So here we are, no air conditioning. It's not so bad. We have a high powered window unit in the bedroom that keeps our room and the front guest room frigid, so sleep isn't a problem (except that the girls have to share a bed, which brings out the worst in them at this point). Ceiling fans in the library/computer room and the bathroom make them livable (plus the bathroom is all ceramic and marble tile, so it has the feel of cold even if it isn't). The kitchen is tough. Even with a fan, it gets warm. I'm trying to figure how to cook without the stove heating up the house. Crock pot and microwave here we come.
We have estimates coming Monday and Tuesday and I guess we'll plunk down the money Tuesday or Wednesday. Sigh.
Something about this sort of thing brings out my hoosier roots. Like, the AC failed because of something I did or didn't do and I spend a lot of time reminding myself that it isn't because I'm poor white trash, it's because my AC unit was really old (29 years old, actually). I never think this about other people when things like this happen. I just have a hard time convincing myself that these are things that just happen in life. I have an overactive intrinsic responsibility gene or something. It is always my fault...dipshit.
So anyway, posts may be erratic. Or maybe overabundant. Depending on how much else I have to do or how much time we spend at the art museum, library, mall, anywhere with cool air blowing.
78. Quilt #4 I think 2012
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Okay, A) if you have an AC unit that broke after 29 years of use, you're not a hoosier you're a magician. AC units shouldn't last that long.
And B) if you end up replacing it and have the extra money (it's only a few hundred extra) we are now finding out the bad way that getting a unit with a heat pump will be really efficient in the winter and save a bunch of $$$. In TX it's not such a big deal but in St. Louis it can stay cold for a long time.
And, C) do you have a toaster oven? I use mine a lot in the summer because it's so much less energy to heat and it doesn't make the kitchen all hot and, ultimately, you can even take it outside and plug it in if you want, therefore not heating up the kitchen at all. You can do the same with the crockpot and micro (if it's not built in and IF IT'S NOT RAINING ha ha ha).
Good Luck!
"Overactive intrinsic responsibility gene" reminds me of old-fashioned Catholic guilt that we seemed to "learn" in grade school.
By the way -- come on down if you're too hot for the weekend!
heat pump, definitely. ground source would be even better, but you might not want to dig up your yard. go energy star: not only is there a federal tax credit, but the energy savings will be shocking and instantaneous--it will be anyway, probably. 29 years is pretty good ... ours is at least that old. i'm crossing my fingers, because there's no way we could replace it right now, & it's both a/c & heat ...
I can't help remind you that Bevin and I shared a bed till she was 8 and I was 6...
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