We burn wood here in an outdoor furnace and my husband started it last Friday. We do have a propane fireplace and regular propane furnace but try not to overdo using that. It was down to 28* in the am and in the 50's during the daytime. Supposedly going to be a little warmer this week. Normally the big furnace doesn't get started until Oct. 15th or thereabouts. Hate to be cold...or too warm either. We went from AC to heat in a couple weeks.

DH turned the heat on one morning this week. I turned it down and built a small fire in the wood stove which I did a few mornings this week.

i live on Long Island NY and REFUSE to turn on the heat till Nov. My dh on the other hand is a wimp when it comes to being cold. he wants it on no matter what. i tell him, i'm a quilter, use the talent that god gave me.

We like our home 70* year round. We live in upstate NY, just below Lake Ontario. Our heat has been on a few times at night already.

guess you don't want to hear that it's 82 beautiful degrees... puffy clouds, breeze, ...

I can put up with 3 months of high electric bills (@ $242 for AC), a whole lot better than a $400 gas bill for 8 or 9....

our TOTAL LP cost last winter was something like $365 and that includes the $50 yearly tank rental.

I refuse to turn the heat on until I've paid off the a/c bills. So that means Nov 1 usually.
Is there anywhere on earth where it stays comfortable temp night and day and they don't need heaters or a/c??? I want to move there.

I lived down south of the Mason Dixon line for 20 years with my Navy husband. I found those beautiful autumn temps came with temperatures and unbearable (to the big wuss - me!!) humidity in the long summers - way too much above my tolerance point. I lived in Virginia Beach and Tampa. I am a WUSS when it comes to humidity and heat - I really would take our 2 to 3 inches of snow an hour before those southern climates. You can always pile clothes on, but there are only so many clothes you can take off! :)

AlwaysQuilting, the only place I know that fits your criteria is San Diego, CA. It has the most temperate climate I've seen.

My heat is on. I can't stand to be cold when I'm indoors. It's not as high as I'd like, but 70 during the day and 64 overnight is doable.

We broke down and put heat on 2 days ago...Between the cold and the damp, neithe of us could stand it anymore...With the price of Oil going up, husband keeps a tally yr from yr and it cost us 2000 more then the previous yr...God only knows what the high prices will do to us this yr.

We are still running the AC, still in the high 80's.