The temperatures start dropping down pretty low at the beginning of October, and it doesn’t get warm again until the beginning of May! Because it’s so expensive to heat the house, we try and wait as long as we can to turn the furnace on each year
I grew up in a small town out West, and I never really traveled far from home until college. I attended a university on the eastern coast of the United States. Although I loved my school, I didn’t really like the climate. It was nice to be able to walk just a few minutes and be at the ocean, but at the same time, it was usually much colder than what I was used to out West, and it seemed like I was always cold. After finishing college, I moved back out West vowing to never move away again. Well, I didn’t keep my vow to myself because I fell in love with a man from the North. We talked about buying a house and settling out West near my family, but Vice would of had to give up a really good job in his hometown. I caved in and decided his job was more important than my dislike for the cold weather. Well, I thought I had experienced cold weather in college, but it was nothing compared to the weather up North. I can’t believe how much it costs to heat our house during the winter months, and it’s winter most of the year around here. The temperatures start dropping down pretty low at the beginning of October, and it doesn’t get warm again until the beginning of May! Because it’s so expensive to heat the house, we try and wait as long as we can to turn the furnace on each year. Last winter, I literally had to get a full time job to help pay for our heating expenses. I really don’t like the cold, but the electric bills in the wintertime are even worse than the cold.