Well, I am officially out of heating oil.

Bring on the space heaters and turn on the stove...it's gonna be in the teens tommorrow night I think.
Brrrrrrrrr.

be careful and stay safe. How long before they can deliver more? I'm shivering in sympathy.

Hopefully this weekend. About $360.
I will be careful, I promise.

Thursday, January 17, 2008 4:52 PM CST

http://www.bladenjournal.com/articles/2008/01/17/news/local_news/doc478fd54077747053359949.txt

HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt recently announced the release of $2,840,718, which includes $50,520 for
tribes, to help eligible low-income homeowners and renters in North Carolina meet home energy costs.

The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funds will provide states, territories, tribal
areas and the District of Columbia with heating assistance for the winter months ahead.

“Shelter is a basic human need,” Secretary Leavitt said. “These funds will enable North Carolina
residents to make sure no one is left out in the cold.”

LIHEAP helps eligible families pay for home cooling, heating and insulation in summer and winter months.
Every year, more than five million low-income households across the country receive assistance under LIHEAP.

Individuals interested in applying for energy assistance should contact their local/state LIHEAP agency.

For more information, go to http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/liheap/ or http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ liheap/brochure.html.

yes, it works if you go NOW. They get so much a season to cover poor folks, so the sooner you go "beg" the quicker you get warm. Careful thinkin you can use electric and such. Thats one bill you dont want to be $200 higher than normal.

:hug:

It just was released, the $$, 4 days ago.

Maybe there's still some $$ assistance left.

I wouldn't call it begging at all. I call it survival.

Isn't NC a 'commonwealth' state?

If not, that's really sad. :(

I am sorry I said "beggin" thats just my dumb head when I do it.

Fight and win. Thats alls I got. I know that fight sucks though.

love ya dude!

:hug:

The Bladen Journal! That is the
local bi-weekly rag where I live.
:hi:

How's that new laptop doing for you? :D

:hi:

My old stick in the mud self
misses my old one. x( :D
:hi:

will do...however, we think that when he gets paid on Friday we may be able to afford some.
I'll look into it..I can't get to Dss until tomorrow.

Mine took a crap yesterday. 6 degrees outside, 40 inside when I woke up. He didnt make it yesterday so I hope he shows today. I'm turning it on 90 and runnin nekkid!

:hug:

Edit: I'm just awake now so I remember to turn off oven :P

Come live with me. I'm keeping the thermostat at 55 but I think I can sustain it, at least until the house is sold back to the bank. I have seven bedrooms and you are welcome to the back wing.

It surely sucks, doesn't it? You aren't alone. -Lisa

hehe

:hug:

More often, it's curses and angry imprecations.

:)

It reminds me when I got my first job in the U.S. at Berklee College of Music. I'd been there only a few days when the only coworker sharing the office asked me if I used "big word to impress people." Uh... no. I'm just Canadian-born. We can't help ourselves. :rofl:

let down yer hair :P

:*

Nobody around here takes me seriously! :P :rofl:

I'm so playing :)

:hug:

only because I don't understand what you meant. However I'm a braver woman than that. :)

Laughing.

let me absorb the hooks and snags only to leave you smiling.

*dance*

the addition of diagrams. The hooks and snags at my end - you would have an interesting time w/absorption. I do appreciate the thought however.

hehe

but you are cool tooo!

:)

Love. It tends to make the month much better!

:D

Bah; pay no attention (how this advice will cause you to squirm, I can imagine). I have had a few bad experiences which color my view, alas.

Bon voyage and following seas!

Hither to and forth I go tither.

umm.. I pay attention to you cause you rawk! Dont make me not hehe

:yourock:

Still, I do rawk and it is to your benefit to recognize the fact.

And now, Inchworm, to bed. :yourock:

I'll never sleep!

:D

Edit: I missed an "n"

Thanks Lisa, for the offer and the sympathy.
He gets paid Friday, so we can probably get some then. Cross your fingers for us until then.
Son's room in the back is very well insulated and stays really warm with the space heater we have back there. I have the less effective one out here in the LR, but I have the stove and the dryer, so I'm going to run them.

where my mom had an electric blanket attached to an extension cord she had wrapped around her and drug everywhere.

like at your house my room stayed very warm in the back, but the house was frigid.

stay warm :hug:

Stay warm. :hug:

:hi:

Off to work now. :hi:

What time is it over there? R, you won't be so proud of me tonight; I caved. Why I confess this at 3:14 a.m. to a man who no doubt has reservations... I know not. But please, do notice the careful spelling and tight sentence structure.

My onetime friend.

:hug:

Love ya!

:evilgrin: