Well we finally got our bill in the mail from using 4 space heaters 24/7. Screw them. We ended up using almost 6600 Kwh. This bill is almost three times as much as we are used to. I don't know how the hell we are gonna pay for this. Looking at the usage graph is kinda funny though. All the bars are around 1750 or less then here comes January. It spikes to just under 7000. Well all the people holding us back from our money will get theirs. I have come to find that karma can come...

So we have finally got the insurance check from the December flood. And we overnighted it to Houston on Monday. Wait for them to process. Send to first mortgage company. Then we will get a cut of the check. All told it could be almost 3 months before we get any money that wasn't already ours to begin with. I am so pissed at how long this damn process is taking. My wife has had to close out a high yield savings account. I have had to take a loan against my 401k. Dammit it is expensive to...

So the last two times that I have had to go up and over the passes in the last week have been interesting. Last Friday we were heading over I-90 to Ellensburg. We stop at the top of the pass so everyone can take a potty break. We take way too much time looking at things and playing in the snow with our puppy. We are loading up to head out when right in front of us there is a woman in a minivan that is stuck in the parking spot. I ask her if she needs me to give her a push. She said yes so...