Heat officially turned on yet?

**Syn D** · 12-17-2011, 11:46 PM

Been off and on here for a few weeks. Was off most of today, will be off tomorrow.

Our temps keep bouncing.

**frugalfranny** · 12-17-2011, 11:53 PM

Originally Posted by Debbie-cat

Ours has been on for about 3 months!

Mine too DC!

We haven't had much snow but 30's during the day........and into
20's at night...........too darn cold for these old bones!!

I have been in my fleece clothes for about two months!

Haven't put my fleece sheets on yet.........still doing flannel!

**shoiji** · 12-18-2011, 04:00 PM

Right now it is a balmy 60 degrees inside. Yup, I keep the heat low. Am dressed as if I am going outside on a crisp fall day.

**MomToTwoBoys** · 12-19-2011, 03:47 PM

During the day up here, I keep the heat on 68F. If it's lower than that, I'm absolutely freezing. It's bad enough I have to wear fingerless gloves when I type and two layers of shirts.

We had our heat on for a while now.

**forHISglory** · 12-19-2011, 05:02 PM

We have gas heat plus a gas fireplace. We keep the temp at 68 during the day and 50 at night. I like to sleep very cool! The cost of gas is pretty cheap here, so i don't mind using the gas fireplace quite often. We have 1850 sq. ft. home, heated with gas, a gas water heater, and gas fireplace, and our monthly rate is about $30. Not too bad!

**shoiji** · 12-19-2011, 05:06 PM

Wow, that rate is good. Am all bundled up and have a blanket on also.

**Mamaw** · 12-20-2011, 09:28 AM

Heat has been on here since November. Baby it is cold outside! LOL.
I am finding that as I get older, I can't tolerate the cold as well..... Plus I dont think this house is very well insulated which adds to the challenge. I dread the heating bill but have decided I would rather pay another 50 or so per month than be miserable all the time. I will still work to keep it low but I am setting the temp higher than I would have in the past

**Darlene** · 12-20-2011, 09:31 AM

Woodstove gets loaded up in the morning, heats up to 80 sometimes (I often wear capri's & short sleeve shirts indoors

) and that will keep it warm for the rest of the day.

**forHISglory** · 12-20-2011, 10:23 AM

We heated with wood all the time we lived in MO, but had to get used to the gas heat up here. This might sound strange, but gas heat felt cold! Wood heat is soooooo much warmer!

**shoiji** · 12-20-2011, 01:29 PM

Darlene, really would like to be able to walk around in shorts or capris.

**OOwl** · 12-20-2011, 01:32 PM

Texas here, too, and with all the holiday baking, I've actually had the AC on lately! It finally got cool enough last night for the heat to kick on early this morning (unit switches from heat to cool, as required by thermostat, which is a good feature to have with this crazy weather here). I MUCH prefer cold outside. Envious of those of you that live some place cold.

**Darlene** · 12-20-2011, 04:17 PM

Originally Posted by shoiji

Darlene, really would like to be able to walk around in shorts or capris.

Yeah it's balmy in the morn then cools off during the day so I throw on a sweater but keep the capris if I'm not going out. The other day I had to stop myself and change before we left the house to go grocery shopping. It was in the upper 30's and flip flops really weren't proper footwear.