Most of my gratitude can be traced back to some kind of provision from God. From the big stuff like life, breath, and my family and friends, to the little stuff like finding $10.00 under the seat in the van or the neighbor having eggs when I run out in the middle of baking something yummy. I thank God for all the ways He provides for me. He is amazing.
This week I’m thankful for air conditioning. It has begun to warm up here in Colorado and while MANY people in this state don’t think we need air conditioning, it is a luxury I’m extremely grateful to have. We live in a double wide mobile home and the thing holds in heat in the summer whether or not we have windows opened or closed or running the air conditioner or not. We have central air, not the window unit variety, but it’s still sort of like living in a big tin can. We knew we had a problem two weeks ago when it was the middle of the night, 64 degrees outside and 81 in the house. The air conditioner was broken and our ceiling fans weren’t cooling us off. Nobody was sleeping well.
Two weeks and $3500 later, we have a brand new unit installed outside and we’re still trying to get the air circulating like it needs to be to cool the entire house. I’m grateful for the cooler air before the 100 degree days arrive. However, I’m most grateful for what needing a new air conditioner has done for us. You see the man who came to install the electrical for the new unit discovered that our wiring in our house at the main box wasn’t tightened down. As he was doing his thing – checking whatever needed to be done, the wires fell out towards him. It’s not a good thing to hear an electrician say, “Uh oh!”. He told me that we needed to shut off the main breaker so he could tighten everything up. Only when it was finished did he tell me that we had live wires that at any moment could have touched something and set our house ablaze. All house fires are bad, but mobile homes burn faster than stick built homes.
I’m grateful for cool air AND peace of mind knowing we are physically safer in our home today than we were before.
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Oh my…when we lived in CO we didn’t have air conditioning…and I kept hearing people say how we didn’t need it there..and EVERYONE was complaining about how hot they were all the time. I’m SO glad you have central air now in your “tin can”. What a nice relief!
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YIKES! So glad that it was discovered before doing any harm!!! I didn’t have a/c the one summer I was in Colorado, but I was lucky enough to live in a brick building with great cross-ventilation. Otherwise, I don’t think I’d have made it.
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Now there is a blessing in disguise. How wonderful that you were able to fix it before a fire and cool house to boot.
I definitely think air conditioning is a necessity.
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I’m Soooo glad you had problems with your a/c so you found out about your wiring. Sorry it cost you $3500., though. But at least your family is safe.
I agree with Jan. Air conditioning IS a necessity.
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I think that heat and air are necessities. Of course, I live in Oklahoma, where they can be necessities on the SAME DAY. Just because there is rain does not mean it is cooling the air. It can ramp up the humidity, and make the heat feel worse.
I don’t like window units, they are dangerous. I am glad that your electricity is fixed, and that you have cooling going on from a central unit.
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