First Full Weekend and Buying Oil Heat

09Mar07

This is my first full weekend in the new house. It’s also the first time my daughters have seen the house. I put them to bed a few minutes ago, and they are sleeping soundly in their room. Let’s hope it stays that way—you never know with three year olds. Although the painting I did (with lots of help from my family) helped some, it still just feels like a house, and not like “home.” I’ve been unpacking since last Sunday, and I still seem to have an infinite number of boxes left to unpack. My priority was getting the girls’ room and the kitchen set, with the living room being a close second. I’m still finding my way around the kitchen, but most of the kitchen-related boxes are fully unpacked and I had the girls’ room all set up rather early on in the process. The living room isn’t in such good condition, with boxes and bins stacked everywhere, but it’s nothing compared to my room. I’m drowning in boxes. When it comes to moving, the actually act of physically transporting your belongings is dead simple compared to actually doing something with all your stuff when you get to the new house.

This house has oil heat, and despite some initial difficulties connecting with the heating oil provider, I am now signed up for the “budget plan.” Instead of paying for however much oil is added to the tank each time, they estimate your usage and divide the cost up into monthly payments. Bottom line: about a hundred bucks a month, year round, to heat the house just during cold months. One of the quirks of my HVAC system is that the air intake vent creates a great deal of suction. More than I’ve ever seen out of an air return. This has the strange side effect of slightly collapsing the sides of the air duct, which creates quite a racket. Hopefully I’ll find a solution for that, because it tends to wake me up at night, and I imagine it will do the same for the girls at least some of the time.

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