Our Old House

OMG...

We have arrived.... Now I understand that you should have money before you purchase an old house. Buyers' regret totally for right now but very Thankful for what we have accomplished.

After the second bat encounter in our house, calling for my husband to assist me. Think of a matador in the ring, but the ring was our house. My husband had a towel and since bats I believe have sonar and will not bump into the wall, hence the towel. My Husband would raise the towel to direct the bat to downstairs and out the door. At one point, I was in the bathroom freaking out and my husband came in and also the bat and was flying and I felt the flutter of the wings on my leg, which after the fact was kind of cool, maybe. So my hero husband took care of the bat. Then, of course we have mice because we are in a rural area. My husband sleeps through everything and I hear the most faintest of sounds...

The house has fireplaces, none of which have been used for the past 20 years, plus they're huge chimneys that have no covers, hence the bats arrive inside. Quick fix and not a designer fashion, but with all of the boxes we have from unpacking, I cut into a flat shape and covered the fireplace using heavy duty packing tape and duct tape. I hope nothing else comes through.

So we have this great wood stove, hopefully to save on our heating bill, we thought we would get that started with clearing the chimney and purchasing a chimney liner. My husband and I cleared the one chimney and found that one of the fireplaces had a chimney fire many years ago. We were cleaning out the old liner, then my husband found the remains of a duck. How did that happen?

Although my dear husband who is part carpenter, thank goodness, made two cap covers for the chimneys, one with a vent because the furnace is vented out. We placed the cap on the chimneys because we found $2,500 later we could have a working wood stove/heater for this winter. Well, we will put this on the 'back burner' to save the future winters.