[Vision2020] Anyone else surprised?

[Joan Opyr]

On 24 Jan 2006, at 10:13, Ellen Roskovich wrote:

> So, has anyone else who heats their home with natural gas received 
> their Avista bill this month?  I received mine on Saturday and I'm 
> still in a state of shock.  I immediately set my thermostat down from 
> 68 to 60 and put on a sweater.  They said their rates were going up, 
> but. . . WOW!
>  
> These rates have got to take a chunk of change from those older folks 
> trying to keep warm.
>  
> Ellen

The propane man arrived last week and refilled our tank.  We're on a 
level-pay contract, so the pain won't hit all at once, but the price 
per gallon has gone up, and we'll have to cover that.  I'm really 
beginning to miss the old pellet stove.  Sure, it only heated one room, 
and that room was not my bedroom or the bathroom (nothing says "Idaho 
winter" like planting your delicate backside on an icy toilet seat) but 
the pellet stove was cheap to operate and, if the toilet seat caused 
deep tissue damage, you could always back up to the stove and toast 
your poor frostbitten buns.

Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment
www.joanopyr.com