Since I got laid off last month, my wife and I have really been trying to save money on everything that we can.
One of the things that we have been especially careful about is our heating and cooling budget.
We decided to go ahead and turn off the central air conditioning early a couple of months ago. That was a really tough decision for us to make since we both love using the air conditioning during the hot summers that we have around here. Even though it was still summer when we decided to turn off the air conditioning, we both felt very strongly about the fact that we wanted to save money anyway that we could. It was easier for my wife than it was for me, because she’s one of those people who is cold just about all the time. I, on the other hand, I’m usually hot. It was pretty difficult for me to live through the past six weeks without having the air conditioning turned on in the house. The temperature in the house got to be around 75 degrees on most days, and I just think that that is miserable. I love keeping the air conditioning settings at around 65 degrees in the summer. Of course, my wife is always freezing when I keep the temperature settings that low. However, I sleep great whenever it’s really cold in the house. I have not been sleeping very well ever since we decided to stop using the air conditioning. The cooling bills are definitely reflecting the fact that we haven’t been running it though.