I know, I know; I should not be complaining. But for the second time a cold front has hit this neck of the woods,
and although I’m fine at night under the covers or when working physically during the day , I’m not so comfy when I have to code and the toughest bar I work on is the space bar.
So, if there is indeed nothing between Texas and the North Pole but a barbed wired fence, and these fronts keep coming,
I’m going to have to get more heating comfort in.  So today, (Cyber Monday) I ordered this electrical fireplace:

This was the only one listed as being able to heat up to 600 square ft, and although the great room here is not much more than 400 sq ft,
it is as high as a church and the roof is not yet insulated, and even has a few gaps right into the great outdoors.
This does not mean I will not get a real wood stove anymore, but a real wood stove requires a real pipe up and through the roof,
and it’s simply not in my budget right now.
I’m looking forward to Thursday, when day temperatures will be around 75F (24C) again. Until then I will just retire to the bedroom early,
as that room is comfortably warm after Mr. Cool’s heat pump has been on for 30 minutes.
Hopefully Home depot’s courier can find me; today USPS claimed to have been unable to fit a box with 3 fairly large items into my mailbox,
as they claimed it was full…  Even if it would be empty and double the normal size, the box would not have fitted. I never liked USPS much,
now I remember why. WalMart had no problem delivering my fire pit (which is also great for outdoor heat, but it’s hard to cook and manage a fire pit simultaneously I found out)
Hopefully Home Depot uses the same courier or at least not USPS.