Another Battle in the Ongoing Struggle

Our house has tried to injure me with exploding microwaves and shattering light fixtures. It has been nearly flattened by a tree.

And the latest - a mini ice age. Last week I got home from Sydney to find the house very cold - much colder than we keep it. The furnace had gone out. And it was naturally the coldest week so far in Canberra's winter.

Fortunately, the furnace was under warranty and was quickly fixed, after a few frigid days... But it was funny/pathetic to see the cats huddled around the oil heater thingie, noses practically touching it.