Thursday, January 29, 2015

Now What?

   Wally...from next door...called a little while ago to tell us that our furnace was bellowing black smoke out the chimney and had been doing it off and on all week.  I tracked down Jeff and told him and he came back up and checked out the furnace...but couldn't find anything wrong.  He went down to Wally's and talked to him to get things straight in case I screwed up the message (I hadn't).  We decided to call the oil company and they sent a tech to really check out the furnace. We've got about a quarter of a tank of oil left so it wasn't sucking oil from the bottom of the tank.  The tech 'cleaned' the furnace...actually changing the nozzle and filters...but couldn't find anything wrong.   $176 plus tax but that's better than having the furnace blow up...isn't it?

Each skirt is folded into quarters
   I finished the 4 circular skirts in Comfy, a Pima cotton/acrylic blend from Knit Picks, and started the first sweater to go with them.  The skirts are soft and silky...much nicer than those done in acrylic. They still need elastic for the waistbands but at least they don't need to be hemmed!
  Jeff's got an MD appointment in Cooperstown tomorrow and I've yarn ready to cast onto short double pointed size 2's for socks for him to work on in the waiting room.  The yarn is hand-painted washable wool and the color is called Kindling, a blend of soft browns.

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