Which should I tell you first?

OK, the humidifier.

Last night, a little before midnight, Edie and I heard a crash. It sounded close, but we found nothing wrong on the second floor. There seemed to be no good reason to go downstairs to search – once something falls, it can clearly wait until the next day.

The mystery was solved early in the morning, where we saw that a large part of the humidifier attached to the furnace had fallen off. We called our HVAC regulars and they found that something had snapped causing the fall, and that the fan had been affected by falling and could no longer spin smoothly enough.

So, we were told, we need a new humidifier (ours was probably between 15 and 20 years old). OK, I thought. And then I asked the next question: how much is new humidifier? I expected maybe $200 or $300, but no!! $1100 to $1500. Really? (I still don’t know the details)

So……since early December, our house has required the following:

1. A new furnace.
2. A new humidifier
3. Dishwasher repair
4. New kitchen faucet
5. New Terminex contract because we seem to have a mouse
6. Installing reflectors to scare away the woodpeckers that were drilling holes in the house.

And we have, during that same time:

1. Repainted all the wood trim on the outside
2. Repainted all the outside doors
3. Repainted our picket fence.
4. Repainted and done minor repairs in an upstairs bathroom
5. Power washed the house and the walkways, the driveway, the stone fence around our property.

I thought when I turned 80, I might start to fall apart (still possible, of course), but no – it’s the house that needs everything.

Now, on to Kazakhstan.

I took a 45 minute trip through Kazakhstan on the Cool Vision YouTube channel while I drove about 7 miles on my stationery bike. Wow! The cities of Astana and Almaty are spectacular. The mountains, lakes and agricultural portion of the country are beautiful.

I won’t say more. Find the YouTube video and tell me what you think.