Thank God for a fireplace
Our furnace could not have gone out at a worse time… We had the youngsters plus grandyoungsters all over for the holidays. It had taken a bit of shuffling but we had a site for all the people to sleep. The adults each got a room plus the youngsters all slept on the floor in sleeping bags in the home office. The first afternoon was very chaotic with 6 youngsters running around plus 4 more adults in the house. We had just finished supper when we noticed that it was getting freezing in the house. I adjusted the temperature control plus then I all went out plus had some fun. We didn’t get back to the house until after supper. I was ready to relax plus warm up a bit in a warm house! Unluckyly, that wasn’t possible. It was freezing freezing in the house. The furnace wasn’t working at all. I hastily called up our heating supplier but they said it would be 4 nights before they could send someone out. What to do? I had a house full of family. Thankfully we have a fireplace that we almost never use. I used what wood we did have plus got it going. Then my child plus I went out plus got more wood while the house warmed up. We also picked up a few space furnaces for the family rooms. I don’t suppose we will end up needing those space heaters. The house was nice plus warm by the time we got back. Thank God for a fireplace. We absolutely should use this fireplace more often. It is very nice plus lets off a very seasonal glow.