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Woke up to a winter wonderland

Post a photo so we can pretend.

How lovely. Enjoy the beauty and the coziness of the house

I don't. Haven't seen snow since 1977 when I moved to SoCal (unless I drove up to Big Bear Mtn.). Suits me fine.

I can honestly say, I don't miss snow one bit as my last winter had Sandy and over three feet of snow in one snowfall. :(

I'm happy that I don't have to shovel sunshine. You need to get down here!!!! :smiley:

BTW - I saw in today's Daily Sun that it dropped to 17 degrees in my hometown. :cold:

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Originally Posted by senior citizen (Post 778713)

Do you miss snow?

Yes very much now that I don't have to drive to work daily.

Not one little bitty bit!

Sounds beautiful.
I don't care if I ever see snow again!
Been there, done that......

Yes, I do miss the beauty of gently falling snow, covering everything that could be seen with a blanket of white flakes, life becoming pure and clean for at least a short time. Air is breathable, allergies dissipate, life feels really good........ Only weather more beautiful than freshly fallen snow is waking up on a perfectly sunshine filled day after a winter ice storm when your world truly becomes a magical winter wonderland, with trees sparkling like a thousand diamonds.

There is all kinds of beauty in the world, and although I am ever so grateful to be in the warmth of Florida for the winters now, I am happy to have the memories of winters past.

Snow isn't the problem. It's the ICE that forms.

Who wants their 80+year-old parents creeping around on ice, and then when they fall and crack their head or hips, the working adult kids are expected to take off work to travel to them and care for them??????

And what senior can afford an $800 heating bill? Our A/C bills here have never exceeded $189 in the three hottest months.

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Originally Posted by senior citizen (Post 778955)

I hear you. You are correct. Florida does have very reasonable utility bills in general.

What state would that $800 heating bill be in? Do you mean per month?
Or per winter?

I pay for ten months on a budget plan to our heating oil delivery people.......$340 per month, so that would be $3,400 a year.

If we use more, we pay the final amount in May and then "have off" for a few months till the new billing cycle...........but it's a big four zone (4 thermostats) home. I hope your folks aren't paying $800 a month, unless you mean during the dead of winter; the coldest few months. Our oil company spreads our payments out.........

But, can't complain as the house is toasty warm.

Our daughter and son and their children heat totally with wood from their ten acres of land. They have pellet stoves in main living areas and a wood furnace in the basement...............no oil heat at all; no electric heat at all. Just wood. Personally, I can't see them doing that at our age.

But, we know lots of folks, younger folks, who help their entire families "heat with wood" by buying wood lots and cutting wood all summer long.

We still have the same two cords of wood sitting out back, for several years now. Just use the fireplace occasionally in the winter and when the grandkids visit........they love to help build the fire and tend to it.

I guess I prefer to pay the oil bill........even though it keeps increasing.
Can't win.

I was referring to $800 per month for heating a large multi-story house in New England or midwest. Take the $3400 per year and divide that by 4 for the months of Dec., Jan, Feb, Mar. We are happy to be rid of that and having to be confined every night when here, we go out on our golf cart every night to the squares and restaurants, movies, etc. in winter.