We bought a house in the country 2 years ago, it had two Monitor oil heaters and two big oil tanks, we bought a woodstove and disconnected the oil heaters. It cost us 700.00 to heat our house last winter. We also haven't plugged in the TV since we moved here. There's only about 8 shows I really like all week and dh likes something else entirely, so we both watch the programs we like on our computers (you have to wait til 24 hours after they're shown on TV but so what). We use headphones so we can watch different things and not disturb the other person. I switched all our lightbulbs to 23 watt daylight bulbs(the screw-in coiled flourescent ones) dh has trouble in the winter with depression and the daylight bulbs even help with that, plus they make my fabric colors look right. The amount of light is equal to a 100 watt regular bulb.
Last edited by jeaninmaine; 01-29-2013 at 10:52 AM.