Bringing the Heat
Today was the first day of autumn where is was cool enough to plug in the electric oil heater. I also reversed the direction of the overhead fans in the living room from their summer to their winter positions. I'm hoping to hold off having to set a fire in the fireplace until after next weekend, when Steve-the-Plumber is scheduled to come and clean the chimney. I also need to check with Big R Ranch & Home to confirm that they're stocking pres-to-logs or their equivalent, because otherwise it's going to be difficult to get enough wood to heat the house for the winter. Based on past experience, we typically go through five or six pallets of those logs each season.