Remember that oil?

I never used it. The furnace blew a fuse or something so now I'm stuck without using it, but we survived. It would get cold but this little room stayed toasty with the electric fireplace. Now I have to go figure out what is wrong with the furnace. At least there will be a nice tank ready for next year for January.

The bathroom and kitchen weren't very pleasant. I had to heat the kitchen up with the oven sometimes. That would have been okay except that I would forget that I left it on and it ended up costing a lot of money in January. That's okay, the bill is paid and the kids stayed warm. That is what matters to me.

I still think the oil companies are bogus though. Unfortunately, my family has money saved in oil--at least for now. I suppose if I get an inheritance, which will probably not be much after the stock market died and Obama's failed policies will not help it at all, I think that I will invest it elsewhere. Not sure with what yet. New technology perhaps? Hell, at that point I probably won't have anything left over to invest and we'll have to live on it.

All I Wanted Was 1 Drink

I never drink. I don't drink on my birthday, I don't drink on the weekends, etc. So, why is it that on the last night of the year I just want to go get a 1 shot bottle of rum for my hot buttered rum mix just so I can have ONE drink at midnight and I go into Gordy's at 3 minutes to 9 pm (at least the clock up front said so and I KNOW it doesn't take me 2 minutes to walk to the back) and the guy says "it's 8:59 we've closed."

UGH. How rude!

What is with this stupid no selling alcohol after 9 pm anyway? How long has that been in affect? Does it stop the drinking? No. All it does is send people to the bar for a drink where they'll stay until 2 am and then drive home drunk. Hello?

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Well I'm Getting OIl

I can't stand this cold any longer. I'm going to do a minimum fill and pray it lasts the whole season with the combination of electric heat I'm using.

This house is terribly drafty so there really isn't much I can do about it. The landlords like to claim that it is because the house is old, and while that maybe true there are still things they could do to fix it.

The roof has a big space where the bats get in during the summer. I've asked them to look at it but I suppose they don't want to put up the cost to fix it. I'm sure that is a BIG heat leak. The front door doesn't seem to want to shut. Of course it doesn't help that my ex didn't like the door lock on the front door because he was the only one who couldn't figure out how to unlock it so he took it off thinking it was a fire hazard. It actually helped shut the door, but of course he ruined it and now the door doesn't really line up.

Would someone just marry him so he'll leave me alone? Please???

So now I have to figure out how to make it safe yet warm. Oh, I tried those liners that you put in but they make it so you can't shut the door at all. I can't just box it up because then no one could get out.

I should just move. I'm locked into a lease. Maybe next year.

Is It Cold Enough for You Yet?

The shower curtains in my bathroom were frozen this morning and the water didn't want to come out of the shower pipe. That's how cold it was in my bathroom this morning. THAT is insane!

It's -12 right now. It's supposed to "warm up" to a mere 25 for the next few days and then drop down to 4. Living here is like living in a weather roller coaster!

The Muffler Shop

Kudos to The Muffler Shop in Chippewa Falls. Every time I go there the service is always friendly. Recently my muffler fell off in the front so I took it in and they did their magic. It was quick and not very expensive. Yes, that was me you heard driving around town that sounded like a huge motorcycle ripping through town. I knew the muffler came down a little because of the sound yet it was so loud that I couldn't hear the pipe dragging. When you look under the car it didn't look like it was dragging, but it was.

Sigh. More money out the door right before Christmas.

Oh well, go there to get your car fixed. They do other work as well.

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