Happy Valentine's Day, friends! Wishing you a very lovely day and weekend ahead.
We have heat!!! The new furnace is in, and it already feels like it heats the house faster than our old one. Last night was a cold one.
The living room got down to 57 degrees F overnight and the bedrooms hovered around 50 degrees F. At 5 AM the air felt so cold around my head that I just got up and turned the fireplace and space heaters back on. We didn't want to leave them running unattended overnight, so I turned them off when I went to bed on Thursday.
The four of us had a delicious Valentine's brunch in front of the fireplace. We listened to music on spotify and enjoyed a few minutes together. One daughter had to rush off to her job for the weekend and the other needed to work on her latest commissions. My husband took today as a work from home day to be here for the furnace installation and the brunch. After brunch he got right back to the computer.
I baked the pie for dinner early this morning, keeping the oven going to add heat to the kitchen. Any heat we could get was helpful. Have you ever been so cold that your body seemed to have a memory of being cold even after the temperatures had warmed up? That's how I feel right now, an hour after the new furnace has been working. I'll keep myself moving and will feel warmed up in no time.
Anyway, have a wonderful day and weekend!
Yay! I know the feeling. I think our new furnace also warms us up better than the old one. What a nice celebration to have heat! Lots to be thankful for!
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Hi Alice,
Deleteyes, lots to be thankful for! I also think this new furnace is quieter in addition to heating faster.
Oh my goodness, yes, I know that memory of coldness. I usually require a hot shower to recalibrate to normal! I loathe being cold and I am SO grateful you have heat again. Happy Valentines Day!
ReplyDeleteHi Amanda,
DeleteThank you. I hope you had a lovely Valentine's Day!
Yay, for heat! I'm with Amanda and sometimes the only way I can get warm is with a hot shower. My sister lives in Maine and they keep their thermostat at 55 degrees to help with heating oil costs. I guess they layer up and get used to it, but I am happy that it's not so cold where I live and I can afford heating oil. Your pie is so pretty. Looks good enough to eat. :)
ReplyDelete55 degrees! Brrrr!
DeleteHi Live and Learn,
DeleteI could never keep our house at 55 degrees. That sounds so cold. Your sister is made of tougher stuff than I am. I suppose it would inspire me to stay active all day.
Oh my goodness, what a bad time for your furnace to fail. It was so cold here this week!
ReplyDeleteGlad you are warm again.
Happy Valentine's Day!
Hi Tina,
DeleteThank you. I'm glad this is now just a memory. I hope your Valentine's Day was a lovely one.
It sounds like you had a lovely celebration. Are those tulips that I spy in the picture? My husband got me tulips yesterday. They are an especial treat this time of year.
ReplyDeleteMy memories of being miserably cold revolve around an annual local outdoor event during the Christmas season, when my kids played in the jazz band in middle school and high school. I called it the "freeze-a-thon" and I can't say that I was sorry when my daughter graduated last year and I didn't have to attend any longer. I finally learned to put those warm packs in my boots with my socks--no matter how well I dressed, my feet would always get cold. That helped with my cold feet. On the way home from the event, I cranked up the heat on the car's seat warmers. Imagine living in the days before all these things had been invented!!!!
Hi Kris,
DeleteYes, they are tulips. But, they're not real. My husband gave these and one other bunch to me last year for my birthday. I used them all spring last year, and will do the same this year. Hard to tell in a photo, but in person, they look pretty realistic.
Are the warm packs that you used in your boots the same kind as one would use as hand warmers, or do they make something smaller to fit inside a boot? I'm glad for you that the freeze-a-thons are now in your past.
Yes, they are the same kind but are made to stick inside a boot. They have a sticky strip which allegedly sticks to your sock to keep them in place, but that hasn't been terribly successful, in my experience.
DeleteAs a thought, I found rechargeable hand warmers on Amazon before Christmas for a price of $5/apiece. They made inexpensive gifts for friends (and my daughter got one in her stocking), plus I got one for myself. It works well, maybe gets almost too hot. If I were to do it again, I'd look for the kind that are flat, not cylinder shaped, and come in a 2-pack so you can pop one into each coat pocket or mitten.