The chimney is still good... the woodstove down in the basement needs work so I think I'm gonna cap that off and ditch the stove. Possibly will use the fireplace, definitely installing a gas fired wall mounted heater where the wood stove was.
Funny you say that, because my gf's dad's gf put these weird ass candle holder things in the fireplace with these led flame-like bulbs... we don't use the living room much so they're still in there... *cringe*
I know yer pain. I'm broke too until Friday... slow time at my job so I had 2 weeks off. The downside to that is, I have 2 weeks of work before I get paid again.