A few simpler items:
- Caulk around windows and replace weather stripping around doors.
- Draw curtains closed to decrease drafts at night; open curtains to let in sunshine to help warm the room during the day.
- Lower the thermostat a few degrees at night and when you are not home.
- Put on a sweater instead of turning up the heat.
- Install a programmable thermostat.
- Tune up your furnace yearly and change furnace filters often.
- Insulate your attic
Ceiling fans can help heat homes, too.
Save as much as 40% on the cost of cooling your home because a fan creates airflow that cools the people in the room, reducing the need for air conditioning. In the winter, ceiling fans recirculate the warm air at the top of the room, which raises the temperature in the living space below. Fans should be switched from running counter clockwise in the summer to running clockwise in the winter. Ceiling fans can trim heating costs by 10%.
Turn on the oven!
Here is a delicious recipe for Mrs. Field's Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Cream together: 2 cups butter, 2 cups sugar 2 cups brown sugar
Add: 4 eggs and 2 teaspoons vanilla
In a separate bowl: Mix 4 cups flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons baking soda, and 5 cups of oatmeal (pour small amounts of oatmeal in blender until it turns to powder)
Add: 24 oz. bag of chocolate chips, 1-8 oz. plain Hershey bar (cut in small pieces), 3 cups chopped nuts (any kind)
Place golf ball size cookies 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 375F for 6 minutes. Makes 112 cookies. Enjoy!
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