An actual book. Cover to cover! Go figure! Go me!

Every day I read a lot. I mean a lot. It’s predominantly in electronic form, short of my twice-weekly newspaper reading. But as far as bound books go, it’s not that often I actually sit down with a book proper (short of reference materials)…let alone read one cover to cover.

Well anyway, I finished Canoeing With The Cree tonight, and it was definitely worth my time. It really only took a few hours to read, but I spread it out over several days’ time. It’s an interesting and very unique story; something that (for very obvious reasons) probably won’t ever happen again…so that’s cool.

We didn’t get any snow today, and that’s okay. I like snow, but what we’ve got is good enough for now…until it starts to get dirty looking (which will happen soon). Then it can snow again and freshen things up. 🙂

The co-op had fuel oil delivery day today, though. Ten days short of two months since the last fill, and we went through approximately 75 gallons in that time. Not too bad, really.

I’m always curious about what the sticker price will be for fuel. It’s usually around 25-50 cents cheaper than the advertised diesel fuel (for road use) price on the sign (namely due to the absence of tax). Since the current price of road diesel fuel is still at $3.499, I was curious as to what I would pay this time. $3.18/gallon. Which is a big jump from the fill in October, when it was $2.57/gallon.

At least we only go through about 70 gallons in the coldest month of the year (usually January or February). The rest of the heating season is somewhere between 30 and 60 gallons in a month. It could always be worse, though. I know people who go through at least two full barrels (over 550 gallons) in a season. That would get to be on the average order of 100 gallons per month.

I took some really cute pictures of Kirstin tonight. It was fun; she was having a generally good time, and that makes for a fun picture session. And short of that, I don’t really have much new to report. I’m looking forward to the weekend, when I can hopefully tackle a few random projects (video capture, Christmas picture session, etc.). So since it’s now getting quite late, I’m going to call it a night and go catch my beauty sleep. Or my beauty, in sleep. Or just reclaim my space in bed. 🙂

Until next time…

“All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.”
– Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)

–MZ