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Things I considered doing with our tax rebate check:
1) Get the house resided
2) Replace the sofa
3) Get Michael a new computer
4) Upgrade our cell phones
Things I was not planning on doing with our tax rebate check:
Repair or replace the wood stove.
Yes ladies and gentlemen, I–your gracious host–managed to break the wood stove this morning. It absolutely cannot be used until it is repaired or replaced, and considering the shape it’s in, replace makes a lot more sense than repair.
What did I do? It had four heavy glass panels on the front lining the two doors that open to allow you to put in wood. It was a pretty stupid set-up, actually, but as the wood stove only cost us $50, we weren’t complaining. As you may have guessed, I shattered one of those panels this morning.
Bah humbug.
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March 29th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
I never heard of big glass doors for a wood stove. When I rented a small cabin for a few years it had a wood stove, but no glass at all. Of course, it was a small cabin, therefore a small wood stove.
Breaking things, often sucks. My newer laptop died today, which did not make me happy. But it was used - given to be because it was virus infected beyond reapir, and the person had lost all the disks for it and it was more cost-effective to replace than to purchase Windows, Office, and antivirus, then pay for me to locate all drivers, and finally do a wipe-and-reinstall.
And so it goes.
March 29th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
Yuck, what a horrible way to start your day! Is the woodstove your primary source of heat, or do you have others? (I’m not making a WV joke here, there are folks here in Washington who choose woodstove as primary heat rather than forced air.
March 29th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
Vince,
It’s a pretty poorly designed stove. I think it was supposed to look nice in a family room–let you see the fire and all. But the doors quickly sooted up, and not did that make it harder to fill the stove, it also made the inside smaller, so we had to fill it more often (it usually would burn out overnight).
And I think right now I’d be more upset about losing a laptop–at least it’s almost April and we have several months to replace the wood stove!
And it’s a small house, so a small woodstove has worked well for us. :)
Jeri,
It’s okay. It’s not our primary source of heat–we have a natural gas furnace. However, the furnace heats only the upstairs, so to heat the basement (2nd bath, computer room, laundry area) we used the wood stove, so avoid using the electric heat in the bath & computer room (much more expensive).
Initially we had it only as a backup heat source, but it actually helps keep the house warm in the winter, since it’s a really small house. It warms the upstairs floors and takes the chill out of the air.
But right now in the basement, where I have been doing bills for the past hour? BRRRR!
March 30th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Note to the rest of the UCF: Once the super-cool UCF Bomb Shelter is built, Michelle is not allowed near anything that can cause permanent damage to our ultra-cool domicile.
Just joking you, Michelle. Sorry about that. My Hot Mom says that household stuff should never be “told” about “found money,” becuase it then takes it as its cue to break.
March 30th, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Janiece,
We have to let Michelle near some of the important stuff. If I recall, she’s in charge of the trebuchet.
March 30th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Actually, Janiece is about right. I typically shouldn’t be allowed around things that can’t be repaired.
Because I really am that clumsy.
Luckily, between Michael and me, we can fix a LOT of stuff.
TREBUCHET! TREBUCHET!
KEEP THE ZOMBIES AT BAY!
TREBUCHET!
June 21st, 2008 at 3:27 pm
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