Living in the northeastern section of the country, really close to the Canadian border, creates some challenges while in the winter.
The cold, wet weather lasts for the majority of the year.
I typically beginning up the oil furnace by the beginning of October in addition to keep it running until the end of March. We’ve already had various feet of snow on the ground for Mother’s Day. The people I was with and I expect blizzard conditions in addition to rapidly changing temperatures down to twenty-five below zero. The wind chill can make it dangerous to spend much time outdoors. The cost of heating adds up to a immense draw on the budget. Along with paying high bi-weekly energy bills, there’s also the cost of filter upgradements in addition to seasonal maintenance for the oil furnace, then because the heating idea creates problems with insufficient humidity, it was necessary to invest into a whole-house humidifier. I am constantly upset for the first signs of Springtime. I watch for the arrival of robins, buds on the lilac trees in addition to initial sprouts of the daffodils. It seems to take forever for the weather to hot up in addition to the snow to melt. It is such a joy to put away the snow shovel, pack up the jackets in addition to open the windows, our summer time seasons are typically quite short. The heat in addition to humidity is brutal however brief. I am unwilling to close the windows in addition to pay a sizable electric bill for a couple of months. I love to utilize window air conditioners in the home offices. I took luck of a Black Thursday sale in addition to purchased cooling units for around $100 each. They are lightweight, compact in addition to simple to install into the windows. They keep the home offices perfectly cool in addition to make just enough noise to drown out the sound of traffic, barking cats in addition to early day parakeets.