It's cold today in Portland. Really cold. I mean if you live in Alaska you may not think it's cold but when I was folding laundry in the garage this morning my fingers went numb. That is cold. It was time to drive my youngest the one block to school. (Yeah, I know, she could walk but that is another story for another time.) I threw on some crocs and grabbed my keys like I typically do. As I opened the door and stepped outside the cold hit me and I groaned that I had not put my coat on. At least I don't have to defrost the car was my thought. Think positive right? I got in the car, started it up and then waited for Heidi to join me. As she opened the side van door another burst of cold came in and I asked her in the midst of it if she had remembered her lunch box. "Uh, no." Why can't they remember their lunches? So in a huffy state that all mothers know I told her to go get it. But as I said that I remembered that the door was locked and the garage door was still not fixed. That meant that the key in the ignition of the car would be needed. The key to the lifeline of warmth, the heater. I turned the key into the off position and hurriedly got out of the car to get her lunch myself.
When I entered the house a blast of warmth hit me and I was immediately glad for it. I couldn't help think of a recent conversation with someone that told me that she keeps her house at 56 degrees. I remember thinking that I had heard her wrong. "You mean 65?" "No, 56." I paused for one second and blurted out, "why?" Normally I would filter my thoughts before speaking but I was so overcome by shock. She told me her reasons and then she asked me what temperature we keep our furnace at. "Well, this year we turned it down to 69" I said with a smile. "Would you like to come over?"
Heidi made it to school and we laughed at the kid standing outside directing traffic with his shorts and sweatshirt and lips turning blue. Heidi said that he always wears shorts. His poor mom, I thought. I bet she tried to get him to wear some pants today.
And as I returned home and opened my door to feel the blast of heat in my home I went straight to my phone to invite my friend over. After all, it's 69 here, it's practically the tropics.
What temperature do you keep your house at?
7 comments:
We turned ours down to 65 this year to save on energy but usually about 67.
Obviously my house is the same, but I did bump up the setting in my car to 75 from the former 73... I guess I'm less cost / energy -conscious than you. ;' )
I'm still waiting for the threatened "snowpocalipse" to start today...
I'm with Chris...where's my snow?
And we keep our cavernous dwelling as a brisk 64, but it feels more like 56. My fingers are frozen and I'm wearing a jacket and down vest.
Oh my heck!!! 56 degrees!!!
We keep our house between 69 and 71. I try not to turn it to 71 but sometimes I"m just too cold. It doesn't happen that often that I give in though. I will say though that I turn the heat down to 67 or 68, usually the latter, at night. Although I haven't even thought to this past frigid week. I love turning the heat up in the morning. My kids (lets be honest, me too!) love to sit or stand over the heat vent and relish in the blowing heat! If you haven't tried it....you should!
Did I mention that's where i'm sitting now. : )
67 or 68 during the day, and 62 at night. Any colder and I would freeze! I all ready require a sweatshirt or a blanket most of the time. :)
And you are right - it's cold here! Did you guys end up with snow? Ice?
I'll go with 69.78 degrees - that's what the translator gave me when I changed 21°C to Farenheit. I rarely mess with the thermostat here in our new house. The heaters don't seem to run too often. Anytime you touch them they are cold, but the temperature is constant. I LOVE this, since our old house was so drafty you could feel the cold coming in through the walls no matter what temperature the thermastat said it was rarely over 17°C. I am not fond of wearing coats in the house, but I enjoyed the down vest I wore all through the winter in our old house - it was necessary.
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