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Liahona
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We've had a few snow storms here, nothing new for winter in this state. Temps the last week have been a high of 20 and low about 5 degrees. Our house doesn't have insulation and the double windows are very drafty. The new heater the last landlord put in can't keep up. Our utility bills are huge in winter so I bundle everyone up and keep the heater set to 55 during the day and 70 at night. We have space heaters in the kids rooms and move everyone and the heaters down to the basement during the day.
This last dip in temps though was really bad. Ice formed on the inside windows and on a pile of blankets I had by an outer wall. I had to put the kids to bed in snow suits. Min was 3 blankets on each kid and most of them had 5 or 6. When we talked in the house I could see our breath. After a few days of this I realized the heater wasn't coming on at all. I went downstairs to do some laundry and Buster came to "help." I watched him flip a switch on the heater and it kicked on! Then he flipped it back and it went off! He had turned off the heater who knows when and the temps had just gotten colder and colder. I was so mad at him.
With the heater back on it isn't as comfortable as I'd like, but it is livable.
This last dip in temps though was really bad. Ice formed on the inside windows and on a pile of blankets I had by an outer wall. I had to put the kids to bed in snow suits. Min was 3 blankets on each kid and most of them had 5 or 6. When we talked in the house I could see our breath. After a few days of this I realized the heater wasn't coming on at all. I went downstairs to do some laundry and Buster came to "help." I watched him flip a switch on the heater and it kicked on! Then he flipped it back and it went off! He had turned off the heater who knows when and the temps had just gotten colder and colder. I was so mad at him.
With the heater back on it isn't as comfortable as I'd like, but it is livable.