Well, the groundhog saw his shadow this morning, so according to the folklore we are facing another 6 weeks of winter.
I wouldn’t mind so much if the price of heating oil hadn’t gone up through the roof this year. We are frugal with our thermostat settings and try to conserve energy, but it has been really cold in the Valley and we’ve had to fill the oil tank twice already.
So I’m going to get busy making some draft preventers to lay along the bottoms of the doors, and maybe make some heavier curtains to hang over the windows on the north side of the house. Anything I can do to help keep the house warm inside and keep the cold out!