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Light It Up
Oct. 25th, 2020 06:09 pmThe cold has come. It got no warmer than +8°C and the current forecast overnight low is -9°C. While it gets below freezing a lot in the winter here in Fernley, it rarely gets that cold, and even less often in October. I brought the cans of paint inside because we don't want them to freeze, and have made sure things with water in them outside are drained.
This morning was so cold and gloomy that if I hadn't already known from the weather forecast that there is no precipitation in the current 10-day forecast, I would have thought we were about to get some snow. The clouds cleared later and it turned sunny, but it never got warm at all. When I opened the front door, I initially thought, "How did it possibly rain last night" before realizing that the coat of sanding sealer Lisa applied on the porch yesterday before the cold hit still looks wet (it isn't).
I had let the fire in the fireplace go out yesterday, but it was definitely time to restart it.
( Hot Stuff )
It's nice and warm in the living room tonight with the fire running. I hope the firewood I'm using will keep a fire going overnight, because when the temperatures drop below freezing, it tends to suck the heat right out of the house. On the brighter side, work on the insulation project has continued, and Lisa says she'll get back under the house soon and start installing more bats of insulation, which we thing will make a big difference. I already think I can feel the difference in the bedroom floor, where about half the floor now has insulation under it.
This morning was so cold and gloomy that if I hadn't already known from the weather forecast that there is no precipitation in the current 10-day forecast, I would have thought we were about to get some snow. The clouds cleared later and it turned sunny, but it never got warm at all. When I opened the front door, I initially thought, "How did it possibly rain last night" before realizing that the coat of sanding sealer Lisa applied on the porch yesterday before the cold hit still looks wet (it isn't).
I had let the fire in the fireplace go out yesterday, but it was definitely time to restart it.
( Hot Stuff )
It's nice and warm in the living room tonight with the fire running. I hope the firewood I'm using will keep a fire going overnight, because when the temperatures drop below freezing, it tends to suck the heat right out of the house. On the brighter side, work on the insulation project has continued, and Lisa says she'll get back under the house soon and start installing more bats of insulation, which we thing will make a big difference. I already think I can feel the difference in the bedroom floor, where about half the floor now has insulation under it.
