How do you keep your family warm on....

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How do you keep your family warm on....
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Thu, 12-20-2007 - 6:51pm

winter nights?

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Thu, 12-20-2007 - 6:57pm

I think your DS and my DD are made of the same cold-intolerant material!!

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Registered: 08-26-2007
Thu, 12-20-2007 - 6:58pm

LOL Jenny, that sounds like my boys LOL.

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Thu, 12-20-2007 - 8:03pm

Oh I can beat this one....




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Thu, 12-20-2007 - 8:32pm

We don't turn our thermostat above 64 during the day and turn it down to 60 at night. We have hot water heat so once the radiators heat up they stay warm. I don't like to have to wear extra clothes, but do put on a sweater if it isn't warm enough in the house. Turning the thermostat to 64 will usually heat the house up to about 68 and that is warm enough for me usually. Although the office where my computer is tends to be about 5 degrees or more colder and I have an electric heater that I turn on in here.


My kids like to walk around half dressed and then wonder why they get cold.

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Thu, 12-20-2007 - 8:44pm

This all sounds so familiar. Even my DH wears shorts around the house and it's about 35 outside. We have a timer on our thermostat and it's not to be touched unless there are special circumstances.

We keep our house at 68 when we are home and 60 at night. When DH or I are cold, we put on more clothes. Our quasi-adults, however, sit on the heat vents or drag out their bedding and leave it in the living room. Then the dog sleeps on it and they complain that their bedding smells like the dog . . .sigh

DD age 20 was shocked when she paid her first electric bill and now keeps her apt. heat way low. They learn!

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Thu, 12-20-2007 - 11:26pm

We are just the opposite at my house.

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Registered: 10-25-2006
Fri, 12-21-2007 - 12:01am

That sounds like our house, except we have one DS24 who's cold like me; and DS18 who can tolerate the cold, but needs it to be 68 in the summer. I keep telling DS24 to get tested for hypothyroidism cuz both I and his grandfather have/had it.

Fortunately, with DS18 away at school most of the time and DS24 on his own, DH and I can set the thermostat where we like it--68 winter, 78 summer. (DH does prefer it a bit cooler in summer--I could leave it at 82. I think the hot flashes are kind of nice.)

Interesting tidbit: DS18 and I just went to the Nat. Academy of Science museum today and they had a good exhibit on global warming/energy conservation. (When the kids are little we never have the time to read everything at those exhibits, you know?) Higher fuel efficiency standards and driving fewer miles does a whole lot more good than turning down the thermostat a couple of degrees.

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http://www.pnhp.org/news/2009/october/meet_the_new_health_.php

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQTBYQlQ7yM

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Fri, 12-21-2007 - 7:55am

My kids sound like everyone else's...especially my DS, who walks around in t-shirts and barefeet (on the cold, ceramic tile floor) and complains about being cold. My DD will turn the thermostat up to 73 degrees, despite being told every day no to do so. The other day, I asked her to help me out by scanning & printing out copies of something I needed for a class I teach, and she was chiding me for wasting paper. Apparently, I wasn't being environmentally conscious enough for her. (It was only 10 copies!)


It's very reassuring to know that other teens act like this too. I thought it was just my two!

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Registered: 12-14-2006
Fri, 12-21-2007 - 7:58am
So, my DD isn't the only one who is always cold? LOL Right now we don't control our heat, because we rent, and it's usually on the cool side. We have no choice but to put on socks or an extra sweatshirt. I love wrapping up in a blanket, but DD "stole" most of those for her bed LOL. I sorta like it cool - with an extra blanket - but we've had a few evenings where my nose is cold and that's a weird feeling! DD thinks when we move in January she'll be able to crank the heat up - but then she'll just have to argue with us and the fuel bill instead of being mad at the landlady!

Sue, mom to Leah and Seth


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Fri, 12-21-2007 - 8:53am
I've been known to nudge the thermostat up to 73 during the day even though I wear pants and sweatshirts/sweaters - I get cold easy.
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