Snap...Crackle...Hiss...

& PRAYERS ANSWERED.


2 nights ago, as we were getting ready for bed, Matt hear a LOUD POP & then a HISSING sound that continued for a good 20 minutes or so. We figured out that it was our A/C unit & it sounded like it was going to blow up! Not good.

We turned off the heat & prayed for a semi-warm night, so our boys wouldn't freeze.

Prayers answered.

The next morning, I called my cousin, who works for an a/c company, to come & fix the problem...he couldn't come that day, but scheduled for the following day.

We prayed for another warm night.

Prayers answered.

My cousin came(thanks Dil!) this morning & diagnosed the problem...

a teeny, tiny crack with a BIG, FAT....NO...LOTS OF BIG FAT DOLLAR SIGNS ATTACHED.

We needed a new unit.

I started to worry.

Maybe you are one of those people that has money coming out of your ears, but we are not... especially at Christmas time & a new A/C unit did NOT sound like my idea of a Christmas gift!

I called Matt to see what we should do, praying for an answer.

Matt remembers out of nowhere that he thinks we bought a home warranty with the house.

Prayers answered.

We call a 2nd company to come & look(we had to use a company that deals with our Home Warranty)...

He came within hours & quickly diagnoses the same problem.

BUT...told me there was no way our Home Warranty would cover it, because it was due to negligence of the previous homeowners :(

Apparently, some old wires had been left chilling in the open...ready to blow something up at any moment. The joys of buying a foreclosure.

Great, I thought. Worry started to form again. We weren't exactly planning on spending thousands this Christmas.

The technician made some calls
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some more calls
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some more calls
&
I prayed.

He came back in & told me that he had never heard of it, but we paid extra for an optional coverage that he had never heard of & that the warranty would pay for it!

Prayers answered.