Five good things that happened this week.
1. Sunday morning we smelled heating fuel oil. When I went to the utility room, there was a small puddle on the floor under the oil tank. The on call heating tech arrived quickly. We had spread some kitty litter to dry the puddle. He found 3 pinholes underneath the tank. He spread more litter and said he would talk to the boss about rearranging the schedule so we could get a new tank installed the next day. The oil tank in the basement was original to the house and just like me is over 60 years old.
2. The oil techs arrived early and replaced the tank and cleaned the utility room.
3. We had no Internet service while the techs were here. It took us many hours and a call to tech support to figure out someone had unplugged the service box.
4. The smell from the oil leak has finally dissipated.
5. The lawn guy showed up and mowed and then more leaves came down.
How was your week?
Oh wow CJ! i can see you were stretching to find the good things this week.. Or is the fact you have heat Great enough for all 5 !!
ReplyDeleteI better give you 5 good things now because i may struggle to come up with them next week after hubs heart testing..
1... he's in little pain.. and is able to get out to his shop and play and play some golf..
2... we played golf together all afternoon yesterday
3... 3 blissfully cooler days and now warming back up in the 80's
4... My next painting of koi is coming along swimmingly after some initial struggle..
5... My brother in law bought one of my Meditating Skeletons !
I hope your week gets better CJ and mine too!! Hugs! deb
It wasn't a struggle to get 5 good things. Just that I started this early in the week as things rolled along, prescheduled and forgot to go back! 🎃Sounds like you had a good week and I hope things improve with your husband's health
DeleteLuckily, no house issues for me this week, even if the occasional skunk smell from Pete still appears. I took a couple of scenic walks, am almost finished with a book purge in my big shelves, and have been thinking about making an apple pie. Thinking about making is good as there are no calories-ha ha. Glad the tank got fixed. Sometimes homes just are money sucker-uppers, aren't they?
ReplyDeleteHouses are money pits
DeleteThings are shaping up around here. I'm grateful we don't have a blue tarp on our roof like so many others! One day at a time! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm grateful you don't have a blue tarp on your roof and came through the storm.
Delete60 years, wow, what a true, old friend!
ReplyDeleteSad to let go - as we with our 37-year old microwave...
Week was cold, stressy, fun, good, more or less productive!
Wow, your microwave lasted a long time.
DeleteGlsd you got it repaired so quickly!
ReplyDeleteYes, though if we had to wait we have the mini-splits as a back up heat source. We're very fortunate
DeleteTechs actually cleaned something up? The techs where you live are far better than here. Here, they leave it for the homeowner to take care of the mess that was made. I agree homes are a money pit. I had my house painted after I scraped it. Now it needs it again.
ReplyDeleteThere's always something that needs to be done when owning a home.
DeleteSo pleased to read the repair was done quickly :)
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
The service company we have is really great
DeleteI still shudder over this unpleasant event. I'm glad everything went smoothly.
ReplyDeleteMe, too. And looking on the bright side, we shouldn't have any oil tank problems for another 20 years
DeleteGlad you got it fixed so quickly. Why is it that there's always a problem caused in the process of fixing a different problem? :(
ReplyDeleteIn this case it was a coincidence
DeleteSo glad that you everything fixed and the smell has gone now. It must have been a relief to get it fixed so quickly and smoothly - perfect 😊. We've had a fun week celebrating Hubby's birthday. Hugs Jo x
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