In yesterday's mail we received a statement for my husband's government travel credit card. The balance is over $900, and due November 5. Generally we don't need to make payments to the card because the charges are reimbursed and directly paid by the Army. Of course, there is a process that involves submitting a travel voucher and having it approved before the funds are sent. We are now waiting on funds to be sent. And we have been waiting since several days before the government shutdown.
My husband says there is nothing he can do on his end to speed things up. So we wait and cross our fingers they make the payments by November 5th. I really, really don't want to cover for the government on that card. We will if we have to, but I don't want to!
We saw snow here this morning. It has now turned back to rain, and the snow didn't accumulate. As you can imagine, I have turned on the heat in the house. If it is cold enough to snow. It is cold enough for heat. I will wait to turn the gas on for the fireplace until at least November 1...longer if I can. 
Are you waiting for money owed to you? Have you turned your heat on yet?
Waiting....Still
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We are enjoying a beautify fall, extraordinarily daily highs [62F] but we are warned to prepare for a difficult, cold winter.
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We are waiting for our escrow refund from Wells Fargo, I guess they are taking their sweet time, as the amount was removed from the escrow account balance on Oct. 1, 2013.
I suspect we will be turning the heat on some time this week, once it reaches high 20's and low 30's for the Low Temp for a couple nights in a row. It was 66 degrees this morning in the house, not really that bad.
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