Went to town yesterday to get one of those Sun Heaters. You know the ones... the infrared quartz ones for around 400 dollars. However, when we got to the one place we thought was selling them at the lowest price close to Buffalo we discovered that they were more expensive than we thought. FYI: That was at Hostetlers just outside of Buffalo on the way to Springfield on Hwy 65. We didn't get it. We decided to see how much they were at MFA. They were a little less but still more expensive than we wanted, so we decided to get a $50 Infrared with a thermostat instead. Much more affordable. I had looked up reviews of the other one on line on Monday evening to see what people who had bought the 400 dollar ones thought. A few people said they were great, but most of them said that they weren't worth the money and that the less expensive ones like we got were just as good. We were hoping to be able to not need a fire on those cold mornings. Before the new heater it rarely dropped below 65 in the living room on those cold mornings, this morning when Rain got up she said it was right about 68 degrees and that was with the heater being on all night. It would appear as though we're still going to need a fire on some mornings. I suppose we probably could not have one and the heat would eventually become warm enough to be comfortable. We will see how much, if any, our electric bill goes up in a month or two. The important thing to me is that if for some reason we ran out of wood that we would still be warm enough not to freeze. The heater we got was the Holmes 1Touch Tower Quartz Heater. I like it. I think it's cool looking when the coils are hot, red and glowing. We have friends that have a bigger, propane, wall mounted one and I think that's really neat too and wouldn't mind having a similar electric one, but am happy with the one we did get. Meanwhile, there are still logs in the wood shed that need to be split. There is also a tree on the other side of the brush pile that needs to be cut into logs. Of course there are a few branches on one side to the wood shed that need cut-up, plus all the ones laying out back in the wood lot that need to be harvested. That's all not as critical as it was but still should be done eventually. I mean, sheesh, we shouldn't (really dislike that word though) just sit in the house all day watching television and playing on the computer. It's good to be outside in the fresh although brisk air. Good for the mind and good for the body, good for the spirit. It just occurred to me that when it's REALLY cold then we don't HAVE to go out if we don't WANT to now. Really though, we never just sit around inside. We're always doing something like cleaning, caulking, dishes, rearranging, vacuuming, etcetera. Sometimes I need to write all that down just so I don't think that somehow I'm not living up to someone else's standard of what I should be going.
When I started this the Anti Virus scanner was running and it still is. Not real sure why it is running. It did run it's scheduled scan this morning after we went to bed. That's neither here nor there though, just thought it would be something to write because there is just a few more lines until I reach the end of the page. Figured that I might as well be able to start the next daily writing on a new page. Not sure if that's good or bad, but there ya go.
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