I had the guy from the insulation company out yesterday and learned that we only have 3 inches of a needed 18 inches worth of insulation up in our attic! Well this sure explains our high heating bills and the wild temperature swings resulting in hot summer days and cold winter nights. Turns out insulation isn’t cheap (about $2000!) so we won’t be adding any soon. October is an expensive month. Not only do we have taxes next Tuesday (I won’t even go into that) but we also our have car registration and a bunch of medical bills we’re still paying on. But enough of our troubles, at least we now know why our power bill is 2 1/2 times that of our neighbors and why it’s so damn cold upstairs. Maybe we’ll just move all our beds to the basement, that’d solve it. Check out our energy report, you should get yours if you can. Looks like we’re 4 times higher than our efficient neighbors, maybe we should move in with them! (we’re the 2134 guys, ouch)
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Yesterday we also shut down the sprinklers and took the boys for haircuts. Jag is not too happy as he says she cut his too short but we told him it’d grow back in a week. Meanwhile Ty wants to grow his out but we managed to get him to sit still long enough to get a respectable cut. Finally around 6pm we made it home and I had put some pork ribs in the oven so the house was smelling oh so good as we walked through the front door. Lacey the lab is on more meds after a $200 trip to the vet, uggh, and will hopefully feel better soon. No one knows why she has such bad ear infections, Â I guess labs are prone to it.
Monday Lori goes to a new spine surgeon. Her head was really really bad last night. We think she was laying the wrong way on the couch and hurt herself. If we can afford it, she might just go in and get her discs fused, we’ll know more Monday afternoon.
Fall is definitely here. The leaves are falling and that chill is in the air. I love it as like I’ve said before, it’s my favorite season.
Both dogs are at my feet resting comfortably while everyone else is still sleeping. I think I’ll skip the gym today as I lifted pretty heavy yesterday and need to give my muscles a rest. It’s amazing how the body responds after only a few workouts. I can’t go any longer than a few days without hitting the gym or I feel like my muscles are going into atrophy. I really learned this after knee surgery as I’m still recovering but am getting stronger every day. It’s true what they say, use it or lose it!
Enough rambling, I’ll skip politics today as it’s all crap as usual. Hope everyone has a great weekend, take care and God Bless.