Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Get out your sunglasses!

OK, a great many of us are experiencing this arctic blast. I turn off my heat pump at night and the indoor temp this morning was 47 -- even after beefing up my insulation.

My window thermometer read 12 when I got up and 15 when I took this picture at 8AM


My birdbath is solid ice!


But it's brilliantly sunny!! When that wind comes out of the Columbia gorge it is biting cold. All you need is a hot flash and it's quite refreshing.

3 comments:

Quiet Paths said...

47 degrees; gulp. Now, I won't complain when the bedroom hits 58 at night... do you wear a hat to bed? ~grin~

suziam said...

Yes, I thought it was a mistake. My sister's house has 6" thick walls and it rarely dips below 55 degrees.

My house was built 5 years earlier and only has 4" thick walls. I was told the energy companies lobbied for the thinner walls back when energy was so cheap it was disregarded as a cost factor.

I've got 15" of insulation in the attic but I can't change the depth of my walls.

suziam said...

I sleep just fine at night -- under a down comforter and down pillows that squish all around my head. Add an eye mask and thick hair -- there's not much "exposure" to the elements.