First Frost

Monday October 29th, 2007.

I believe it will be an early winter. We have had our first frost of the year here in the Mohawk Valley.

I had to use my car starter. I have no heat in my apartment. I just can't afford to have them come fill my propane. The last time I had heat was about three years ago. That was a very long winter. They were coming to fill up by tank every two weeks and I was shelling out $200 each time. This is before the price hike in gas and heating oil. So I could only imagine what it might cost me now.

Last year I managed to make it through the winter with only little electrical heaters. But last winter was mild and short. The weather didn't get horrifically cold until mid January when we got blasted with snow.

Temperatures never dropped drastically and they didn't stay cold for long. With the Valentine's Day Blizzard (2007) We had an abundant of snow padding covering everything. It took a while to finally melt but it was livable.

This year here is it just about the end of October and we've had our first frost.

I've already had to find warmer homes for my Betta fish. I can't see my breath yet in the house but I'm sure that is only around the corner.

I'm still holding off plugging in the portable heaters only because that will spike my electric bill.

It's a struggle but it only makes me tougher (which is nothing new to my most wondrous life) At least I know that I could survive anything thrown at me.

If you don't hear from me for a while I might be a frozen Popsicle....... then I will see in the the spring when I thaw out! LOL