It was 4° [F] this morning!! Bbbrrrr!!!!!!

But praise the Lord for Electric blankets, which really do keep one warm in a cold house. Speaking of the house, when you heat with wood, and the wood burns up in the night, by the morning, it is really cool in the house. For instance, this morning the atomic clock/thermometer read 44°.

I started the fire up from the coals that were still in the bottom of our airtight stove, but the extremely cold temps outside were making more headway against the very hot , but small in total BTU put out by the stove.

Now it is evening, and the temp in the house is 67-68°, but it will start to drop as the night wears on, because it is clear outside and there aren't any clouds to hold in the meager warmth from the sun today.

A frugal ti[ that I am using is to light candles in the farther parts of the house to add a bit of warmth and ambiance. Especially the large candles that We weren't able to use when Apryl was here because the scents aggravated her allergies.

Better wrap this up and put a few more logs on the fire to keep it going nice and hot.