What A Day

For the past several days we have been dickering for a new air conditioner and furnace. Our old system still worked but it was old and we decided to get a new system before we were left high and dry or hot and cold as it were. Anyway, today was the day. The installers came and began tearing up jack. Running back and forth through the living room, in and out of the front door and, also, outside on the north side where the A/C unit sat. Not a big deal except it did get a little warm in the house before they completed the job. But, why am I mentioning this on the pups' blog, you might ask? Well, from the time the techs first stepped foot in the house, the barking began. We had the gate up between the living room and kitchen and they nearly tore it down. The two techs even stopped and petted them and got acquainted, but it did not matter. Anytime one of the men would enter or leave the house, the pups would sound off like they were going to tear a leg off the trespasser...Every time. Then came dolly time, time to roll the old furnace out and the new one in and it got worse. Joyce finally had to drape a cover over the gate so the pups could not see where the action was. But, that was to little avail. It seemed like the pups had X-ray eyes. They certainly had good ears, though our ears suffered "bigly".

Then, the techs began driving sheet metal screws with portable screwdrivers. Brrrrit! Brrrrit! Holy cow! I didn't think the pups could get much wilder, but they did. And then, when one of the techs would walk past the gate they would scream even more frantically...until the guy would bend over the gate and scratch their ears. Then they were all wiggly and licky like the guy leaning over the gate was not the same guy that was making all the noise.

Finally, the techs got their job done and cleared out. All is well. The new A/C is much quieter than the old one, the house cooled down quickly, and the noise stopped. Ahh! Well, maybe they'll make good burglar alarms.