And it marches on

We got a nice propane stove/range combo unit a few days back.  I'll link it with an affiliate ID and so on later, but for now.. we haven't tried it yet, but I like it.  It fits a 9x13 pan, and has two racks, so it can go just about anything.  The gas for it will be so phenomenally cheap it will actually be more affordable to start using it NOW than to use our electric range.  Even averaging out for heating cycles, the electric range uses one entire kilowatt hour in 15 minutes flat!  That means the thing costs us 12 cents just to properly pre-heat.  To compare, it takes my computer two and a half hours of hardcore intense gaming to use one kilowatt hour of power.

By my calculations, using the propane instead will save us almost 40% over using electricity.  The oven, the dryer and the water heater are the biggest power consumers around.  I'm considering getting a solar shower bag for doing dishes (and possibly showering!) to save money there as well.  The propane oven has me all excited again, and I may have to steal cooking duties back form my wife.  She decides WHAT we eat, I cook it.  Cooking with propane is an art form, and one I am eager to learn.  Took care of Valentine's Day shopping today, and SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER.  So SPOILER and then SPOILER!  Lol.  Took forever to find what I wanted, in other words.  Picked up my wife's new Green Rider book today, The Black Veil.  I ran into the former best friend of one of my ex's, she checked me out.  She messed it up, just as stupid as Juliana herself was, and charged me for the book.  I had to come back with the receipt pointing out we had already paid for it and get a full refund.  No way in heck will I pay $30 for a book we got for $10!  No worries, it enabled me to get the last thing I needed for the big holiday.

Got volume 2 of A Dance in the Vampire Bund as well.  Can't wait to read it.  I'm thinking hot coca, a snack, and then Miba and I dash to our respective reading holes and read.