a place that had "safe" postcard covers or holders that I can put the postcards in and attach the holder to the mat of the picture frames - instead of attaching the postcards directly to the mat and possibly ruining the postcards.
Yesterday Cruz was not open to going on a walk - she actually bared her teeth at me when I messed with her collar. Today I tried again - while waiting for the guy to come to work in the basement and she was ok with me putting her collar on and we went for a walk around the block. Evidently I pooped her out from the walk....
All three of us took a short nap this morning and when I woke up the dogs were still asleep looking adorable - so I tried to get a picture of them. Of course they both woke up - the turds. And yes, Butler is awake in both pix below even though he doesn't look like it.
So around noon the guy came to work in the basement and I had a question about my AC compressor on the back patio. I've contacted MidAmerican Energy about their Super Summer Saver program and may have them attach their dealie to my compressor to turn the compressor on and off in 15 minute intervals on peak days. I wanted the guy to tell me if the dealie could be hooked to the compressor area or if it would have to be hooked to my electric meter. If it could go by the compressor - I wouldn't have to be here when it was installed. If it had to go by my electric meter I would have to be here when it was installed since the meter is inside my locked garage. Good news - it can be hooked by the compressor.
While the guy was looking at that, he realized my compressor was clogged/dirty big time so he took it apart to spray the coil clean. He showed me how I could do this without taking the compressor cover off. I had had the compressor cleaned out earlier this spring and was doing a pretty good job keep the area around the compressor clean/clear but didn't know I could actually spray it with my hose like the guy was doing.
I asked if I could run some errands while he worked in the basement - he said sure so he moved his truck out of the driveway so I could get out of the garage. Off I go to run some errands.
I come back and the guy is gone - awesome. I walk into my basement and the house is quiet - not good - that means my blower on my unit was not running. I walked upstairs to the bedroom and it was 86 degrees and the really bad thing was I hadn't taken the dogs down to the main level while I was gone - so they were upstairs in the horrid heat. I immediately called the company about this and they said they would send someone out to see what was up with my AC. This is why I believe I was supposed to stay home. When I found the AC not working it was around 3:00. If I would have worked today I wouldn't have gotten home until 5:20 or so and who knows how hot the upstairs would have gotten. At least the dogs would have been on the main level where they stay when I work.
While I was looking around the upstairs after running errands, I found Cruz had been up to some shenanigans while I had been gone. I found two shoes and my animal print house slippers on my bedroom floor - my shoes and house slippers stay in my closet that doesn't have a door. The heels of both shoes had been chewed so the shoes were ruined - I was bummed. When I walked into the bathroom to check the shoes in my closet I had a surprise. Cruz had chewed the heels on a shoe from one pair of shoes and a heel on a shoe from a different pair of shoes - so TWO pairs of shoes were ruined. At least my animal house slippers were in pretty good shape, Cruz must have just carried them from the closet into my bedroom. I was irritated to say the least but I had only myself to blame. Something told me I should take the dogs downstairs and close the door to the upstairs while I was gone but I thought I didn't need to do that. If I would have taken the dogs downstairs they wouldn't have gotten quite so hot with the AC off and two pairs of shoes wouldn't have been ruined.
Another guy from the company that worked in my basement showed up and found out that while the first guy had done a good job spraying my compressor, somehow a fuse in the compressor must have gotten too wet and it zorched out - no AC. Fuse replaced, AC kicked on and the upstairs has finally cooled down.
I shared with my sister-in-law and niece Saturday about some of the guys on OurTime.com and we kind of chuckled. Well today a guy that is three years younger than me "liked my picture" or whatever they call it on that web site. I read his profile and it was pretty stinking scary how close he was to my religious beliefs. Pentecostal, listens to 107.1, no smoking or drinking, likes to do church activities along with other things and he's 6'5". For the first time ever - I sent an email to a guy on one of these online sites - we'll see what happens.........................
