Sunday, October 29, 2006

Going to keep warm this winter

I'm a person who likes it on the cool side. Heat really bothers me. During the winter I never wear gloves and usually just layer on the sweaters and don't bother with jackets to often. I use firewood to heat my house for the most part having a fireplace insert which blows nice warm air into the livingroom. I keep the bedroom and bathroom doors closed during the day to keep the warmer air in the livingroom and hallway to keep the thermostats from kicking on the heat. When I go into my bedroom at night, sometimes it's only in the upper 40's. A couple years ago I happened to have a little heater fan move into my bedroom which I kept on a timer so my room would be heated up a bit before I went in to bed, then it would turn off a little while after I fell asleep. It worked out really well, then one night it start acting up so I turned it off and planned to replace it in the fall. When I finally got around to unplugging the little heater from the timer, I found that the timer had actaully melted! I don't know if the timer was faulty or if the heater had caused the problem. Regardless, it was rather scary. I had no idea how old this heater fan was as I got it used.
Yesterday I got out shopping and stopped at Lowes to look for a new and improved fan and came across this one. It has two speeds plus an automatic thermostat setting, it oscillates, has a timer for 1 hour up to 8 hours and even has a remote control! When I got it home and set it up I couldn't believe the heat that came from it. I did put it on for a little while last night when I went to bed, but it wasn't really that cold in the bedroom so with the remote control, I turned it off. I guess it's just a new fun tool for me to use in my home!

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