Our furnace is now fixed and our old homestead is nice and toasty. This house is really unique and we've spent hours just getting to know it. For instance, we have a full basement, with 7-foot ceilings, but with pipes and ductwork running throughout. I've spent a good portion of time cleaning the basement, only to set up lots of breathable shelves and stacking what we can't unpack in the basement, where the boxes and buckets will be safe from mold, mildew and the occassional critter.
The furnace worked for about 6 weeks. We only ran the A/C, but began hearing a clicking sound (relay). We had the furnace checked out and sure enough, we had to have a circuit board replaced. Last night, we set the heat for a crisp 74, and once the house was heated up, it kept for most of the night. Which is a good thing, because it drops into the low 40s at night and gets up to 68-70 during the day.
Becca is recuperating from an early bout of sinusitis. I guess as the weather starts to change for the colder, we're going to see more of that. I had to stay home yesterday and keep her home from daycare and had a nice day off from work. On that, once a child shows symptoms of a contagious illness, you have to keep her out of daycare for 24 hours. So, daddy stayed home with the child while Mommy went off to work.
The other major project ongoing right now (besides the fence - more on that later!) is my garage. For the first time, I have a garage. It's detached from the house, in the rear and is only large enough for one car. We filled it with the boxes and stuff that wouldn't fit in the house right away. But, we've had some wet weather lately and I've been trying to get the last 40 or so boxes into the basement for good measure and to be able to get a car in the garage when the weather turns bad.
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
I titled my blog 'Que Pasa?' because that is a title I have used frequently in the past in my newspaper publications. Simply meaning "What's Happening?" I want this blog to be something that tells what's happening in my life and the lives of my family. I hope you enjoy and I want my friends and family to feel free to comment.
I will try to keep you up to date on the news, what's going on here at the new old Indiana Homestead (although it is an antique house in the center of town!), and keep you 'posted' on happenings at our schools. Biz is assistant principal at Plymouth High School and loves her job and enjoys working with the staff there. I am teaching English as a New Language at Lincoln Junior High School to beginning English Learners, most of whom are from a Hispanic background. I thoroughly enjoy my job and enjoy working with all the people I have met there.
We have finished ISTEP+ testing (Sept. 18-22) and completed nearly six weeks of school. The school year just seems to be flying by. I can't grip time quickly enough; I'm having trouble keeping straight exactly how many days there are until Christmas as well as how many days there are until summer break that I just can't look at a calendar. I concentrate on the day at hand and if I complete all my tasks, then I'm ahead of the game.
Becca attends daycare and absolutely loves it! I thought I would have trouble like last year with dropping her off, but the biggest challenge lately has been trying to get her to leave! She never wants to leave, which I guess speaks largely to how nice Becca has acclimated herself to life in Indiana. The only worry we've had is that the change in climate has begun to affect her sinuses and upper respiratory areas. We've found us a local doctor and Becca is recovering quite nicely from her sinusitis.
Lastly, the house project is moving along quite nicely. We've unpacked much of our boxes, stored the rest and I'm in the process of putting up a chain link fence in the backyard to help keep in the child when she plays in the backyard. We've had several issues come up, one being that our furnace went out not six weeks after we bought the house. We've had it checked out and I'm expecting it to be fixed today (Tuesday, 9/26). The basement project is progressing, with storage being the primary goal, and I had a guy look at our three windows with the goal of getting them replaced before the first freeze. Those windows don't look to airtight and I'm afraid that a lot of my heat will go out through the seams, not to mention making my basement drafty to the point of drawing down the temperature in the rest of the house.
I will try to keep you up to date on the news, what's going on here at the new old Indiana Homestead (although it is an antique house in the center of town!), and keep you 'posted' on happenings at our schools. Biz is assistant principal at Plymouth High School and loves her job and enjoys working with the staff there. I am teaching English as a New Language at Lincoln Junior High School to beginning English Learners, most of whom are from a Hispanic background. I thoroughly enjoy my job and enjoy working with all the people I have met there.
We have finished ISTEP+ testing (Sept. 18-22) and completed nearly six weeks of school. The school year just seems to be flying by. I can't grip time quickly enough; I'm having trouble keeping straight exactly how many days there are until Christmas as well as how many days there are until summer break that I just can't look at a calendar. I concentrate on the day at hand and if I complete all my tasks, then I'm ahead of the game.
Becca attends daycare and absolutely loves it! I thought I would have trouble like last year with dropping her off, but the biggest challenge lately has been trying to get her to leave! She never wants to leave, which I guess speaks largely to how nice Becca has acclimated herself to life in Indiana. The only worry we've had is that the change in climate has begun to affect her sinuses and upper respiratory areas. We've found us a local doctor and Becca is recovering quite nicely from her sinusitis.
Lastly, the house project is moving along quite nicely. We've unpacked much of our boxes, stored the rest and I'm in the process of putting up a chain link fence in the backyard to help keep in the child when she plays in the backyard. We've had several issues come up, one being that our furnace went out not six weeks after we bought the house. We've had it checked out and I'm expecting it to be fixed today (Tuesday, 9/26). The basement project is progressing, with storage being the primary goal, and I had a guy look at our three windows with the goal of getting them replaced before the first freeze. Those windows don't look to airtight and I'm afraid that a lot of my heat will go out through the seams, not to mention making my basement drafty to the point of drawing down the temperature in the rest of the house.
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