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Skriven 2014-11-17 13:49:44 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
  Kommentar till text 19451 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: houses
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Hi Ruth,

>> Big house=big bills (grin).  We had insulated the back bedroom
>> downstairs, and the front entry-way just after we bought the house to
>> cut the heating bills some.  That helped a lot.

> Insulation does help--Steve added some to the attic of one house that we
> lived in and our heating/cooling bills reflected the difference. The new
> house has some but he will add more, including a batt over the attic
> stairway.

Sounds good, should help quite a bit as you know.  We were very relieved to see
this house in Slaterville Springs has a lot of insulation... that, plus the
smaller size makes quite a difference no doubt.

>> Every little bit helps... and given how close Thanksgiving is maybe it
>> will be a good time to get a good credit. I figure to do some pumpkin
>> pies with almond-flour pie crust so my daughter can eat them...

> We'll probably do the turkey for those folks that want to gather at the
> church house. Last year there weren't too many of us but we still had a
> good time. I'm wondering if Lowe's will do what they did last year--a
> dime back for every $100. spent from around Thanksgiving to the end of
> the year. We built up more credit, faster. Of course it's only good on
> one fill up so we try to take advantage of it whenever the tank is
> really low.

That is handy... Thankfully our little car is really only taken out for
shopping since we work at home...so gas expense is not too bad.  It's a Kia
Soul, the one with all those animals in tv ad (what are they? hamsters? Lol)


>> Understand.. It's nice using a gas range as well, I have no complaints
>> there.

> I like them but Steve says they put too many particulants in the air--to
> which a pulminology specialist said the newer ones don't--and I have
> asthma. He thinks I'd have more breathing trouble, I say not
> neccessarily.

My mom who had asthma always refused gas ranges for that reason.  She said it
did affect her breathing the few times she did have one.

>> There aren't that many doctors in the Ithaca area strangely enough.  I
>> guess everyone goes to Binghamton for doctors :) "Country living" I
>> guess.  Certainly all the specialists are in Binghamton, so we've kept
>> our docs there. IIRC the doctors here in Ithaca don't have privileges
>> in the Binghamton hospital either, which is where you'd end up if you
>> needed to be admitted.

> I would have thought Ithaca would have had a pretty good number of
> medical specialists and hospitals, especially with Cornell there, and it
> being a big research school. Sort of surpising.

There isn't a hospital in Ithaca... there is a medical center, but no
hospital... Since Binghamton is not that far, I'm sure that's the reason and
Binghamton has two large hospitals.  My son went to the med. center in Ithaca
to see his cancer doc there (he was just told he doesn't have to return, which
is good news (g)) and his general practioner is there as well. But neither Ron
nor I wanted to change to a doctor that doesn't have priv. at the Binghamton
hospitals :) Cornell has a hospital in NYC that I go to once in a while (or I
did at least) when I was seeing that neurologist in Manhatten
(Cornell-NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital) but I decided it's just too much of a
drive. That's where their medical college is as well.


>> (g). I made chili last week, and the chicken soup, and made them both
>> on the stove top.  I suppose if I worked outside the house, I'd have
>> more reason to use the crockpot as well.

> I go on fits and spurts with it--did a chicken soup/stew yesterday. It
> was almost thick enough to be a stew, a bit thicker than soup after I
> took out some of the stock to use elsewhere.

That was probably good stock :)

>> > Just pray for a fast sale at a good price.

>> Yes, that's what I'm hoping.  No more word yet on the folks that are
>> interested. From what the agent said so far, the people who are
>> interested have to come up some in their offer to get to the point we
>> decided was viable with how much we owe, etc.  We are being very
>> reasonable with the price already compared to what we bought the house
>> for, so they need to come up just a bit.

> I understand--we went up some on our 2nd offer and they went down to
> make the house more affordable for us.

That is good.

>> Yep.. then the fun of keeping out a pan or two, a place settings for
>> the two of you, and poof. it's moving day :)  When is your closing
>> date? Must be coming up.. :)

> We're closing on Nov. 20, next Thursday. This house is getting to look
> like a move is in the works. Had to use my pressure cooker (as a regular
> pot) to cook some beet greens today as the stock pot was packed and in
> the storage unit.

Not very far off at all, that's nice... and that's Ron's birthday (g)... Those
pressure cooker pans are handy :)

Take care,
Janis

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