You know what’s really great? Heat in your home.
We got kicked out of our house again this past weekend, as the guy who did our hardwood floors came back to re-sand and re-finish the floors in our great room. The finish is quite toxic so we were in a hotel. It’s also quite flammable, so they shut off the gas to keep all of the electric ignition systems from blowing up the house.
When we returned, I turned the gas back on, and the hot water heater and our fireplaces came back to life, but the main heat for the house did not. As a result, we got to spend the night in a very cold house. We ran the fireplace overnight, but the temperature continued to fall until it was just 58 in the house (and that’s pretty good for sub-freezing temperatures outside).
It’s fixed now, but is a good reminder of how fortunate we are to be able to afford to stay warm in the winter.