We are having some warm temps. Overnight low was 32 and the high was 50. It is supposed to stay fairly warm until next Monday, the day we are supposed to leave for the Gulf.
Last Friday evening we attended our church's Valentines Day dinner at Tammy's, the local restaurant. 39 people attended, which was a good sized group from our small church. Food was adequate, fellowship was great.
After eating there was entertainment back at the church. A former Pastor, who sings and does some comedy. came and "performed". Over 70 people attended. He was good.
Some outlets and one of the kitchen lights quit working in the lower level. I spent a hour trying to find the problem and then gave up. This morning I called an electrician, a guy who was recommended by a Contractor I know from church. I left a message. After the call I headed for Jefferson City and the YMCA. I just turned on the street where the Y is located when I received a call from George, the electrician. I turned around and headed home. I made it back to our house less than 5 minutes before he arrived. He spent about 90 minutes tracking the problem back to a burned wire in the electrical panel. While checking things he found a fixed another couple of minor issues. I think he would have found the problem quicker if I had not given him some bad information. The outlets had quite working once before and I thought they were on the same circuit as some other outlets. As it turned out I was wrong, they were not on the circuit I thought.
We have a 3 way switch on the wall of the upstairs kitchen, and another on a downstairs wall, that are supposed to operate a downstairs ceiling light. They have never worked correctly while we have lived here. I spent an hour "playing" with them once and finally gave up. George spent almost 2 hours trying to figure out why the switches did not work correctly. He finally gave up and said he would have to bring more equipment to solve the problem. I told him I would give him a call when we get back home in late March.
George is not an amateur. He bought his Dad's electrical business in 1972, after working there for many years. He recently sold the business to his son when he retired. He still does small jobs, like ours, and also helps his son if his son gets to busy.
He was here for at over 3 hours. I think he was embarrassed that he could not figure out why the switches didn't work. He told me I owed him $60, I paid him $80 and figure I got a good deal.
I cut up a couple of cedar logs that have been laying out in the woods since we moved here. Cedar is crappy firewood but it does burn. I probably cut enough to last several days of the warmer temperatures.
Kathy spent the day cleaning the house. The next three days we have Lydia.
I hope you all had a good day. May God bless you and yours.
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