A Warm Feeling Of Abundance.

Feeling grateful.

On Thursday Bob and I drove to the local Lagerhaus in order to buy some sacks of pellets. Yes, it is starting to get cold enough to fire up the old oven and in order to do so we need pellets.

Apart from being a nuisance to buy as they weigh 15 kg a bag so that you have to haul them onto the trailer and off it, multiplied by however many you bought, they are also jolly expensive.

The second winter we were here our purse had tightened considerably so that we only bought a weeks worth each Monday ( bear in mind we only heated six to eight hours a day ) and hoped to have enough left over for other luxuries ie...food and petrol. Once or twice we got caught out by there not being any bags for sale. Yes, a bit of a poser indeed. If it hadn't been for the water pipes freezing the Bobster and I might have weathered a winter under a thick wad of blankets.

So anyway, on Thursday we purchased a whole pallet of pellets ( 64 bags ) at once and we felt like kings. The luxury of knowing that the next two months are sorted in regard to warmth is indescribable. So many take a warm house for granted but both of us have a healthy respect of and for the cold or rather warmth. To this day we only heat when necessary and not around the clock as so many are wont to do...honestly, we don't see the point of sitting around in your summer shorts and t-shirts while all is frozen over outside.

Biggi