Reply #14: Well, I'm trying to help you

[zalinda]

I bought Christmas presents through your site, so you should get a little extra this year. :)

I'm on a budget system, so I'm doing okay. I've got plastic up over the windows that I haven't replaced yet. But, I can't play with the temp over the day, as I have steam heat and it would take hours to bring up the heat or make it go down, it's really slow to adjust. But, last year the highest gas bill I got was for $300 for the month, and I'm heating a large 2 family home.

I've found that forced air heat, even when temp is set at 68-70, I'm cold. Best heating tricks are (I know because, my forced air furnace went out in my old house, and I lived for 4 days without heat, in the dead of a Syracuse, NY winter.) a little heater under your desk does wonders, I'd recommend a ceramic one, and light. Let me explain about the light. I used a directional light that looks down, it could be one of those clamp lights, but use a regular light bulb, not one of the energy saving ones. You'd be surprised how much heat comes off that lamp. If you poise it so the cone shape is pointing at you, it will warm the upper part of your body.

zalinda