I have a lot of work to get done before I get any further into the year. Summer has finally finished and now we are transitioning into the fall season. I need to get the house ready for the change in seasons because we have a lot of leaky windows that aren’t particularly good at sealing the house from air leaking in or out. I like to use window film in the winter time to create an air barrier in place of better windows. The only complication is that installing window film is not easy as it can be punctured by a lot of the metal that you would find on a windowsill. After I have put up the window film in the appropriate areas, and then have to use weather stripping on the doors. This is a lot of work to do in preparation for the winter time season every year. But the biggest job of all has to be cutting all of the wood for my wood stove. I rely on my wood stove to keep my house as hot as possible so I don’t have to utilize a central furnace, which costs a lot of money to run. Right now I’m using a propane furnace and it’s not particularly efficient at what it does. That’s why I place so much importance on the wood stove as an alternative to a furnace. But unless I utilize the wood stove properly and have that wood chopped and ready to go, it’s a losing battle with the heater. Therefore, I need to get more wood chopped ahead of the winter time season. Then I will be ready to use my wood stove to heat my house on a regular basis.