New Furnace

 Our furnace just quit working a week and a half ago so Neal and I have been living in our bedroom and his office for the past almost two weeks.  Thank goodness for space heaters.  Our house has been in the 50's everywhere but those two rooms.  It has been just plain cold. Brrrrrrr

We had two companies bidding for our business.  The one guy, named Erik, was very pushy and overly aggressive.  The other guy, John, just presented what we needed and said it was up to us.  Neal and I spent most of the whole day talking to Erik and then the same evening with John.  The very next morning at 7:00 Erik was standing on our front porch ready to put in a new furnace.  Well, we had just barely rolled out of bed when the doorbell rang and we actually made him wait out on the front porch for about 20 minutes.  That kind of sealed the deal for John.  I don't like being pushed into a corner and feeling like I have to make an immediate decision.  Anyway, we gave Erik another couple hours and Neal finally had to tell him that we were going with the other company.  Erik was not a happy camper.  But he was just over the top trying to convince us to go with him.  So as I type this, we have workers in our basement and outside the house installing a new furnace and a new air conditioning at the high price of . . . . well let's just say it prevented Neal from going to the Rose Bowl to see Utah play and will slow our spending down considerably until we get it paid for.  Not good timing to have it come just before Christmas, but is there ever a good time?  Probably not.  Here is a picture of the old tired out furnace.

I'll be posting all the new equipment when it gets completely installed.  I think it will be gold plated!!