Heidi, I followed your links back to you album and can't see a way to post the individual pictures on here but am able to post a link to the album that you have the pictures you were trying to post from earlier. Without further ado, here is Heidi and her family! (see link below) All of you are adorable. I especially love your little pancake helper and Donald Duck Jr. The boys are so cute! You and your hubby look so happy in your wedding photo. you have a wonderful family!

What Mini-Splits Look Like in Your Home what do these systems look like in your home, you ask? https://www.ductless-mini-split-air-conditioner.org/ Indoor Here are a couple of pictures of “indoor units” installed in customer homes. As you can see, the indoor unit is mounted near the ceiling. mini split in home mini split home stock Inside the unit is a fan and a set of self-adjusting louvers. The louvers can be configured by the remote control to sweep back and forth and up and down, or point the cool air in a specific direction or directions. The louver directions are easily set with the remote control. We love our mini-splits because they are quieter than the industrial-strength fans we used to have, and they provide near instantaneous cooling. When the unit is off, the louvers close, making the unit look even sleeker. In this photo, the louvers are closed almost all the way: indoor unit closed The indoor unit is connected to the outdoor unit by two insulated refrigerant pipes and a power line. We only have to drill a 3″ hole through the wall to run the pipes and wire. And, of course, the hole is behind the indoor unit and made weather tight from the outside.

Tommy The president of the 5 county realtors group here loves to toss me a listing and have me tell him where it will come in --- I haven't missed by more than a $1000 in 7 years. Now I do NOT look at flowers on a table or rugs on the floor - I only look at things that will be there when I take possession. Step 1 Get the comps for anything that has sold within 1/2 -1 mile of you in the past 6 months. Run the numbers. Here is what we use here * $25 per sq ft difference * $1500 for 1/2 bath *$3000 for full bath * $4000 per garage slot * $3000 for a fireplace or wood stove * $1000 for outbuilding like a shed * $5000 for full basement vs slab * $4000 for each additional acre in lot size * $1500 fenced yard That's it - -nothing more for new carpet or paint or appliances. Finished basements get ZERO on appraisals -- and appraisals set the price limit that a buyer can go. They are not - under National Appraisal Guidelines - living space unless they have direct exterior egress. Do NOT count a basement because it is finished. Take the things that sold and run the numbers. Might see as mcuha s a 25 swing on similar houses due to condition --- vinyl floors vs wood and ceramic tile in bath vs plastic shower walls. If your price is more than the median (50% more, 50% less) than it is nothing that price won't fix . As to the house itself (1) Curb appeal -- good. (2) Interior...... makes me take a deep breath as a potential buyer (we bought a new house as the dead bottom of the market in 2012). * Living room is BORING over near the TV --- add some very nice prints or pictures but lose the decal near the door (makes me think...aw geez....how do I get that off?). * The grey bedrooms make me tired with the idea of having to do 3 coats of primer to bury the depressing grey and go to something lighter. Ditto the gold bath (along with more of the wild tile)and dark brownish bath. * Kitchen cabinets (and that pass through) are pure 1970s-ish. The backsplash looks "70s" brown with a '60s' pattern. I see hours of refinishing cabinets and ..worse ... hours with a grout knife, 5-in-1 tool and hammer getting that backsplash off. And all of it adding about to about $4000 -5000 of handyman work. * Kitchen appliances - obviously an attempt to 'update' with the current fad. Stainless does not work in there with he oak-colored wood. I won't pay more because they are there - I would put in the contract that they are outta there and an allowance made to replace. Then there is the microwave up over the stove. It is a HUGE safety hazard per the Kitchen Designers Assoc. which says a microwave should never be higher than 4" below the shoulder height of the shortest person to use it because of the risk of leaning over the stove if on or lifting something hot down. Over-the-stove MW are set at 54" off the ground or for someone at minimum 5'7". Average woman is 5'4 -5'5. Great - now I have to move the microwave to a cabinet or counter. As a buyer, those would be my objections to the house -- I see about $3000 -4000 in materials if I do the work and about $10,000-15,000 if I hire someone -- plus the cost of a frig, stove, microwave and dishwasher so now I am at $6500 (me) - $15,500 (contractor) I would look at it but not be willing to go the (1) median comp (which I would have researched) minus (2) any higher costs to do this house with paint etc than the median comp. BTW: Silly to worry that a picture shows the washer in the basement. If they don't come to look because it is down there, if they didn't know and came to look and saw it down there, they wouldn't go further.

Rosefolly, I think you'll enjoy Network Effect; I pre-ordered the Kindle version, and it was one of the few books that captured my attention during the pandemic shutdown. I think Murderbot has become my new favorite series. :) I have already pre-ordered the next one, Fugitive Telemetry, which isn't due for release until next April. I spent most of July slogging through Color: A Natural History of the Palette, by Victoria Finlay. The topic is the sources of paints, pigments and dyes for Black, White, Brown and ROYGBIV, but it's buried in 400 pages of combined travelogue and innumerable anecdotes of every interesting factoid Finlay uncovered during her research. I finished the book only out of obstinacy. I have several library books that have sat around for the past several months, unread during my extended reading slump, but the library has reopened for limited exchanges and they are suddenly all due in a couple days, so I'm finally picking them up. Based on Yoyobon's post last March, I had requested The Uninvited Guests, which I finally read in the last 2 days - I wasn't sure where it was going and was caught by surprise about halfway through (yes, I should have known!). I also finished the book laughing. Definitely worth the time. Next up is Ruta Sepetys' Between Shades of Gray. a YA historical novel about Stalin's death camps.