Had a great time in London - got to spend a little over a week with my daughter who's been studying abroad since the end of February.


However, after 9 1/2 hours on the plane, got home late on Friday night and the house felt a lot cooler than it should have been. 54 degrees in the house. Spent the next 90 minutes diagnosing the issue (bearings going out on the combustion/inducer blower motor). I was able to breath a little life into it with some lithium grease. Start researching parts and thought I've give the local place a shot on Monday...


I was bracing myself to pay an additional 40% over what I could find online and would have gladly paid that to keep it local. They came back with a price that was 2 times what I could get it online and I'd have to drive to their distributor's warehouse myself to pick it up or I'd incur another hefty fee. Yes, I know they have overhead, but come on - they weren't even stocking the part on their shelf.


My new blower will be here tomorrow and I saved more than $120. I just need to go squirt a little more lube on it every 12 hours or so to keep it going.

Stuff like that sucks. I came home after a weekend away a while back, stepped into the kitchen....splash, splash....
Fridge had quit. Sunday night, work early the next day...
Ugh.

These are reasons you need someone to look in on your place when you are gone.