Weather Dull Gray

Ah, weather. It’s not “cold” but it feels a tad chilly in the house, with the weather the way it is. Currently it’s overcast and usually raining –drippy or steady or pouring (since sometime in the middle of the night.) I’d love to have a fire in the fireplace, not a huge hot one, but a little nice putt putt one (for a little extra warmth, with the major plus being the “emotional warmth” a fire brings, so cheery and bright.)

I wrote above that “I’d love to have a fire” going –but I can’t. I have a few larger pieces of wood in the house, they are ‘seasoned’ but not to my standards of preference, they are hard to burn without a very hot fire going with a ‘ton’ of embers glowing to keep it going. Everything else is outside. Yes, out in the rainy weather. If I had kindling in the house it would be easier to try a fire, but all the kindling is definitely soaked through with no hope of sun to dry it out anytime today. The “logs” are on the side of the house, sort of, probably protected a bit, but overall maybe not much. I’m pretty sure most of them are very wet from this rain today, and since that whole load is from the same place, not seasoned to my preference, mostly all are difficult to burn without really well seasoned things and kindling galore to keep a hot fire going to steam out the water and burn the wood. :rolleyes: All in all, too much to consider doing with rain saturated kindling, and the main wood for burning being what it is already and with the added rain, nixing the whole affair.

The temperature outside is around 60 degrees F. Not cold at all. It just “feels” worse in the house. Sort of drafty chilly, and probably too dry, and no sunshine outside, no blue sky, just gray, gray, gray, dull. It’s the kind of day, this WINTER (yes I can actually consider it Winter now, it is officially since yesterday, Dec. 21. 🙂 ) on which temps outside vary greatly day to day, and with the lesser degree of daylight, dull gray skies are really that, and having to have lights on all day in the house, ugh [yes I am a crazy lover of firelight, candlelight, lamplight. Not electrical light.]

It’s supposed to not rain tomorrow, “they” say. Maybe some sun later on tomorrow too. Sunday and Monday, the actual “holiday” days, it’s supposed to rain again. Bah, Humbug. I want dry wood.

I’ve tried to keep the boys bringing wood upstairs and also stocking it down in the basement, enough for a couple of days or three this month. It’s not been that cold lately, so I slacked off on bugging them to do it (it’s a lot of work to bug them enough to get it done) and now I’m paying the price, no dry wood today.

Our Christmas tree is undressed still. Waiting for the lights. Somehow my good lights are not to be found. So DH went to Home Depot yesterday to get some, and came home with three boxes of “50 light” strands. 🙁 That’s not enough. That’s the only type of white mini lights they had, he said, but he’s not the tree guy, I’ve been the light and tree lady all along, and so I can’t fault his picking of what he did. He’s learning though, and that’s pure pleasure for me. I’m giving this job up and going to make sure others can do it from now on, put on the lights, that is.

Having a lighted, decorated tree in here would be nice too, the lights on it would be electric lights, sure, but they are different from the big bulbs that we use to light rooms, they give a wonderful glow to things, without the “interior house lights” on.

I hope to get these things straightened out today. DH is out getting milk right now. When he gets back perhaps the lights can go on, and more gotten and gotten on, and the boys and he can find some drier wood outside, and hopefully we can have a decorated tree and a fireplace fire on Christmas Eve/Christmas Day. FWIW it would be nice.