I was walking around the house with a sweater yesterday and wondered what the temperature was, as I was pretty comfortable, but knew it had to be getting colder.  The indoor thermometer indicated 58 degrees!  Usually I start to go into hibernation with anything under 68 degrees.  Merry’s been conditioning me for years to become a qualifing member of the ChukChi.

And we just realized that neither my wife nor I know how to turn on the furnace … I sure hope that wood stove project comes about soon.