OK, so...my heat had been turned off (I have water heat) while there was drama with the pressure expansion tank. And it wasn't that cold out anyway, and the heat tends to be OMG HOT ON, or not on at all.
But when I got home last night, it was 32 degrees out, and cold in the house, so this morning I turned the taps to "ON" so I'd get heat. But the blowers didn't seem to be working, so I went back downstairs, and it looks like the pilot light is out on the water heater. It has an automatic/electric lighter thing, apparently? I followed the instructions to flip that switch to off, and unplug the heater, and it said to wait five minutes for the gas to go away. Now I'm worried if I try to finish the directions and turn it on, I'll blow up my house. ARGH.
(BTW, those of you who like jeggings, I am still your friend. Although you are wrong-minded wrongyheads.)
(BTW, those of you who like jeggings, I am still your friend. Although you are wrong-minded wrongyheads.)
Damn skippy. I don't even like straight-legged jeans (mostly on me, though, because of how I am shaped; people with different shapes can rock the hell out of straight-legged jeans). I just bought 2 pairs of boot-cut jeans, and I want to marry them. Last night a friend asked, "Are those your new jeans? They make your ass look AMAZING!"
Friends like that are worth their weight in rubies.
Franny wears jeggings, I do not.
I did not blow myself up, but I'm not sure I fixed the problem, either. We shall see.
The redeeming feature of jeggings and straight legged jeans is that tunics and longer sweaters seem to be coming into style along with them. I can buy the latter and wish non-me wearers of the former well. Today I ordered this in dark blue [link] , this in red [link] , and this in green [link] . That should replace a few things that have frayed beyond repair.
Cockatoos hanging upside down from the power lines...
meara, I was scared of that the first time I tried it, but no fireballs yet.
Yeah, I still can't see the pilot light, though. Which normally I can. But then I'm like "Maybe I'm crazy, am I even looking in the right place? None of this seems right..." I went through all the "relight the pilot light" instructions on it (it's got an electric starter)...who knows.
I did figure out why my heat wasn't going on in any room but my own, though. Turns out when you have it set to OFF, it doesn't work. Shocking, I know. (Each room has its own thermostat, and only mine was on!)
I'm sorry about the dad-issues, sarameg, but the rest of your trip sounds terrific.
