This morning we woke up to -11 degrees C or 11 degrees F. Since we have been well below freezing for several nights now it has become routine again to fire up the little Drolet morning and night with the odd couple of small splits in between if either of us is at home with our flexible work schedules.
We have been burning through poplar as shoulder season wood but tonight when I got home there had been a mixup with the instructions to our boys who ended up bringing in the beautiful 18 month seasoned ash to the wood box.
Needless to say the entire 2800 square feet is nicely warmed by the fire that they and their mother started.
It also helps that we added a small fan at the header of the stairwell to assist moving the air trapped behind a beam up the stairs.
It is all I can do to wait out getting a larger stove or the dream scenario of an insert for our fireplace.
Money is still very tight and with some news we got today it has gotten tighter but we are just adding more work hours to the plate to see if our business can increase the income to the point where it actually catches up to decisions we have made over the years.
It is very nice to have a warm house though. And somehow I was able to smile about the fact that the wood box was loaded even though it wasn't the wood I wanted in.
Maybe, just maybe my firewood addiction is easing? Not likely.
We have been burning through poplar as shoulder season wood but tonight when I got home there had been a mixup with the instructions to our boys who ended up bringing in the beautiful 18 month seasoned ash to the wood box.
Needless to say the entire 2800 square feet is nicely warmed by the fire that they and their mother started.
It also helps that we added a small fan at the header of the stairwell to assist moving the air trapped behind a beam up the stairs.
It is all I can do to wait out getting a larger stove or the dream scenario of an insert for our fireplace.
Money is still very tight and with some news we got today it has gotten tighter but we are just adding more work hours to the plate to see if our business can increase the income to the point where it actually catches up to decisions we have made over the years.
It is very nice to have a warm house though. And somehow I was able to smile about the fact that the wood box was loaded even though it wasn't the wood I wanted in.
Maybe, just maybe my firewood addiction is easing? Not likely.