Arrived here on Sunday, a month later than planned because of my surgeries, still ironing out the wrinkles.
1. The car. You may remember we shipped a car in December 2013, and I was worried about it sitting for months. We parked it in a locked garage, with a car cover. Removed the battery into the house, filled the inside of the car with Bounce sheets as recommended here. I didn't specifically say to put them in the engine area too, so that didn't get done. Uncovered it when we got here, dug out jumper cables, opened front hood, and got a bit worried because there was a lot - a lot - of rodent poop. Guess they didn't like the accommodations because there thankfully was no damage to the wires. Car started on first turn, and is fine.
2. Inverter trouble. We have two inverters, one for the house, and one just for the fridge. The house one needed new batteries last August, very aggravating because we had just bought them new in January. We got here and found out the batteries on the big inverter [fridge] will not hold a charge, so when the electric goes so does the fridge power after about 30 minutes. Starting a new thread about batteries, need opinions.
3. Plumbing trouble. Suffice it to say that we're taking cold showers because the on-demand gas heater doesn't want to heat. Not so terrible in April, pretty bad in January. Today some hose coming from the pump broke, and everything is closed for the holiday
4. Laundry trouble. Big Whirlpool washer. It doesn't run unless the top is closed. Was touch and go, sometimes wouldn't spin because it thought the cover was open - but it was not only closed, but locked. Had to force it open to get the clothes out. Can't do laundry.
This morning when Mr. AE was ranting about the broken hose, I reminded him to "remember where you are", and he laughed and it broke the bad mood.
Not everything has gone wrong. When we pulled into the driveway, the first thing we saw were the boxes we had shipped down - they arrived about 2 hours before we did. The maid had cleaned the house, washed the linens, washed and rehung all the curtains, etc.
We have new neighbors, Dominicans from Brooklyn who have a home in SD and have bought 14 tareas that back up to ours to build a weekend retreat.
Good to be back.
1. The car. You may remember we shipped a car in December 2013, and I was worried about it sitting for months. We parked it in a locked garage, with a car cover. Removed the battery into the house, filled the inside of the car with Bounce sheets as recommended here. I didn't specifically say to put them in the engine area too, so that didn't get done. Uncovered it when we got here, dug out jumper cables, opened front hood, and got a bit worried because there was a lot - a lot - of rodent poop. Guess they didn't like the accommodations because there thankfully was no damage to the wires. Car started on first turn, and is fine.
2. Inverter trouble. We have two inverters, one for the house, and one just for the fridge. The house one needed new batteries last August, very aggravating because we had just bought them new in January. We got here and found out the batteries on the big inverter [fridge] will not hold a charge, so when the electric goes so does the fridge power after about 30 minutes. Starting a new thread about batteries, need opinions.
3. Plumbing trouble. Suffice it to say that we're taking cold showers because the on-demand gas heater doesn't want to heat. Not so terrible in April, pretty bad in January. Today some hose coming from the pump broke, and everything is closed for the holiday
4. Laundry trouble. Big Whirlpool washer. It doesn't run unless the top is closed. Was touch and go, sometimes wouldn't spin because it thought the cover was open - but it was not only closed, but locked. Had to force it open to get the clothes out. Can't do laundry.
This morning when Mr. AE was ranting about the broken hose, I reminded him to "remember where you are", and he laughed and it broke the bad mood.
Not everything has gone wrong. When we pulled into the driveway, the first thing we saw were the boxes we had shipped down - they arrived about 2 hours before we did. The maid had cleaned the house, washed the linens, washed and rehung all the curtains, etc.
We have new neighbors, Dominicans from Brooklyn who have a home in SD and have bought 14 tareas that back up to ours to build a weekend retreat.
Good to be back.