The "good deal" seeker in me. . .

Some of you may recall the story of our heat a little while back. In December, our heat went out and took us quite an ordeal to get it working again (long story that I didn't even share at the time, but it was a bit of a nightmare). At the same time as our heat went out, the glass on our gas fireplace shattered. So we had no heat, and no fireplace, either! It was cold for a while around here.

I checked into getting the fireplace glass replaced and was quoted a price over $200.00! That wasn't in our budget. . .

So here the fireplace has sat. . .

. . . . . for the past two months, covered with a blanket and then with this christmas cover in front. The Christmas cover was fine for December, and maybe even part of January. But I decided I needed to look into some other options to get this in working order again.

So this morning I took out the metal frame that held the glass to the fireplace and took it to a glass company nearby. Come to find out that they can replace the glass for under $40.00!! So all this time I have sat with this "broken" fireplace, and I could have had it fixed long ago.

So I am saying goodbye to the Santa screen. .. . well I guess I will next week when the glass comes in (this is a special type of glass that needs to be ordered). I am willing to wait one more week, and I will be happy to have a working, normal looking fireplace again!