A bit chilly tonight

[Andrew]

I got home and noticed that it was a little cold in the house.  My brother-in-law and his wife were babysitting the kids as I was as I was at the unit and Katie at work.  He thought we just kept it cool in the house (it was 60 F).  Troubleshooting the heater did not fix the issue.  I checked the maintenance manual, checked the error lights, and the problem is either the igniter system or the electronics that control it.

Thank goodness we have a fairly efficient gas fireplace.  Unfortunately, my office is above the garage and I shut the doors between here and the rest of the house to conserve the heat to the living room (where the fireplace is at) and where the kids are sleeping upstairs.  It is cold in my office, I'd bet 50 F or less.

[Psycho Circus]

It's freezing here. I've had to have the heating on all day. It's supposed to be real frozen and foggy like it was last week, tomorrow. The coldest day of the year so far apparently....

[Ash]

We got several inches of snow the last few days and the temperature is supposed to drop below zero tonight.
I did laundry earlier and because all of my jeans were dirty, I wore shorts to the laundromat. 
People gave me funny looks.   

[Doctor Menard]

I did laundry earlier and because all of my jeans were dirty, I wore shorts to the laundromat. 
People gave me funny looks.   

It had nothing to do with the shorts.


Tonight is not going to be as cold as it was the past two nights. The weather forecasts the past few days have been anything but close to accurate.

I'm guessing it will drop to 20 tonight; maybe the teens.

60 degrees would seem balmy to me. Not that I like it cool, I don't, but I keep the thermostat in this place at about 60, which generally, with weather like this, keeps it no more than the 50s, maybe even 40s at times. I use a space heater in whatever room I am in, and tonight I am wearing a long sleeve thermal henley.

With the weight I have lost over this past year, I am chilling, so it seems, even more than I did last winter.

I do have an advantage of having moved into a smaller room, with a door to boot, in this place. I was offered a larger room, but being familiar with that room in winter, I opted for the smaller room which is easier to heat with a space heater, and better insulated due to being a mostly interior room.

I anticipate ghouck's response; I think it will make all of us feel that much warmer.

[RCMerchant]

It's been snowing all day up here in Michigan,and the wind is whipping up. It's 24 F now...but it's supposed to get into the teens. The wind makes it feel a lot colder. I was going to walk down to the store and get some chicken....but I decided not to. I'll eat a bagel and cream cheese.

[Mr. DS]

We're expecting a snow dusting tonight in RI. Temps have been below freezing the past 3 days.  Waiting any minute now for a big northeaster to hit us. 

[ghouck]

I did laundry earlier and because all of my jeans were dirty, I wore shorts to the laundromat. 
People gave me funny looks.   

It had nothing to do with the shorts.

With those legs people thought he was riding a chicken. . .

[AndyC]

It's been full-blown winter here since about the middle of November, and has managed to stay below freezing since then. Been snowing a fair bit too.

[Allhallowsday]

Snowed here in NJ for the first time this season. 

[Jack]

It's 0 in SE Minnesota right now.  Supposed to get up to 18 today.  We've been getting snow about every other day, probably 6 - 8 inches so far.  I keep the thermostat at 77 

[Derf]

While it's not especially cold here in S. Texas, our house was built in 1920, has no insulation, leaky windows, and no real heat other than space heaters. When the temperature does dip down, it gets quite cool inside. Some days I'd be quite happy with an indoor temperature in the 50s.

[JJ80]

It's freezing here too. It definitely dropped well below zero here with a hard frost. This afternoon it's mostly thawed out but there's a chilly wind about.

[BeyondTheGrave]

It snowed a little bit here in NYC. Its been pretty cold too.

[Magnus]

That really sucks Andrew.  My wife and I use to live in an apartment above a nursing home (long story) that was heated by a hundred year old oil furnace.  In January or February the oil would run out and the apartment would get really freaking cold.  Lucky for us it was pre kids.  I hope you and the family stay warm. 

It has been very cold in Chicago too. 

[JaseSF]

It seems like they're getting snow everywheres but where I live in Newfoundland. Kinda unusual we haven't had any yet.