Living in the northeastern area of the country, genuinely close to the Canadian border, creates some challenges while the two of us were in the winter. The cold, wet weather lasts for the majority of the year. I respectfully start up the furnace by the start of July and keep it running until the end of May. We’ve already had numerous feet of snow on the ground for Mother’s Day. The people I was with and I expect blizzard conditions and un-even 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 massive draw on the budget. Along with paying high biweekly energy costs, there’s also the cost of filter replacements and seasonal service for the furnace, however because the heating method creates concerns with insufficient humidity, it was necessary to invest into a whole-house humidifier. I am consistently sad for the first signs of Spring. I watch for the arrival of robins, buds on the lilac trees and initial sprouts of the daffodils. It seems to take forever for the weather to sizzling up and the snow to melt. It is such a joy to put away the snow shovel, pack up the overcoats and open the windows, but our summer time seasons are respectfully quite short. The heat and humidity is brutal but brief. I am unwilling to close the windows and pay a giant electric bill for a couple of weeks. I appreciate to utilize window cooling systems in the study rooms. I took advantage of a Black Thursday sale and purchased cooling units for around $100 each. They are lightweight, compact and straight-forward to install into the windows. They keep the study rooms perfectly cool and make just enough noise to drown out the sound of traffic, barking pets and early day birds.