by Tricia
It’s a game that we play every fall – we wait as long as we can before turning on our heat. Recent weather has brought nightly temps in the 30/40 degree range leaving our house at 60 degrees when we wake up in the morning. That’s not too bad, but recent chilly weather during the day meant we couldn’t rely on the sun to help heat things up. My husband headed out to the store for a new filter and we fired up the furnace today.
Once the furnace is on, that means we need to get the plastic up on our windows. Our house is old, and so are the windows. Plastic on them makes a huge difference. We did our son’s room today and we’ll work through the rest of the rooms the next few days. We usually do not do all of our windows since some are in better shape than others. We happened to find a good deal at Walmart on plastic so I think we will be doing all windows this year.
I say this every year, but don’t end up doing it. I really want to take advantage of the sun this winter. I want to open the shades when it is sunny and close them when the sun goes away. I think if we could do that it would really help with our heating bills. Plus, our pets will be happy since they can get a little bit of sunshine.
I always dread winter bills, but in a way I don’t. I think my competitive side kicks in and I like to see how well we can do with getting them lower.
