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Its been a cold month (and that can be good)

January 28th, 2010 at 09:41 pm

Not only outside has it been cold (the bad part), but inside too (the good part). Given BA's efforts at living at 50 degrees I have been for the past few weeks trying to keep the temperature down lower, usually 55 at night or when I'm not home, and ~62 when I am home. In addition I use an electric radiator in the bedroom as I spend a lot of time there with my computer and watching DVDs. The temperatures have been abnormally cold, and this week I got both my natural gas and electric bills. They totaled $160 (for my 4 bedroom house). That is higher than I hoped for (in fact the highest total I had in a few years), but it has been very cold (much colder than any month the last few winters) so maybe I shouldn't complain. Everyone I know has much much higher utility bills than I do, so I'm sure my efforts have helped.

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1 Responses to “Its been a cold month (and that can be good)”

  1. Broken Arrow Says:
    February 3rd, 2010 at 03:49 pm 1265212181
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    I didn't realize that I "inspired" someone. Big Grin My experiences are very similar to yours where it's hard to keep warm. And when you get cold enough, it's hard to enjoy anything else. But yeah, hang in there!

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