[fastfredracing]

I spent all my fun money on diesel , propane, and heating oil this week . No hookers and blow or even Porsche parts for me this weekend.
Freakin' hate Pa. in the winter. Every year, about this time , I question why I live in this god forsaken tundra .
Last few years have been pretty easy , as we've had mild winters , but old man winter is back this season, and weve had a week with highs in the 20's . 1 deg, when I woke up this morning .
I just pulled in my first car of the day , a Toureg for 4 tires and inspection , and the thermometer on the dash read 5 deg, at 8 am.
My shop, if i keep it warm( well, not warm, but surviveable ) , can eat up $700 + a month easily .
Im guessing I spend about $4 a month in the cold months at home. between heating oil, electric heaters ( my elec bill goes up about $100 monthly in the winter ), and wood . I don't keep the house very warm with the furnace . We are gone from 7:45 am, till around 6;30 every night, so I leave the thermostat on low all day, and crank it back up when I get home .
I struggled financially for quite a few years when my wife and I were just getting started out with buying a home, then getting my shop off the ground, and purchasing a building and all that fun stuff . We pinched pennies, and never really kept a warm nouse . We were really only home a few hours every evening , before it was off to bed , so wed just turn on the furnace when we got home, and wear sweatshirts till bed time . I got used to not being warm , from spending Pa winters working on cars , with wet feet and salted slush dripping down my neck every day, therefore, I got to be comfortabe in a cool home . I know sometimes when I visit friends, I get uncomfortable and start shedding layers after a few hours in their 78 deg house . Id be in shorts and a t shirt .
I am currently heating my home with a boiler running heating oil, and my furnace is on its last legs . Im limping it home with one headlight for the rest of this winter, but plan on going into next season with at the bare minimum ,a new oil furnace, or maybe geothermal or some sort of electric heat .
Curious how much this bites into your budget ?