Comments on: House Maintenance: Fall

By: House Maintenance: Winter | Serene Journey

House Maintenance: Winter | Serene Journey — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:58:52 +0000

[...] the fall house maintenance a distant memory there shouldn’t really be much to do come the colder months. To round out [...]

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:22:58 +0000

Better yet, try avoiding the use of gas stoves and slowly change to using, say, alcohol fuel to cook your food. Doing this yields some sort of ripple effect with effects ranging from the limiting of the types of food to be regularly cooked, the change to easier to cook and healthier food for the family that can easily be cooked using alcohol fuel, the change of diet of people from high-cholesterol red-meat diet to healthier stuff such as vegetables and fish. The list goes on, and only from a simple change of cooking system. Great post you have here, btw, really humbly helpful.
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By: Sherri

Sherri — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:03:47 +0000

Hi MaryBT

Thank you so much for this important addition. I don’t have natural gas any more so this didn’t make my list but it’s a fantastic addition. Thank you for the reminder and for sharing your story. Very scary indeed.

By: MaryBT

MaryBT — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:47:12 +0000

I hope this isn’t presumptuous, but I just feel like I need to add something.

If you have a wood burning heat source or anything (furnace, hot water heater, stove, oven, ANYTHING) that burns natural gas, please install a carbon monoxide detector. If yours is more than 7 years old, it will need replaced.

My daughter and I asphyxiated last winter and are only here to tell about it through divine intervention. Had we fallen asleep, we wouldn’t have woken up. We even had a CO detector, but it was old and did not do its job.

They are fairly cheap and super easy to install (you just plug it in to an outlet).

Okay, thank you for allowing me a soapbox. I discovered your blog a few weeks ago and have really enjoyed it.
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By: Sherri

Sherri — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:53:12 +0000

Hi Wilma,

You certainly get what you put in. If you maintain things they will last longer and save you money in the long run. It does take a bit of time but I think it’s well worth the effort.

By: Wilma Ham

Wilma Ham — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:46:51 +0000

Hi Sherri

We have just cleaned the gutters, not for winter but for summer rain so we will have rainwater filling up our water tanks.
Great way to stay in integrity with important things in your life.
It is all about keeping things in order so they function well and keep you well housed and that is a great habit.
Best wishes for preparing for winter.
Love Wilma
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