Monday, May 31, 2010

The 75 Degree Challenge

It's no secret that I LOVE to keep my air turned down to 65 or below at night. Since I do not have a programmable thermostat, that means I've also kept the air that low for the whole day sometimes because I can forget to turn it up. As you can imagine, in the winter my power bills are low and in the summer - yeah, not so much. =)

So, I have decided to keep my air at 75 all day and all night - no touchy - for a whole month. I've made it a week now, and it hasn't been that bad. I mean, once again, this is the girl who grew up without central heat or air, so this really shouldn't be so hard. I want to see what the difference in my kwh is on my next bill. Does it make a difference to keep it at 75 all day, or is it about the same as 65 at night and 78 during the day? We shall see.

Needless to say, I had to buy JD new pj's. He's used to wearing long sleeved pajamas all year long. I bought him several new pairs, and he said he was comfortable the whole night. Today was my first day at the house the entire day and it wasn't bad at all. When you think about the fact that we had days in the 90's last week, 75 is still pretty cool.

I'll post back when the month is up.