July 2nd -- Brandon and his cohorts from J.L.Brady showed up at roughly 7:30 a.m. I took Jethro for a loonng walk around the neighborhood to give them the chance to get the furnace/boiler unit up the ramp and into the basement without getting barked at. We returned to the house approximately 45 minutes later to discover a) the truck with the ( Read more... )

When our trusty Furnace maintenance person finally got here late last Wednesday, he was honest: the furnace was over 30 years old, at the end of its 'life span', and he was candidly uncertain if: 1) it COULD be repaired and if so how long it would stay operational, and 2) if it SHOULD be repaired, as it would be extensive and expensive and quite ( Read more... )