Sure am glad I'm not in the midwest BRRRR. It's the pits though I have to pay the heating bill on our house until closing. Last month's electric bill was $520 But I'm scared and everyone just keeps telling me everything will be o.k. But the problem for me is I have NO control over how our life is going right now besides being completely a tightwad and pinching every penny until it bleeds. Hard to feel like it's going to be o.k. when I'm hemmoraging cash! Closing on our house feels a million miles away and I will be so relieved when it's over!
Mommafitz sure hope you can find another place out of town where you can have a big outbuiilding to put your stuff in. I don't like renting at all either. And with pets it's so much harder to find a decent one. I think you'd be happier somewhere you can put in a garden and your animals can run around a bit.