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November 21st, 2007 at 02:32 pm

Well, it's 35 degrees out (brrrrrrrr). & when I went to bed last night it was 65 & freezing.

When I woke up it was 65 downstairs. Considered turning on the heat but figured it's just dh today - we can turn it on when the kids get home in the afternoon. (Or he can turn it on but he likely won't). However, I need to shower today. I think the heat is going on upstairs. I am sure it dropped a few degrees if it is 35 outside, and no sign of sunshine today. It might be 60 up there for all I know.

Well, didn't quite make it to December...

I do want to look into thermal-backed drapes though. Our house is REALLY energy efficient, but downstairs in the room we spend most of our time has a wall that is ALL windows and it gets a bit of a chill sitting on the couch and spending time in this room. It will say 68 on the thermostat but fell chillier. So I think it would be a good investment for this room. We have heavy drapes in our bedroom window which seems to do the job. Maybe something for the kids' rooms since their beds are under the windows. Their rooms might be a little chillier. But it doesn't seem so bad either since they have small windows. It's the big windows, even though dual-paned, that keep this room a little colder than the rest of the house.

I think the drapes could make a big difference. I may be willing to settle for a true 65 degrees inside. Just not 65 while freezing my butt off next to the windows. We'll see...

I also got a $60 check for my jewelry. It's not challenge money.

I am in the green through the end of the month. Yay.

I noticed that I did not get a water bill (they are having a terrible time with this change over to metered). I am annoyed because I think they said they would only bill me for water once every 2 months, though they have other stuff to bill me. Since I have seen no bill I worry if they are going to start sending the entire bill every other month. The same month I get billed the same amount by the county (about $60. YEs the water/sewer charges are insane if you ask me). So I decided to transfer $65 to savings for the water bill. I will call and ask if they can stagger it out to the other month. It's annoying... Or I will have to transfer money over every month to prepare. I'd rather just get a $60 (or so) bill every month. MUCH easier!!!!!! OF course with the metered water that bill will go down!!!

I also got my HOA dues for 2008. They are not going up. This is 6 years and they have never gone up (only down). IT seems pretty across the board for all our bills this year. A good year. Not a lot of increases or surprises. Even our medical situation isn't too bad this year with a decent deductible option. There is a chance our overall expenses could go down there too (yeah, not holding my breath).

But yeah, the other benefit of getting in on the ground level of a new development. We got a substantial discount on our house & they way over budgeted our dues. So they racheted them down a bit and they will hold steady for quite some time I imgine. Until inflation catches up.

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