For the heck of it

In honor of Halloween, I thought I would write about what I find the most frightening as a homeowner.

1. The sound of dripping or running water anywhere in the house.
2. Scratching sounds in the walls.
3. Unusual sounds coming from the furnace on a cold winter night.

Water can damage a house quickly and it doesn’t take much. I don’t mind the sound of water when I turn on a faucet or am doing a load of wash. It is the unexpected dripping sounds that scare me. It will wake me up from a deep sleep like nothing else.

I am not afraid of mice but am afraid of the damage they can cause. In horror movies gnawing and scratching sounds are often part of a haunting. In real life, the sounds are caused by critters that don’t belong in the house. Neither cause of the gnawing sounds are good.

As for the furnace, I’ll admit that sometimes I hear this noise from it. It seems to happen in the middle of the night and only on the coldest nights. The thought of the furnace breaking down when the temperatures are in the double digits below zero is truly horrifying.

BOO!

Thanks, everyone for all of the lovely email yesterday reminding me about daylight savings time. I’ll miss that hour that we will be giving up and will probably feel tired for the next couple of weeks.

Feel free to contact me if you would like to put your house on the market. That is what I do and that is a big part of what the daylight savings time holiday is all about.

Happy Groundhog Day. Here in Minnesota, it doesn’t matter if the groundhog sees his shadow or not there are at least 9 more weeks of winter. In some parts of the country will have six more weeks of winter if the rodent sees his shadow and less than six weeks of winter if he doesn’t.   If we are lucky here in the metro area mother nature won’t give us a few feet of snow at the end of April so that we have 12 more weeks of winter.

The good news is we don’t need to change time on groundhog day, buy anyone flowers and candy, color hard-boiled eggs or cook a large turkey. All of the stores should be open today and I understand there is some kind of a ball game too.

 

 

Spring ahead March 10. 2018

I don’t think people appreciate Realtors the way they should.  If not for Realtors we would not get these wonderful postcards and emails as friendly reminders that it is time to move the clocks ahead an hour and spend two weeks mourning the loss of an hour.

In fact, the reason we still have daylight savings time is to give Realtors and others a chance to advertise. There used to be some other reason that has been long forgotten.

So here it is your daylight savings reminder postcard.  Set your clocks ahead the recommended one hour and call me so I can sell your house or if you don’t have one I can sell you one.  Daylight savings time begins at 2:00 AM on Sunday, March 10 but you don’t have to wait to spring ahead.

I usually miss the hour that was taken away from me but I know I’ll get it back.