Field Mice and Furnaces Don't Mix

For the third time this year, we awakened to a furnace blowing cold air and not able to get the fan to turn off unless we pull the circuit breaker. Bummer. At least it's not in single digits outside like the last time. Furnace man, and very good friend, was here by 11 am. He got it to cycle the heat off and on as needed but the fan is still running. The electronic circuit board had shorted out again. We had thought it was power surges before, but this time he found lots of mice droppings around the furnace. The furnace is under the house in the crawl space so they are all outside. Apparently they found their way in through a crack around a drain pipe and sought out the heat source and decided to munch on the insulation around the wires. So, much D-Con was spread around the furnace and any cracks that we could find were sealed. New circuit board will be here sometime the first of the week but we do have heat until then.

On a quilting note, I got the strips cut and sewn together and then cut into squares for my Double Pinwheel quilt. Once I get a little further along, I'll post a photo.