We had quite a crazy, busy weekend. I am exhausted!
Friday I had a doctor's appt. and Mom-Mom came down to watch Max. Originally we were going to go to a movie but we were both so tired that we decided to just stay home and relax. Mom-Mom watched Max out in the camper so we could sleep baby-less (Thank you Mom-Mom!).
Saturday Karl and I got up early and after so much needed coffee we headed to Home Depot to get some insulation for our attic. I am not really sure how old this house is or when it was built but if I had to guess I would say about the last 50's, maybe early 60's and I don't think any insulation has been put up in the attic since it was built. The stuff that was up there was so compressed after years of neglect that it was only like a 1/2 inch thick and basically doing nothing for our heating cost. Which by the way is outrageous.
We moved out here last March and for March and April we had an $800 heating bill. Because the house is heated by oil we pay an arm, leg, and foot. So when the cold weather started to arrive this winter we decided that we were going to try and eliminate some of our money going up in smoke. We put plastic up on the windows and Karl asked Boss Man if we could insulate the house- his expense but our labor. Because Boss Man is the best he said yes and he also said that we could re-finish the floors! That will be an upcoming project.
So Saturday we came home with the machine and 50 bags of insulation. The machine goes on the outside of the house and a 100' hose is fed up to the attic. I was outside in the freezing cold feeding 50 bags to the machine and Karl was in the Sweltering attic blowing it all in. I can honestly say it was not my most fun thing to do but it's done and it only took us about 3 hours total. Which could have been much worse.
Afterwards we both took much needed showers and decided to head into town and see a movie. The last movie that we saw was Harry Potter and that was right before Max was born. We decided on Beowulf. I was actually pretty excited to see this, thinking that it might be as good as Lord of the Rings or other related fantasy movies. I was highly disappointed.
Now the effects were amazing but the plot was very poor. It started out really good and then about 1/2 way through it was just like the writer didn't know what else to write about and just threw some crap together. It was soooo not worth paying $9 for. I would recommend it to anyone.
This morning we got up and took the insulation machine back to Home Depot, said a huuuuggggeee thank you again to Mom-Mom for helping out with Max and now we are just relaxing for the rest of the night. All in all it was a very productive weekend.
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We had more insulation blown into our attic, and immediately we could feel the difference. The company had a lot left over, so they blew that into the attic over the garage. It stays in the 40's during the winter.
A word of caution though... if you have any can lights in your house, that recess into the attic... make sure your insulation is not touching.
We had to pee by candle light one Thanksgiving, because the can light kept overheating and shorting out. Then we realized that the insulation was covering it!
Good deal though... stay warm!
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