A bit of good news for a change..........

Back in this post I mentioned we were filing for a re-assessment of the property taxes, as we thought they were assessed to high. Well on Friday we finally got a letter from the board and they have dropped our assessed value of the house by $80,000. What that translates to is about an $18 a month decrease in our taxes. Now that may not seem like a lot its a heck of a lot better than it was. It also means that by 2012 instead of paying well over $425 a month, we should be only paying around $375. So it was well worth doing. We still have to sign the paperwork and mail it in. Now our township can fight this, but fingers crossed they don't.

Also we got our hydro bill in this week and it was just over $30. We had been over billed on the prior two billings, and this was an actual reading. Anyhow, when I called them to talk to them, the guy suggested I use the call in feature and I can call them with a meter reading every month to get a correct bill each month. He gave me the dates to call for the rest of the year, and I wrote that down on the calendar. Its a digital meter so it is easy to read.

Friday was spent cleaning house and doing some tidying up. I love it when the house looks tidy. I was supposed to do some more work on fireplace, but ended up not feeling good. I ended up having a horrible headache, probably a migraine. No idea what brought that on, but it knocked me for six. We ended up with rain so maybe it was a barometric pressure headache? As I am writing this I'm still not feeling good, so that's why it is such a short post, sorry!

Happy Canada Day and a rough day for me on Tuesday......

Well today is Canada Day here for us. We don't do anything personally for Canada Day. Infact dh isn't having Canada Day until Friday, as he is contracted out to a factory and they will not shut down the plant mid week, so they are having Canada on Friday, which to my mind is better as then he gets three days off in a row. Ds is also working today and he is an accountant and he too is getting Friday off. Dd and her boyfriend though are off today, she works for a big financial company and he works for the government. Me, well one day tends to be like another :0)

I woke up with a migraine on Tuesday. Its the first one I have had in a while. I am blaming it on the weather, as its been all over the place and most days recently we have had thunder storms, so very unstable air. It wouldn't have been so bad but I had arranged for a guy to come over to give me a quote for installing foam insulation in the attic. Luckily he was here at 8:30am, so I was able to go back to bed by 9:30am. It's now Wednesday morning and my head is still pounding, so this one is a nasty one.

Back to the insulation, the guy quoted us $6,300 :0O My reaction was "How much!" I had figured somewhere in the $3,000 range, as it is more expensive than regular insulation, but not twice as much. I think it works out to around $1.25 per inch deep, per square foot. We were getting 4 inches which works out to an R28 value. So we are obviously going to be doing it ourselves with Roxul for a cost of probably $2,000. The only problem though is dh is so busy with everything else, its a time factor. Though my dad had a great idea, why don't we hire a guy to come in and help us for a couple of days and pay him cash.........its an idea.

I am being a baby, as I'll do most things but I refuse point blank to touch the insulation, it reminds me of cotton wool, and I won't touch that either, I just don't like the feel of it!!

Well as I write this Wednesday morning we're in for another wet day which is a shame for all those Canada Day celebrations. I have my dad and step-mum coming up today to help out which is great. I have discovered we have had a mouse in the under sink cupboard where the garbage is, so now have to sort that mess out. The joys of living in the countryside!!