December 19th

Snow, snow, everywhere and I can't go where I need. I had to postpone my appointment today because of all the snow this morning and my lack of plowed development in time for me to get out.

As the day wore on, it was going well. Baby is eating fine and disposing of used food just as 'nicely', when the central air unit makes an odd clocking noise. Not the normal single click, a triple or sometimes quadruple click. The heat seems to still be coming out fine so we think nothing of it.

Around 6 pm or so, we notice the overall temperature has dropped from 75 to 73 and the furnace has been running for about 30 minutes, much longer than usual. Then we get to thinking the clicking is not so normal.

Brooke's mom calls and says they were heading out and wandered if we needed anything. Brooke tells them the situation as I Google like I've never Googled before! Her dad seems to think it could be an issue with the electronic eye not sensing a flame. A few things I found online state either the eye or ignitor valve are not working.

Brooke's parents run to Walmart and pick up a spare kerosene heater for us and some kerosene. They bring it by and get it setup in our kitchen / dining room / formal room corner. It quickly helps raise the general temperature to 75. I setup the electric oil heater, my mom brought us last night, in our bedroom.

Brooke's dad and I then look at the area I heard the clicking. He was pretty sure that is the gas valve opening and closing. The eye isn't seeing a flame so it closes the valve to prevent continue gas leakage. He tries to disconnect and reconnect the valve, ensuring the power to it is secure. Nothing right now but things are generally okay.

Overnight, things stabalize and the heater starts to work again. I have already called in some HVAC people to look at it. They'll be here between 9 - 3 tomorrow. This means I'll need to rescheduley customer again. :-(

Christmas Ornament Totals
Dec. 19th - 0
Dec. 18th - 1 bulb and 1 branch
Dec. 17th - 0
Dec. 16th - 0 items
Dec. 15th - 9 branches
Dec. 14th - 0
Dec. 13th - 6 bulbs, 8 branches, a strand of lights
Dec. 12th - 2 bulbs
Dec. 11th - 1 bulb
Dec. 10th - 1 bulb
Dec. 9th - 0, (the cats are planning something!!)
Dec. 8th - 0, Nada, zilch!
Dec. 7th - 2 bulbs and 2 candy cane
Dec. 6th - 3 bulbs