Dec 05 Partly Cloudy HI 38°F LO 27°F

now that i pay for my heat (gas) and after last winter’s bills (which i am STILL paying), I keep the house at around 58 degrees – today its around 38-40 outside so the furnace is trying to come on – i may have to turn it down again

when i am at home i resort to wearing lots of layers – a thermal undershirt (and soon pants) wool socks and then a wool crewneck sweater and either a poncho (when i practice piano to keep my arms free) or a heavy wool sweater (at night)

also purchased two ceramic portable heaters – one for the music room and one for the den and an electric blanket for my bed – so the heat doesn’t need to come on much at all.

its been a real slow process for me – i’ve been up here 20 years now – and find that all corporate offices and many public spaces are TOOOOOO hot. So at home i look like an expeditioner to the Alps but if i am going somewhere public/work like space – i dress less warm and wear a GREAT DOWN coat and WARM UGG boots (its cold on that train platform next to the Hudson River!) so I can derobe and then be not TOO hot wherever I am.   If i am at home all day – i just layer and unlayer as the day wears on.