threegardeners's blog: Responsibility and Play

Been a busy few weeks.
We bought a nice new 6500 watt generator on sale half price. Had the electrician wire the thing to it's very own panel. Power goes out just flip a switch and generator kicks in. No more worrying about no heat in the winter or no water in the summer during an outage. I just wanted the furnace, pump and hot water tank on it but he said the thing would do the entire house so the entire house is wired to it...even the computer

Pellet stove installed! We have no basement, just a crawl space so the house can be damp in the winter. The previous owners used a wood stove that wasn't installed properly, when we took it out we discovered the furnace doesn't really heat the entire house so I was using an electric heater, won't have to do that any more. Took a hair under 5 hours. The guys did the inside work and drilled a tiny hole to mark the middle of the pipe. Then the company came to drill the hole in the wall. Almost 2 feet of wall. A BIG guy...with a kick-a$$ hole driller attached to the garden hose to keep it cool. Man that dude worked hard! A few times that thing jammed and it would of ripped a smaller mans arm off.



Up until now I've been very responsible. Took care of the needs of the house, roof going to be done, pipes wrapped under the house so they don't freeze, pellet stove so we're not cold and damp this winter, generator wired in as back-up to power outages. This one is for me though, I bought us a 1985 Pontiac Trans Am (Smokey and the Bandit, to show my age) Hubby is in heaven, there's an actual recognisable engine in there, no plastic, no sensors, everything within reach. 8 big cylinders and a rumble to match. Never winter driven and it shows. I've been wanting a sporty little car for Summer driving and when we saw this it fill the bill. Now I know how Hubby feels about the pellet stove....I've got a new toy and I can't play with it! Can't get a temporary permit until Monday and we picked it up Friday night. He even made room for it in the garage with the pigeons Tucking it in there was a big test of my backing up skills.

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