Thursday, May 26, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
The Dreaded "Letter"
I knew it was bad....not time for any kind of correspondence from our homeowner's insurance company. Not thick enough for policy documents. Just enough paper in there to "notify" us. We're being dropped. After using Liberty Mutual since we moved to Florida in 2002, they are dropping us. They need to make changes in their coverage areas. The hurricanes of '04 & '05 are still affecting them. I guess they're affecting us now too. boy that stinks. It's pretty darn hard to find coverage for a 1915 wood frame house. It will be even harder to find coverage we can afford. We pay $3100 annually now...and from what I understand, that is very low for old house coverage. We get a hipped roof discount (substantial) along with the monitored security and updated systems discounts.Wish us luck!
Thermostat Location Costing Us Money?
I finally figured out why our upstairs bedroom feels so cool - cold actually, when the thermostat is set on 78 or 79...even 80. Our upstairs thermostat is located in the upstairs hallway; there are no A/C vents there, and most of the upstairs doors are normally kept closed, keeping the cool air mostly out of the hallway. The thermostat is reading the warmer temperature in the hallway, so the A/C stays on, and when I go into our bedroom, it is FREEZING (in my opinion, anyway). The downstairs is all open, so this issue does not exist there. What to do? Relocate the thermostat to our bedroom? I wonder if anyone else has this problem? It's hard laying in bed listening to the A/C unit churn on and on all night while I lay there freezing.....especially when I am anticipating electric bills in the $500 and $600 range.
Monday, May 16, 2011
Chickens and No Eggs!
We expanded our chicken coop/run a few weeks ago, in an effort to get the ladies back into egg-laying mode....only two eggs from the older hens since then. What gives? We switched back to Feed Depot's egg layer crumble (Shells did not have the grit and calcium FD's does), and gave them a nice sized area to peck around in....sounds like we need a chicken whisperer...
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