When I bought the property there was a small electric heater in the back room of the house. I checked to see if it worked, it did, so I kept it. I've had it in the bathroom set on low to keep the pipes from freezing. Knowing it would be cold Saturday night, I stopped by Lowes before I left town and bought an electric space heater for the bedroom. And I brought with me my favorite fleece blanket and an electric blanket.
I arrived around 5pm and brought my things in, and then I set up the heater in the bedroom. When I checked the heater in the bathroom I found that it wasn't working. I unplugged it and then plugged it in again, and that's when the outlet sparked. I unplugged it immediately, of course.
As I've said in most of the previous posts, there isn't really anything I can do there until I get the house leveled. So I walked around outside for a few minutes, making sure everything was ok, and it was. When I visited MGF the first weekend in December I took a string of Christmas lights and put them in the living room window. I had a timer and set the lights to come on at 5pm and go off at 5am. They were on when I arrived, it was a nice touch.
After I warmed up my dinner and ate it, I measured the kitchen and bathroom areas. That was one of the few tasks I had for this visit. The second task was to set up the other two timers I brought with me. I have three lamps and have each one set to come on at different times. Each of those little sections on the dial equals 15 minutes and I can set it to go on/off several times during the 24 hour period, which is what I did for the kitchen/bathroom light. Hopefully it will look like I'm getting up several times during the night.
I brought pajamas and my heavy robe, but ended up sleeping in my clothes, it was that cold. I even slept with my Dearfoam Slippers on! I wasn't sure if the electric blanket was working or not, however I did feel warm under the fleece/electric blankets and quilt. It warmed up in the bedroom by morning, a whoppin' 52 degrees!
The last two tasks I wanted to do were to take the Christmas lights out of the window and move the new heater into the bathroom. Breakfast was just a cup of coffee and a wheat roll, and I was ready to get the car loaded and head home. At least the car had a good heater!
I'm hoping 2019 will bring more progress. I'll be working on my plans for Moody Girl Farms for the coming year over the next couple weeks and will post my notes. Until then, never surrender, never give up, and may all your dreams come true.
