Saturday, June 6, 2009 - SNOW!
Zack woke me at 8:15 by whining for permission to come upstairs and get in bed with me. I told him okay and opened my eyes to see what time it was and noticed that it was snowing heavily outside. The local radio weather person mentioned a Canadian cold front moving down to our area, that might bring freezing temperatures to town, but I didn’t think that it would mean snow.
Thursday’s high temperature was 76.6, and a last night low was 26.2, so the cold front definitely has moved over my place. It is noon and still snowing, having deposited about ½ to ¾ of an inch, covering things with its white shroud. Just when I thought I had missed winter, it comes back to show how wrong I was. I don’t really mind as I am sitting in the sunroom with a nice warm fire, doing my research on which batteries to order.
As I sit here, watching the fire, snow, and birds, all of a sudden half a dozen Juncos showed up and are downing seed as fast as they can. I also spotted a robin on the lawn late yesterday afternoon, so my usual birds are all back now, and enjoying the seeds I have provided.
I am continuing to research the batteries and will order the best ones I can find, for the best price available. I will also do the research on the water heaters and make up my mind what I want to do. If I go with a tankless and the prices are close to what I found in town, I’ll go buy one. If I find that a LP tank is the way to go, and they are close in price to the ones in town, I’ll go buy one of them today.
Just when I think I have everything under control, Hughes pulls that bullshit about Fair Access Policy and slows my ability to surf the net to a snails pace. I wrote them a scathing email previously about this and the email NEVER WENT THROUGH. Do you think that they have a filter on their emails to customer service and it refuses any negative emails? I wouldn’t put it past them. I am sending another one and if it doesn’t go through, I’ll call and lodge a formal complaint and back it up with a registered letter to the top.
Now I can’t do all of the research I wanted to do, as it either won’t put the request through, or it takes up to 20 minutes to open a page.
It is now 8:30 and beginning to snow lightly again. I managed to do some of my research, but haven’t been able to get the final cost on the batteries or the water heater. It seems that none of the local stores carry the water heater I’d like to get and it would take until June 26 to get it, so I either wait for hot water or buy something else. I am still looking into the tankless water heater as I found one that can be mounted in the closet without all the special vent ducting. I’ll continue looking at the information tomorrow and make some decisions.
I’ve had some deer and a moose visit it me this afternoon, and enjoy being back in the mountains. I’ve enjoyed a fire all afternoon and have relaxed while trying to do my research and waiting for the internet to give me the information I seek. I’ve had dinner and played with Zack, feeding him and Zoey, and will watch some television before going to bed.