4 a.m. - that's the time my eyes opened this morning. I stared at the ceiling for a while. I pulled the covers over my head. I rearranged my pillows "just so". And apparently, I wasn't going back to sleep. Normally, as soon as I stir a bit in the morning, Thing 1 and Thing 2 are pouncing on me ready to go out. Apparently, even THEY thought the hour was ridiculous. But after tossing and turning for a while, I decided sleep wasn't happening so got up to start my day.
And the start to this day is COLD. I caved last night and turned the heat on. I was kind of pouty about that because I was still thrilled with my el-cheapo power bill and I know that now the utilities will be creeping back up. It would have been nice to enjoy that just a bit longer. So now the debate begins. What temperature is optimal for us? I have no problem piling on extra clothes and blankets, but at some point you do need the heat to not be completely miserable. So, what temperature will work best? What do YOU set your thermostat on in the winter (or fall)?
Last year it was set at 68 during the day, and 65 at night. We are going to try 67 and 64 this year.
ReplyDeleteOurs is at 67 right now just because the temperature is fluctuating so much, but we will up it to around 72 when it starts to get really cold outside.
ReplyDeleteI was bummed that I had to turn on our heat too! I was really hoping to last till November 1st, but it has been SOO windy & cold... :( Our heat is currently set at 18c/64.4F, and will stay there till the temp regularly drops below 0.
ReplyDeleteWe are usually at 68 during the day, and 66 at night. We may go a bit lower as well, but our kids are young and I want them warm at night so they don't wake up (and then wake me up!). :-)
ReplyDeleteSo far so good on our heat, its not running constantly.... but I still wish we didn't have to have it on at all!
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