Stephen and I like our room temperature on the cool side. I think this comes from default. Our married life has been spent in older, drafty houses and a duplex. Places that were too expensive to heat to a comfortable temperature. When we got here, we just didn't turn up the heat by default. So we just put on slippers and sweatshirts and keep our blood moving by doing the dishes or vacuuming or chasing kids. The kids, by the way, don't seem to mind the cooler temps. Stephen would also cover windows and buy stuff to cover cracks in door frames and such. When we moved here to Seattle, we got our first couple electric bills and figured into our budget that about every 6 weeks or so it would cost us $120. That seemed a little steep, but we do use a lot of water with all the laundry and I'm home all day using electricity. We just hoped it wouldn't go up come winter and using the heaters.
A few months seemed to go by with no bill. Then one day we got a statement that we had overpaid and had a balance of $59. Nice!
When we went home to Boise we experienced first hand people who want (and can afford) to keep their houses warm. Both our parents' houses were so HOT (to us)!! We admit to covering vents and cracking windows at night to sleep better. Our parents also made us aware that they think our apartment is FREEZING. My joke was "yeah, we keep it so cold that the electric company actually sent us money- they felt so sorry for us". ha ha!
Once again, it seemed like months since we had gotten anything from the light company.
When we got back to Seattle, we finally got a bill. After the credit, we owe . . . . . . $16! Boy, is this a sweet winter compared to the $250 a month our gas alone would cost us in Chicago at the dead of winter. And then there was the propane to heat the farm house before that . . . but we won't even go there. Maybe I can turn up the temp a little, what do you think?
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Apparently kids like to be kept "refrigerated"!! Ha ha. Tim and I are exactly the same - usually no more than 16 degrees celcius in our house at night although we have increased to 18 now that I have to get out of bed to feed Melena. Melena doesn't seem to mind the cold one bit!
great to talk to you for like 10 minutes.. better than nothing, right? anyways, what is the status on the second hand clothing rules... have you filled an empty closet yet?
We are opposite...I like it super hot in the house. When we finally fit that playdate in, I will cool it way down for you over here!
Man if you like it cool, you'd hate living in our apartment. We have to keep our apartment above 70 all year long since our unit controls the heat on the whole ground floor. In order for everyone to be warm we have to crank up the heat and crack a window to cool ourselves down. Who knows why they didn't install separate dials in each apartment. A way to be cheap I guess. At least here, each tenant pays $75/month for all utilities, since there isn't really a way of monitoring usage.
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