The End Results
Perfect Sized Home
Dennis and I have an older – alright – an old home. The home is over 100 years old and was moved into the City of St. James in the early 50s. It sets upon a basement that was new at the time it went from a rural home to a city home. With codes being what they weren’t in the 50s, it’s a fix as you go.
I would hate to move and have to start over with all the updates Dennis and I have done with plumbing, wiring, windows, siding and roof. It was a proud time when we had a brand new panel box with circuit breakers to replace the knob and tube. We pretty well know what we have, when it was done and who did it. What we didn’t anticipate was how much we do rely on electricity as we have utilized every square inch of our one story 720 square foot home. We would be lost without the walk up attic for storage. To have wonderful air and living quality in the basement we have installed a sump pump, a dehumidifier, and an air exchanger. What’s the point of a wonderful basement if you can’t add a water softener, an extra refrigerator – all the while keeping a smile on the face of the electrician as the panel box was added to.
The Means to an End
Where all the Magic Happens
So what’s the problem? I found the wonderful world of power strips. A cordless telephone with it’s own cradle was handy to have in the basement so I wouldn’t break an ankle running the steps to take a call. My sewing machine is rendered useless if I don’t have a steam iron at my elbow to get those perfectly finished seams under the wonderful world of three florescent light fixtures, each with two bulbs. It also helps if there is one lamp shining onto the sewing machine bed and another on the desk for my office area. Patchwork quilting takes a lot of math skills and I might as well take advantage of the electric calculator as there is room on the worktable. My Cricut for die cutting is ready to go at a push of its power button to crank out a greeting card in a moments notice and they are to die for when I use the embossing heat gun. I am not saying that I watch the television while I am sewing but I do have it on for background noise and it’s a good thing to keep up with the news.
The Tidy End Result
A perfect world with all the bells and whistles for the sewing and crafting area. Not so much. Every once in a while there would be one of the ground fault circuit interrupters that had popped. Twice I had to go into the panel box. That did it and today was the day to get some help down there and begin unraveling what was plugged in and where. There was no stopping until everything was up to snuff. While the snuff was being realized there was a tremendous amount of my goodies that needed to be moved to make room for the work. The end result is that I can now start with a clean slate of my passions and let the wheel on the electrical meter hum and twirl to it’s hearts content.