It Only Hurts When I Blog

Greetings, Monday morning blah-gers!

Here's a story I forgot to tell last week.

Please note the decorative and attractive propane tank in the photo taken this winter...

Way back on January 5th, I mentioned on the blog that we needed fuel, that we were in the red zone on our propane tank. We promptly got a delivery, and were happy to have it.

Last weekend, we had a cold snap, and woke up to a chilly house, about 62 degrees.

Being spoiled to having a fairly level temperature, Charlie turned up the heat on the thermostat. We waited. Nothing happened.

We mulled this over for awhile, discussing what the issues might be.

I asked Charlie (who was already chilled), to go outside and check the propane tank. He wasn't anxious to, but he did, and reported WE HAD NO FUEL LEFT. That has never happened to us in the 7.5 years we have lived here - we've always had plenty of fuel after the January fill to see us through till summer, when we get our 'summer fill'.

We speculated that the combination of a super-cold winter, me being home, and a burner repair we had in March (meaning prior to then the unit might not have been burning as efficiently) all contributed to us burning more fuel this year, and RUNNING OUT.

We also asked the propane people to check the system for leaks. They tested it, and everything checked out OK. We got the minimum delivery, which still worked out to almost $500.

Alls well that ends well, but know you know - No PRO-pane, no gain!