Last time we went over winter weather emergecy preparedness. Now it's time to think about the basics of "winterizing" your home, and if you have rent properties or a house that you are responsible for, those also. This latter has been on something on our minds because of an elderly relative that's no longer staying in her house, but may return to it and so it needs to be maintained.

In Southwest Oklahoma, and of course that means North Texas too, our winters are generally milder and short lived. To give you an idea, at the Clarks, and many other households I know, the heat was just turned on this week -- mid-November. Still, you can't rule out that occassional ice storm, like we had last winter.