Sixty Two Degrees

Ok, so this is the time of year to freeze, atleast if you are a Lyman. Tom prides himself in how cold he can get the house each night. Each of the bedrooms has a fan in it, for noise etc. We started that when the kids were all babies and it has just worked, so why fix it if it isn't broke? We also have ceiling fans through out the house which are very effective at cooling the rooms on a hot day. Then, there is an oscillating fan in the playroom/computer room, because the heating/cooling system isn't very good at keeping up with that room.

So, this time of year, it gets to be about 80 something during the day and at night it gets considerably cooler, to about 55. My husband loves this time of year and eagerly accepts his personal challenge to beat last years record.

Record? For what you might ask? Well tries very hard to see just how cold he can get the house at night. Yes we have four small kids, that doesn't seem to bother him much. His theory is that everyone in the house sleeps better when they are frozen. I think you could probably prove that theory correct, bodies that are frozen using cryogenics, in fact, do not wake up each morning or possily never.

I don't know how cold the house got last night, but I do not that at 8:30 when we got home from taking Harrison to school the thermostat was reporting 62 degrees. No wonder I used the heater in the van on the way to school!

Please note that I am not a cold person, I am rarely cold actually. I can wear a sweatshirt in the winter and not need a coat, I am fine in a tshirt in the house during the winter. For some reason the past week or so, I have been freezing! Perhaps it is the shift in weather, perhaps I have finally lived in NM long enough that it has permanently affected my internal temperature.

So, to prove my point, I just called Tom at work to see just how cold he has been able to get our house, he proudly said "I don't know, probably only 58 or 59" Did you catch that word... only? As if 58 or 59 is a shameful accomplishment?