Keeping Warm

Our furnace room

So we had the furnace guy out yesterday.  I've been annoyed by a noise coming from that room in the basement.  Figured we'd just do a tune-up and be good.

Not so fast!

Wasn't cheap.

4 hours (and many $ spent later) the furnaces are good to go.  I'm not really complaining, we've done virtually nothing to our furnaces since we moved into the house nearly 15 years ago - other than to regularly/on schedule replace the filters.  I just hadn't planned on spending that much when we asked for the $29 tune-up special.

I hit the trail this morning, steeling myself against the wind, it was pretty fierce.  Even through the wind it was a beautiful sunrise.  Just now, though it's hailing like crazy! I'm so glad I managed to get in a lovely walk before the storm front arrived.  (And I'm beseeching The Husband to bring in the mail - he's sturdier than I am!)  :^)

Love this quote:

“To be cheerful when others are in despair, to keep the faith when others falter, to be true even when we feel forsaken—all of these are deeply desired outcomes during the deliberate, divine tutorials which God gives to us—because He loves us. These learning experiences must not be misread as divine indifference. Instead, such tutorials are a part of the divine unfolding.” 
― Neal A. Maxwell

I'm so grateful that we could have the furnaces tuned/fixed, and for coupons that saved us $304.  I'm grateful for my morning walk.  I'm grateful for a snug warm home.   I'm grateful for an endless supply of hugs. And for this beautiful world.