Prepping for Winter {Firewood Update}

Remember back in October when Hubz had me outside helping him split, haul and stack firewood?  Well, two things have become apparent since that day:

1. Burning a fire each night definitely helps with the electric bill.

Here's my beautiful Excel chart that I track our electric bill on each month.  Check out the difference between November 2011 and November 2012 - down by 20%, which is 31 glorious dollars.  Woot!woot!  Super happy about that.

And...

      2.  That stack of firewood didn't last very long - only about 7 weeks.  Yikes.

We've since re-stocked and Dad helped Hubz do a little more cutting so we've got a good little stash to pull from when the time comes.  What we've got in the garage right now may last until mid-January.  We hope it lasts that long, anyway.  We shall see.

Dad - where's your safety gear?  No ear protection?  No eye protection?  You didn't forget your Red Man though - got it in your shirt pocket.  :)

What's that saying about teaching an old dog...?

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