It's a little chilly now.
Time for warm drinks, like chai.
Time for fleeces...
and socks...
And slippers.
But it's not quite time to turn on the heat.
Will we make it to the end of October?? And what about you? Has the chilly weather broken down your no-heat-yet resolve?
I'm so jealous. It's about 90 where I live.
My husband can't stand the cold, so he has turned the heat on on October 1 when the house was at 65. I probably would have lasted a bit longer, but seeing that we had -5C now (which is... 22F, I think), I wouldn't have lasted till Nov 1 either.
We have a very small space heater that we've been putting on right before bed for the past few days, but we only leave it on for about half an hour and we haven't turned the heat on yet. I would really like to make it to mid Nov. (in southern NY), but I'm not sure we'll make it that long this year.
I'm jealous too!! Florida is sooo hot right now, can't wait until Saturday, it's going to get in the 70's!! 🙂
it´s 40F outside now, by late evening, here in northern Germany, so just socks and slippers wouldn´t help much.
The most terrible thing is, I think, taking off and putting on a bra with very cold fingers. 🙂
Men always have it easier.
I haven't turned the heat on yet - but it sure is cold. I hope to make it until the end of this month too! 😉
It has been so COLD here lately in Central Illinois!! I'm sure that if I didn't have 2 little ones in the house that I could've waited to turn on the heat. But alas, it's been on since the beginning of October.
I love all your photos!! I think if we'd ever meet, we'd get along great! I love all your posts, because they look like something I would do. 🙂 Keep up the great work!
Not chilly here. I have all the doors and windows open and it's 78 degrees in the house.
Heat? Here in Hawaii, the only heat we have is when we pull on the quilt that is left at the foot of the bed for ambiance! But we're getting close. Last night, the sheet alone was not enough. I love waking up like that. By November, we should be able to wear our jeans all day without sweating!
We wimped out last weekend. It was very cold in our house, which tends to stay cool, even in the summer (without AC). We live in California in a temperate area, so we really are wimps. But we just couldn't get warm, and there's nothing my daughters and I love more than standing on the heater vent--it's the best when you have a big flannel nightgown to blow up with the warm air ;o)
When I was visiting in Massachusetts a few years ago, I was appalled at how overheated all of indoors were. We only turn our heat on up to 63 degrees, so we still wear sweaters, socks, slippers, and wrap up in blankets to read or watch TV. Does that make us frugal wimps?
We started last weekend. This week we've had below freezing temps at night and highs in the 40s or 50s so when the house has dipped down to 58 inside, we decided we needed to put the heat on (but set on 60). The headed blanket helps make it easier to climb into bed at night.
Grant and Tommy are still running around in shorts in spite of the fact that we haven't turned on our heat =) Tommy did however put on some socks with his shorts this morning
Nope no heat in Glen Burnie:)
Aw, our landlord turned on the heat the first week of October---which I didn't complain about. We're usually never at home during the day, but the cats are and they were frozen to pieces by the time we got home at night. Also, the frost on the inside of the windows was enough to make anyone shiver. Down to about 20-30 at night now in Chicago. Brr! (I'm grateful for my ancient red quilted slippers... I love them even more this year!)
I do turn it on for a couple of hours in the morning. Notice that I said *I*. My husband is warm blooded and doesn't see the need *shrugs*
Yes we have the heat set to go on at 68 during the day. We were trying to hold back, but it was snowing this morning before school.....
Great pictures! They really capture the fall feelings!
We're going canoeing this Sunday to enjoy the fall colors!
Keep warm! 🙂
I hope you make it! We have already had temps in the low 20's as well as snow. So yes, we have turned on the heater.
I broke down and turned it on when I got home from work yesterday (Annapolis). The kids said they were cold and that was enough to make me do it. 😉
Those of you with snow get a free pass. lol It's only been in the mid 40s here, so my house has barely dipped below 65 thus far. I don't deserve a lot of credit.
I'm pretty sure my husband will throw down the gauntlet and turn the heat on before the weekend is out, though. He's a cold wimp just as much as I'm a heat wimp (I break down and turn the AC long before he would).
The house has only gotten down to 63 degrees and I haven't turned on the heat yet. Funny, I was just about to blog about this. I have my Chai, socks, sweater, and slippers on right now. 🙂 I think it is more cozy this way. I love the fall and winter!! YAY!
Those slippers you took pics of are cute. Do you know what brand they are? Thanks!
No heat here yet! It's been in the 50's and 60's during the day and 40's at night, so blankets will still do for now here in Memphis. I LOVE Fall!
@Jenn
Those are my 8 year old daughter's slippers. We bought them from L.L. Bean and gave them to her for Christmas last year. They've worn pretty well, and I'd give them a thumbs-up. She likes them because they are fairly similar to mine (she loves to imitate me! lol).
I am a cold wimp, but can handle heat with no problem. Our heater was turned on last week when the first really chilly weather moved in. Now we're under a chilly drizzle until Sunday, so I won't even have the sun shining in the windows to help warm the place up. 🙂
I have pulled out the blankets for snuggling in during the day and on Monday I'm even planning on putting our electric mattress pad on the bed.
Mmm...chai! You reminded me of a chai-honey cupcake recipe I want to try. We haven't turned the heat on yet, and are trying to at least get through October. Of course we live in an attached townhouse-not the same as a stand-alone traditional house!
We made i until yesterday. 🙁 it was FREEZING in here when we woke up. My hands were almost going numb so I had to turn it on so my little ones wouldn't get cold. But we keep it turned on low and wear heavy clothes, lots of socks and slippers. I was just going to blog about this today when came across your post. great pics!! 🙂
My boyfriend turned our heat on last week, although I like to think I could have made it til the end of the month. It's set at 53 while we're at work or in bed and 60 when we're at home, so hopefully our bill won't be absolutely horrible...
I live in the Bay Area and can honestly say I've never turned the heat on in my home, which drives my husband crazy. I'm naturally warm blooded. It's not that it doesn't get cold in winter (not compared to the most of the country I know) but I just can't stand heat. Besides the sun that is 🙂
I am in NC and we are having a cold snap right now (highs in the 40's & 50's) but so far we have held off on turning on the heat. I left it up to my hubby because he is the one home all day job hunting (hopefully not for long!) He said he is comfortable in a sweatshirt and socks so he is holding out too. I am the more frugal one in the house but I think for both of us at this point it is the challange not the money. We threw an extra blanket on the bed last night but hopefully it will warm up into the 60's again for awhile here before it stays cold until spring.
I was going strong til my son who was feeling sniffly when he came home from school yesterday pleaded to the Mommy in me. He woke me up @ 0300 and asked me to PLEASE turn on the heat. It wasn't the "please" that got me. It was the fact that he had on a pair of sweats and a hooded sweatshirt - WITH the hood on! He brought all his blankets in to my room to try to warm up (not that my room was any warmer - but the sympathy was flowing freely). It was 60 when I turned the heat on. I'll admit, it was chilly, but I MUCH prefer lots of blankets, slippers, tea and snuggly things than furnace heat. On a side note - he came home from school today not feeling well - but thankfully NO fever!
It's unseasonably cold in Chicago, (39 right now) yet we will make it until Nov 1 without turning on the heat. Or try very hard to make it anyway. Fortunately our kitchen is under our sitting room, so cooking dinner warms up the place enough until it's bedtime.
We were going to hold out. It was actually 38 outside and we still hadn't turned on the heat. But, it was 58 in the house one day and my sons' girlfriend came over. Teeny tiny shirt. No socks. yeah. I turned it on that day. But we have a programmable thermostat and keep it low most of the time. We wear sweaters and slippers. Boo. I hate winter.
Oh yeah, It was October 13th when we turned it on .
Just this morning I was talking to hubby about turning on the heat. I went into the children's rooms to wake them up this morning, and it was quite chilly. My husband's response, "sleep with a heavier blanket". He's from Michigan so NY cold is "not really cold!"
We did not make it here in Massachusetts. My husband put on the heat yesterday when it dipped down to the 30's. My house was at 55 degrees in the house, so we put it on 58 in the bedrooms and the main part of the house. I normally make it to November first but not this year. I have been thinking about putting on the fireplace but if I go out, I can't leave it unattended. I usually keep my heat on 62 degrees in the winter. I have south facing windows which really do a nice job of heating up the house. It has been cloudy and rainy here, so no sunlight to heat the house.
Oh, you should all move down to the southern hemisphere! It's getting nice and warm down here, and we're having the most beautiful spring!
(Not trying to rub it in - remember that I've been looking at all your summer pictures while we've been freezing down here!)
Franci, I was just thinking about you and realizing it's only just warming up down there now! lol
Enjoy!
Thank you so much for letting me know about the slippers. They are exactly what I need for my son.
still holding out here in the lower Hudson River Valley - although there were a few chilly nights so far - a couple of 30s this week.
while checking the temperature, noticed that Someone (probably my landlord snuck in) had turned the HEAT on .... but as the batteries were NOT working - whew it hadnt turned on .
so replaced the batteries and turned the HEAT OFF! when i do turn it on - it will be set for like 45 or 50 - which is what i used last year - and then it only comes on when the weather is in the 10-20 range. i have lots of sweaters and small room heaters for my tiny rooms (11x11)