It was warm for two weeks previous, and we had buds on the trees and daffodils coming up in the gardens, but now it's 30F and snowing. Going down to 14F tonight, with wind chills below zero tomorrow. We "sprung" in the wrong direction.Spring has sprung -
My oil burner is NOT going to kick on. I made it this far, and this has to be the last cold 2 weeks of the year!
Sweet heart, I ran 6 years with NO back up. By myself ( the whole enchilada, & 2 stoves ). Fixed the OB this October, and have used it as a fill in and for HW (turned OFF the electric HWH that was installed 6 years ago). I've used 300 gallons of dino juice since November 1st, my electric bill is down $50 a month (and LIPA still owes me $300 as of last month !!).
The firewood is bought and paid for, and I'm 3 years ahead.
I'm turning up the t stat, and glad to do it.
You soldier on.
*signed, a seasoned veteran*
I will, and I'll be glad to do it. Oil's expensive, and I'm cheap!
Looking forward to a new roof and solar; maybe I'll trade you my old oil burning water heater for your old electric one after that.
Spent the day outside edging, and "spreading" mulch. I put that word in quotes, since it was covered in snow and some of it was frozen. Edging was a little sticky, with the power edger. The day started with a wind chill around -4F, and only got up to +12F, but an ugly day outside still beats another day of the week indoors.
As old as this joint is, no sign of any hauntings, here!I'd be out spreading mulch with a hammer too if I had all them angry undead Scottish stonemasons chasing me around the house.
Maybe one of those central vaccum systems would work for you?
Why censor that pic, that water is so cold nothing will be showing anyway.
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