Spring's The Thing.

Technically, it's springtime here. Or so they tell me. From the looks of it outside, brrrrrrr. Nope. It still feels like winter to me. Either way, I'm heading out to the beach house this weekend to start getting ready for the summer. I try to get all maintenance work done by Memorial Day weekend.

The projects scheduled for this year are: new storm door, dishwasher (yeah!) and new wiring to (and possibly a bigger) hot water tank. That's it. Next year, I've got to get the exterior painted and some shingles repaired but that's another post. The sailboat just needs to be spruced up, cleaned and polished and the teak has to be redone. That's DH's project. In fact, all the projects listed above are for him. I just do the washing and the scrubbing and the cleaning. Since the beach house is rather small (only 900 sq ft.) it doesn't take us long to do any of these projects.

I did make one mistake, I think. Our electric bills doubled from last year to this year for the months of January, February and March only. I may have left the heat on too high in the kitchen. I won't know what the problem is till we get there later on today. The amount won't change our budget plan BUT I need to revisit this next year. Even though the house was completely drained and prepared for the winter, I still wanted the heat on in the kitchen and bathrooms. Each room has it's own thermostat. I set the temp at 50 degrees. I'd rather pay the electric bill than have the house seize during a winter ice storm.

Have a great weekend. TTYL-on Monday.

And so it goes.

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