BRRRR

Last Satruday night, right before bed, Mike turned on the furnace. Around 5 AM I woke up to a loud sound of something trying to kick on, run loudly, and finally go off. It happened 3 more times before 6. Now, I didn't know that Mike turned on the furnace, I love the house to be cold at night - cuddling up under the blankets is my favorite place to be. I finally woke Mike to see if he could figure out what that awful noise was - I don't sleep well any more, and I am often up for a couple hours in the middle of the night. I KNOW the night sounds in the house, and this was not one of them. He jumped out of bed, and rushed down to the utility room to check on the furnace. He turned it off and told me he thought we must have had a critter of some sort crawl into the furnace over the summer. The boys and I headed off to church, and he stayed home to check on fixing the furnace. Well, no sign of the critter now - he figured it was chewed up in the fan then cremated by the furnace - lovely thought, but there was now a broken part. Some internet research and this is a pricey part, of course they don't just sell the little piece that was broken, you have to buy the whole big assembly. Off to the store, Mike bought some epoxy and announced he would try to fix the part on his own. Today will be the moment of truth. After work tonight he will put the repared part in the furnace and turn it on. Cross your fingers for us!!