The Think Tank

Well the warm weather continues in good old Portland.  Seems rotten, since even Florida has them iceskating in the streets.  I WANT snow, and get 45 degrees.  The darned oil prices continue to rise.  This must stop if I am to order oil next month!

Well, it would appear I have been having trouble getting into the swing of things again.  Sorry about that.  Or perhaps it is that I can’t stand to report the high prices.  I will try to do better.  It seems as if the prices should be dropping but they are not.  Hopefully that trend will change, SOON.

Well good golly Miss Molly we got snow yesterday.  It was gorgeous.  It snarled traffic, it stranded folks on their way home,  and it thrilled me to no end.  We took photos, enjoyed it while it lasted and we are now hoping for more.  The price of heating oil is up again.  Way up, darn it.

So lets see what the close today brings.  It would sure be nice to start the New Year with a nice LOW oil price.  Too bad,  up again.  One more chance, tomorrow, to end on a downward trend.  That is my hope for the new year,  cheaper, more affordable heating oil.

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. 🙂