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12420. Ms. No - 12/1/2004 6:56:31 PM Thoughtful,
Yes, the winds here can be freaky. The past few days we've had a chill wind blowing, but right around Christmas we'll probably get the Santa Anas which are warm and bring the smell of barnyards with them. Christmas day will probably be a sweltering 70F. When I flew to Texas last week, however, it was colder in LA than Dallas by nearly 20 degrees. 12421. alistairconnor - 12/1/2004 6:56:50 PM Ah but that was fifteen years ago.
I'm not kidding about the mad Polish countess.
Currently we get about 17 degrees in the living room - main problem is draughts through the gaps in the floorboards. 12422. Ms. No - 12/1/2004 6:57:24 PM Time to lay some hay under the house. 12423. Ms. No - 12/1/2004 6:58:28 PM I just checked the weather forcast for Burbank this next week and I think I'll have to go get some insulation for the windows tonight rather than waiting to do it this weekend.
It would also help if I'd take this huge load of stuff to the Salvation Army so that I could lay my rugs down. 12424. alistairconnor - 12/1/2004 7:22:38 PM We thought keeping the old floorboards would be cute and folksy. True up to a point.
Now we're stuck : there's quite a slope on the living room floor. If we change the flooring, we'll have to keep the slope, otherwise the staircase will look really odd, most of the first step will be buried. 12425. Jenerator - 12/1/2004 7:25:11 PM Judith,
Love the pins! Especially the green and blue ones and the pink ones. Very pretty. 12426. Ms. No - 12/1/2004 7:51:09 PM AC,
Isn't there some environmentally and people-friendly insulating foam that could be sprayed into the cracks? I suppose you could pull up the floor, lay insulation and then put the floor back down but that's a lot of work.
What about eliminating where the draught is getting under the house to begin with? 12428. judithathome - 12/1/2004 8:12:01 PM 
12429. judithathome - 12/1/2004 8:14:30 PM That's my sweet little dog named Klaus...he's 14 this year at Christmas time. 12430. SnowOwl - 12/1/2004 8:19:09 PM One thing I've noticed when travelling is that people in countries overseas keep their houses at a much higher temperature than is the norm here. When we were in Sweden, even in mid-winter, I had to keep nipping outside to cool off.
There was a survey done quite recently which concluded that NZers have the temperature inside their houses too low for health.
I think it's because the early settlers here thought they had arrived in a tropical paradise and so built accordingly. 12431. Magoseph - 12/1/2004 8:22:34 PM Hello, Klaus. Judsie, what happened to your post # 1247? I saw it, but then it was gone.
iiibbb, your link didn't take. 12432. Jenerator - 12/1/2004 8:24:30 PM Klaus is soooo cute! 12433. Magoseph - 12/1/2004 8:24:32 PM I mean #12427. 12434. Jenerator - 12/1/2004 8:25:36 PM SnowOwl,
That is an interesting observation. We have the heater at home set on 70 degrees. When I am up and moving around it feels good (we have various drafts in the house), but when I am sleeping, I roast alive because it is hot. 12435. judithathome - 12/1/2004 8:30:18 PM I keep my house around 67° to 69° in winter because I can't stand breathing in hot air. I hate airless places and when Keoni and I first moved in together, I kept the bedroom window open a little so I would have air...we lived in an apartment that was positively a sealed box.
When we moved to Maine, he drew the line at the open window at night because frequently, there would be snow on the sill next morning. Now he would have a cow if I opened the windows at night in winter, mainly because our bed is right in front of them.
He seems to have become used to me keeping a small fan on at night, though. I think he likes the "white noise" it makes but I am used to the air it circulates. I told him last night I might get him an "ambient noise" machine that plays the sound of the surf but he claims he likes the little fan. 12436. judithathome - 12/1/2004 8:32:01 PM #12427.
A mistaken attempt at the Klaus picture...I got the blue screen so was surprised to see what happened, myself!
12437. judithathome - 12/1/2004 8:33:26 PM Thanks, Jen...he has a wonderfully happy personality, too. Getting a little grumpy in his old age but still the sweetheart, nonetheless. 12438. thoughtful - 12/1/2004 8:51:55 PM nice pooch there, J! Looks incredibly loving and friendly. 12439. judithathome - 12/1/2004 9:11:21 PM He is...he even smiles at newcomers! Ask MsNo. 12440. iiibbb - 12/1/2004 9:17:38 PM The snowman link again... it's the dance at the end that's worth it.
http://www.liquidgeneration.com/sabotage/snowman_dressup.asp
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