-=> Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 04 Feb 14  14:04:22 <=-

 > Glad that's finally been settled...  I was going to jump in before, but
 > got too far behind... ;)

 JK> Understand that one... I have to try catching up on the cooking echo
 JK> one of these days.. it's been absolutely crazy over here this winter,
 JK> between that house freezing and everything else going on .. Ah
 JK> well, eventually I hope to at least. 

I hear you...!   :)

 > That would be a big help... it is awfully overwhelming...  :)

 JK> Yes, it is.  The amount of damage was absolutely incredible to me..
 JK> Exterior walls I could somewhat understand, but when we heard about
 JK> the interior wall, well that was insane to me.... I keep thinking
 JK> about the walls going up the winding staircase to the upstairs.. and
 JK> the staircase.. it was so beautiful.  The walls in the new bathroom
 JK> that Ron put in (not the bathroom we used for the Picnic) are bowed..
 JK> that is such a drag. It's the second big bathroom downstairs, though
 JK> the bathroom we used for the picnic also had a _lot_ of damage..
 JK> Shower is now "indescribable" there :( 

Was that (the second bath) the one just off the second kitchen...? 
When we had our attic fire some years ago, we had similar wide-spread
damage... not so much from the fire itself as from the water used to put
it out...  It destroyed the ceilings directly below, for two floors, and
there was significant water damage to interior walls for both floors
below for 2/3 of the house... amazingly, it was just walls and ceilings,
and the floor in the back of the house on the second floor, didn't hurt
any of our stuff, genealogical paperwork, books, piano, etc., only the
stuff right in the fire that was burnt, and some stuff in the attic that
got smoke damage...  But what really got to me was the amount of the
secondary water damage... and the huge repair bill...  :)  Water goes
everywhere, I guess...  ;)

 > I'm just thankful that we've
 > been having sunny days along with the snow and cold...  :)  Our furnace
 > works somewhat, and the house is well insulated, but we've woken to a
 > rather cold house a time or three lately... when the furnace decided

 JK> That's a pain :(  We've woken up a few times here in Ithaca with no
 JK> heat, so our furnace was playing that same game I think.. :( 

Just no consideration...!  (G)

 > that cycling off was easier to do than turning back on when it was
 > time... and Richard had to wake up to restart things... Lots of blankets
 > on the heated water bed, and we're doing ok... ;) 

 JK> Thank goodness... and now tonight we're supposed to get a ton of
 JK> snow... which means we'll have to get to Windsor at least once this
 JK> week to shovel.. Matt will help Ron so that's something.. 
 
How much did you get...?  We got most of ours during the day on
Wednesday, all told maybe close to a foot, maybe only about 8 inches... 
I was out in it, as I had an appointment midday... not too bad, but not
a lot of fun, either... :)

 > I've been tracking temps and weather in Massena, too... I think they
 > probably think they ARE at the north pole... sub-zero temps for highs,
 > wind chills much lower...  Glad we don't live there...  although,
 > probably we'd get used to that, too...  

 JK> haha.. I'd rather not have to get used to it :) :)

I hear you...    But one does toughen to whatever one is regularly
exposed to, usually, anyway...  ;)

 JK> Take care and stay warm!

Thanks... and you stay warm, too...!   :)

ttyl     neb

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