Enough was enough.
After three winters up here, I’m finally done with just sitting by while I’m paying huge heating bills.
It’s just dumb to not at least be proactive and do the best I can to save a bit of money when it comes to those heating costs. The last few winters, I wasn’t so vigilant when it came to winter preparations and getting the house right for winter. But now that I’ve been here three winters and going into my fourth, it was time for a change. I’m really glad I ended up buying this house when I did. When I came up here to house hunt prior to moving, I was only given about five days to meet with realtors and get it done. If I couldn’t get it done in that amount of time, I was just going to rent. But I did find this place and had just gotten a total central air conditioning upgrade. This upgrade included a gas furnace which would turn out to be a saving grace. Of course, this all happened right before the real estate market went berserk. Now I couldn’t even get close to touching this place for the price I paid. It looks like I’m going to be here for a while longer as well. So I’m going to make sure that I have this house prepared for the winter this year. I just took some time during the fall to be sure that I tightened up the house as much as possible. A tight house keeps the HVAC heating in and all that cold out.