Last year I didn’t want to deal with worrying if my toddler was warm, and had the thermostat set at 72 degrees. All winter long! Our electric bills were through the roof.

This year, I’ve set up an oil-filled electric radiator in the living room, and an oscillating ceramic electric heater in the bedroom. I turn one or the other on (and occasionally both) depending on which part of the house we’re occupying. The radiator in the living room is actually enough to keep the furnace from coming on at all during the day! Our electric bills are 2/3 what they were last year at this time.

My feet ARE cold as I write this, though, from underneath my fuzzy fleece blanket. ;o) And I make sure my son wears his undershirts.

I ALWAYS wear a hat in the house during the cold months, though. I tend to forget that this is somewhat unusual behavior to some people until someone comes over or I visit someone else’s home.

I’m not sure how cold it is in here right now… I need to get a thermometer. The trouble is that I pretty much sit/lie on the living room floor (I haven’t got a couch or any comfortable chairs), and my heater is two feet above floor level; so I always stay pretty cold even with the heater on, and then I stand up and it’s so hot I can hardly stand it (in my layers and hat).
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