Both of us are on the cusp of fall right now, which is my favorite time of year, but when Summer rolls around and acts love it is never going to end, I consistently wonder to myself, “Why do I live in the south?” But then, fall eventually arrives, as it did this morning, and the control unit to the cooling system can be switched off for a little while… This makes me actually glad… My $250 heating and cooling bill can end for at least 1 week, and this makes me glad, i can breathe air that is created by God, not by my Heating and Air Conditioning system.

Thankfully, I live in a relatively safe city, and I can sleep with my dining room window open instead of under an cooling system air vent blowing artificially cooled air onto my bed.

In about more than one weeks, though, we will start to see some Winter time weather! Granted, it is not Winter time love they have up north, however it is Winter time for us. There will be many weeks worth of nights where I will have to turn on the heater. I don’t mind bundling up in longjohns and sleeping under a few blankets. In fact, I would willingly do so if it meant not having to turn on the oil furnace at all. I have to, though, because it gets freezing enough to freeze water, and there is the danger of burst pipes… Sometimes, I choose to use portable heaters, thinking it must be cheaper. I don’t suppose if it is or not, however 1 thing I do know. If I, or anyone else, uses portable heaters, they need to use caution.

Smart thermostat