HFCS: effika’s blog

For any interested, I did indeed finish my sweater for National Knit a Sweater Month. Here’s a nice shot of it! Thanks, Jay, for being patient with me while taking photos that blustery cold day. (If it wasn’t for Ravelry I never would have joined Flickr, it being too cool to be [...]

Nearly 9 years ago to the day I bought a black wrap from Sarah when she worked at JC Penney’s. I had let Jay borrow it (every winter for the past 3 years) to use as a scarf, and now after 9 years it is no longer in a location I can name. [...]

The hot water heater isn’t heating water! That’s OK, we’ll get a plumber here on Monday and we have friends who are letting us borrow their showers until then. The thermostat went out a few years ago, what will it be this time?
It’s a lot chillier than I think 65F should be! [...]

An electrician came out yesterday and today to fix up the condo. He had to replace a secret hidden outdoors breaker that controlled the hot water heater and the central ac/heater. It had, apparently, burned up while we were gone. Fun! The electrician also got into multiple tiffs with our downstairs [...]