Big day at the house

So today was definitely a big day in our new house, at least as far as cold hard cash is concerned.

First of all, we finally had an electrician install a few extra electrical outlets.  Having just one outlet in the master bedroom and no outlets in the bathroom wasn't a situation we're really enjoying.  We ended up with five new outlets.  Of course, the downside of this kind of work is that it definitely isn't free.

Then, while I was at home for lunch, I noticed that the frozen corn I was retrieving from the freezer wasn't as cold or as hard as I expected.  I soon learned that everything in the freezer wasn't as cold as I expected.  Then I started to find that the food in the fridge wasn't all that cold either.  So our fridge blew.

Tonight we went fridge shopping and picked up a new fridge (the upside being that this new fridge should be more energy efficient.

Anyway, definitely a memorable day.

In case you didn't believe my last post...

...here's some evidence of the snow and the arrival of the electricians.




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Oh, and it's still snowing these three hours later.

A Few Quick Notes 597

-Well, after several snow free days (and even a fair bit of melting) we're now in the midst of another patch of flurries/full-fledged snowfall.  Bummer.  I guess I was really hoping that by April I'd be starting to get a sense of what our backyard looks like.

-It seems I've had another extended absence from these parts.  Woops.  It seems that working, painting, household chores, etc. keep me away from too much recreational internet usage, and I'm not particularly vigilant when it comes to using the few minutes a day I do have for blog updates.

-Because our house is relatively old and un-updated our insurance provider required that we obtain an additional electrical inspection after we took possession.  Not surprisingly, we had a few things to update.  The electricians did a few hours of work on Wednesday and should be back again today to do the rest of the updating.  We're planning on having them also do a few optional projects that should make our life a fair bit easier (like adding a plug in the bathroom and making sure that we have more than one plug in the master bedroom).

-Ok, now to deal with the electricians.