House projects continue despite Dan saying "This is the last one".
1. New storm door ordered for side door. Storm door there is original to house and the latch has always been a problem. Instead of pushing down the handle you have to pull up. And it doesn't close all the way sometimes. We love the one we got for the front door so we ordered the same for side door.
2. Electrical upgrade. One day the gas stove or the gas water heater will give out and have to be replaced. Same with the oil furnace which we'd want to switch to a heat pump one day. We want to be able to replace with electric so this requires more electricity capability in our house. And since electricians are hard to find and schedule when you can get one to come, let them come. We got a local electrician to put us on her schedule and she was here for three days starting Tuesday to upgrade the system. For the stove and water heater there are new sockets ready and waiting for when we need them. There is enough power to be able to plug in a car one day in the barn/garage. Last step is for the utility company to come to run the wires to the house.
3. New cell phones. We have managed to live with cellphones that had no data. We've taken the leap to get iPhone 14s with data from AT&T. We go this morning to sign up. Tried to do this on Wednesday but we forgot we had our freeze on our credit with the three credit bureaus. It's likely we won't get to keep our current numbers so there's the hassle of notifying everyone to the new numbers.
4. Painting projects. Next week it's supposed to be warm enough for me to paint the new front door and trim. Dan has refurbished the side door porch and plans to paint it to match the door colors. Wood may not be dry enough next week to paint since we have been having torrential rain today which is continuing all weekend.
