The Think Tank

Today would have been my parents 62nd wedding anniversary. 

OIl prices have been up and down, up and down.  I have been so busy with Christmas cleaning, wrapping, cooking, visiting and having my computer tied up with Christmas projects that I have not been able to pay attention to the daily ups and downs.  Sorry about that and I am now back on the job.  One question though,   Where the heck is our snow?

The oil prices are definitely heading in the wrong direction.  Up a lot in the past week.  My vote is for a reversal of that, and for the prices to fall further than they  rose in the next week.  Lets see what the coming days bring.  Weather is nice, no storms forecast, why are the prices rising?  Seems odd.

Well, darn it.  In very un-Christmaslike fashion the temperatures just keep rising.  Late last night as I was working around here it was so warm I had to raise the windows on the back door to cool things down a bit in here.  I liked it so much better when it was cold.  Yesterdays high was 44 and the cool temp not that much different about 39.

I was surprised that Larsen raised the price for home heating oil only 2 cents, and that Pulliam did not raise the price at all.  Goes to show how little I know. 🙂

Yesterday, our high was 39, today as I write this it is 48.  According to the weatherman, the rat, there is zero chance of a white Christmas.  I am not giving up hope.  We have a week,  I think it is possible for Santa to intervene.  I am dreaming of a White Christmas.

So up it went today.  Crude went up 1.87 and Heating Oil went up almost 7 cents.  If you are thinking of buying oil for your home, order it today to lock in the cheaper price.  It will go up tomorrow, of that I am confident.

Yesterday’s high temperature 41.  It was 37 this morning.  It was 35 when I went to bed.  Strangely, with the market making almost no move yesterday, Larsen’s price for home heating oil rose 3 cents and Pulliam did what I thought SHOULD happen and has no change.

Shoot!  Crude and heating oil climbed today.  Not alot, but, if you ask me any rise in price is not good.  Crude rose 1.18 and heating oil rose less than a cent, so I suppose we will see a rise in local home heating oil prices tomorrow, at least a penny.

Oh my goodness, our cold weather is gone, the blue skies are gone, and the more usual ,dreary, damp, 40 degrees and rainy weather is back in the Pacific Northwest.  Our temp this morning was 39 at the airport, and at our house.  Fridays market close was very little different than its open, but Larsen oil dropped 2 cents per gallon.  Lets see what today brings.

Too bad for us, the price at days end today was barely down.  It was down though since that is better than up, even a little bit.  Crude dropped 4 cents per barrel, and heating oil dropped .0011 per gallon.  If I am correct, and that is far from a given, tomorrow’s price will be the same as today.  More tomorrow.