Colder here. What's your temp? What ya burnin?

got to a high of 16 today.. still snowing... I had to go back out cause the town plow closed the driveway and lost a chain on kubota .. the kids showed up nephew and brother at noon.. neighbor kids at 130..

I chipped in 15 gallons of gas and gave them the job of packing down the 14 acres of fluffy snow so when the winds pick up it doesn't drift into the driveway... so there are 4 snowmobile packing in the yard now! those kids are working their tail off

I came in to warm up and get a coffee loaded the stove burning ash and elm

 

Gets better 2 of the kids dad is self employed hvac guy... said he trying to do taxes .... if I wear his kids out 13 and 14 yo boys ...he said hell clean my furnace next week for nothing.. those 2 will be by 7 they are getting stuck every 3rd lap... they are having a blast! I am greatest neighbor in the world.. and 60 bucks is cheap for a furnace cleaning... they came in for hot cocoa and to change gloves.. want to help split wood too.. working smarter right now... I am

 

You must feel awful about sending those kids out in the cold and snow to do your work. Shame on you

 

About 15 late tonight. Ash and a piece of Maple in the boiler for overnight.

 

Here is what I'm lookimg at for the next 10 days:
In Wisconsin non the less!

This weather is cutting ice fishing short. We had no snowmobile season. Trails were open a whopping 2 days! Unbelievable how warm its been overall this winter. The new IS will sit with just ashes in it after the next 2 nights, the NG furnace will get some exercise. I'll be saving the hard earned wood for when its actually cold out.

 

39° and a load of maple uglies and a few pieces of pine in the boiler.

 

29 this afternoon. Pine in the boiler.

 

We hit 36 today so we had coals going most of the day from the morning fire. I think we have some Cherry going until the overnight fire.

 

No indoor fires here even though the basement is getting a touch uncomfortable for sitting at the computer at 62f. (Maybe tomorrow while she's out playing cards! shhh)

 

25 OAT 72 in house reloaded ,ostly ash and birch... predicting another foot of snow by thurday.. it's getting deeper..

 

Fired up the OWB for the overnight and it feels like single digits out there! Thermometer shows in the low 20's but I'm not so trusting of that either.....might be in cahoots with the weather channel, no?

 

24° and a load of ash and oak to keep the temps stable for awhile.

 

We had 30 this morning and the temp is 35 at the moment, I started a fire after the treadmill workout with some not so good wood I've been saving for the warmer temps.

 

Just a little above freezing here, sunshine and solar gain has it toasty even with a small morning fire. Poplar same as always.

 

37ºF, miserable cold rainy dreary awful day and the stove has fought me all day. Like little teenage girl tempertantrum payback for trying some 21% pine first thing in the morning. Talk about spoiled !