Working with Winter Weather

I wrote this during the icy weather the other day and couldn't post it because the internet went down :( so here it is now!

As I watch the windows and vehicles collect ice on this yucky day I feel compelled to tell you what our work has been like this winter. As the weather started turning colder we all started bundling up and wearing lots of layers. Some days I feel like the kid from A Christmas Story with all of my layers and warm clothes. We tried to get as much outside work done as possible while it was still nice outside, so we don't have to be out longer than necessary now that it is cold. We do our best to keep all of our volunteers in homes that have the furnace turned on so we don't freeze our fingers and toes off. To help heat the houses before we get the furnace turned on we have some small propane tank toppers that put out a little heat. These heaters don't warm a house up very much, but it makes it bearable to work in the house and if you bring marshmallows you could roast them in front of the heater! We also have a great big gas powered heater that puts out a lot of heat. This heater really warms a place up and makes a fairly comfortable work space, it doesn't heat the house like furnace, but it does a good job of keeping our volunteers warm on the really cold days. The only time we have unheated houses is if we are still doing demo work, and you are typically working hard enough then to keep yourself pretty warm. After we get the houses demoed and cleaned up we have the furnace guys come install and turn on the heater so we can keep making progress on the houses and so we don't have drywall mud freeze and crack on us.