Update on Heating Bills

Through December 17 our gas bill was $90. our electricity $134. Grand total for December $224.!!! This time last year our electric bill was $65 and our gas was $220!

The plan is WORKING!!!!

Keeping Heating Bills Down

We have a widdle house..1134 sq ft..2 bedrooms and last year our highest gas bill was $327.00!!!!! And that is w/the thermostat turned down to 68! I walked around freezing my arse off all winter. Our winter wardrobe is sweatpants, thermal socks, tee shirt and a longsleeved something on top of that.

The first year here, we bought little room heaters...our electric bill shot through the roof along w/the high gas bill!!

My daughter brought us a heater last yr to try to keep us warm, and it didn't raise our electricity bill too badly, so, this year, we had a plan. Electric blankets!! Battery operated socks!! (couldn't find any, so we bought hunters socks) And that heater that Kelly let us borrow!! I vowed to keep the thermostat on 60.

I just drag that heater around from room to room w/me. It's in here right now in the office (not on yet, though). It's on an extension cord that is plugged in in the living room. When I am done working, I grab the cord and pull the heater out to the living room. If it's still too cold in living room, I turn on the electric blanket and wrap myself in it on the couch. When it's bedtime, I pull my little heater into the bedroom.

So far, the thermostat has dipped to 58 at it's lowest point. I haven't turned the furnace on yet and it got into the mid 20's last week. We got our first electric bill of the season and it was $94!! I know it's going to get higher and we will eventually have to turn on the furnace, but it will NOT go above 60!

Our goal is to get insulation blown in under the siding, but, until that happens, the heater and the electric blanket are our best friends right now!

God help us, if that thing breaks!!