this cold house

Posted by mountainmelody On 1/16/2009 08:31:00 AM
It's been really cold here--temperatures are expected to be below freezing for 2 or 3 days.

This morning when I got up, my house was 51 degrees F. That's despite having the heat turned up and leaving three space heaters running all night. (I'm not looking forward to seeing the power bill!)

I don't know how cold it got in the middle of the night, but I woke up around 4:30 with a cold nose like you get from going outside in chilly temperatures.

I guess that's one downside of living in a 90-year-old house!
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4 Responses to 'this cold house'

  1. Melissa said...
    http://mountainmelody.blogspot.com/2009/01/this-cold-house.html?showComment=1232118960000#c1444780898278120173'> 9:16 AM

    Good grief, girl. Your landlord needs to invest in some more insulation! :) Maybe blankets over the windows? Hee, hee!

     

  2. mountainmelody said...
    http://mountainmelody.blogspot.com/2009/01/this-cold-house.html?showComment=1232119020000#c2551071359564848871'> 9:17 AM

    Blankets over the windows--check.

    Invitation from landlords to stay at their house--check.

     

  3. countrypeapie said...
    http://mountainmelody.blogspot.com/2009/01/this-cold-house.html?showComment=1232317680000#c234084417753611049'> 4:28 PM

    Haha -- we actually have blankets over some of our windows! Our house is really old, too, and there is zero insulation. We had to turn on a couple of space heaters to supplement the wood burning stove, and then piled on the blankets and slept in our hats.

     

  4. mountainmelody said...
    http://mountainmelody.blogspot.com/2009/01/this-cold-house.html?showComment=1232317740000#c5878134953898635056'> 4:29 PM

    Wood burning stove? Sleeping in hats? Brrr!! That sounds REALLY cold!

     

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