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freshwest

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23. I have to use hot pads all day and part of the night. There's no cure and no RX will stop it.
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 12:21 PM
Jan 2012

My big goal is to get 5 hours of sleep without having to get up to do stretching exercises or being all spasmed up in the morning. I have to do them and deep breathing exercises under the covers, too, LOL.

But I've had success with generating 'internal' heat with Indian spices as I continue to lose body heat during the day. And such things as raw garlic and ginger to get my blood warm.

Okay, enough whining! As to the condensation, you must get aggressive and work on venting it. I lived in a similar situation where my place was too tight, and had to vent all the time. You should have a screened vent from your living area near the ceiling, and not just because of the humidity of cooking, but just breathing.

I've been living in a cold, damp climate for a while and it seems less likely to evaporate and more likely to generate dangerous mold and mildew than my life in a hot, damp climate in the years before. To preserve your health and your home, you must vent. Condensation on the windows means it's inside the walls, too.

Your warming up by getting into bed is a tactic I used to do, but there's no comfort there now.

Just move around as best you can and enjoy the new house, I think you are probably living in the coldest place anyone in DU is located. You will keep getting snow until May, huh?

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I don't have all that fancy zone stuff. Curmudgeoness Jan 2012 #1
Yeah, I wear one of my hubby's quilted flannel shirts over my clothes, and like you I snuggle GreenPartyVoter Jan 2012 #2
Sigh. Shorts in the winter! Curmudgeoness Jan 2012 #4
Children have a different internal thermostat than adults. I can remember being much GreenPartyVoter Jan 2012 #5
Definitely PROGRAMMABLE THERMOSTATS! mzteris Jan 2012 #3
we got a programmable around Xmas this year NMDemDist2 Jan 2012 #6
Yes! Hubby wasn't turning the bedroom down at all and I couldn't sleep because I was GreenPartyVoter Jan 2012 #9
I think you could use one as well but I have one and just do it manually maddezmom Jan 2012 #7
I'm in Maine so off is out of the question. It has been more humid than I have been used to in the GreenPartyVoter Jan 2012 #8
I hear you, I grew up in upstate NY maddezmom Jan 2012 #10
I am breaking my own rules that I taught my children. At the age of 70 I find I am cold much of the jwirr Jan 2012 #11
I understand needing to do that. My grandparents did too as they got older. Maybe it all balances GreenPartyVoter Jan 2012 #12
In Texas, the big cost of elec. is A/C. northoftheborder Jan 2012 #13
We don't have any thermostats, but we do have a thermometer Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #14
braggart maddezmom Jan 2012 #15
Teehee! nt Starboard Tack Jan 2012 #16
I live in a 2-bedroom mobile home, RebelOne Jan 2012 #17
That was our situation last year. Dead (oil) furnace in a mobile home. Not fun, but luckily we GreenPartyVoter Jan 2012 #20
Until about 2 years ago, I kept the windows open even if it snowed and the thermostat at 45 degrees. freshwest Jan 2012 #18
Oh my! That sounds so painful! Is there nothing else you can do for it other than GreenPartyVoter Jan 2012 #21
I have to use hot pads all day and part of the night. There's no cure and no RX will stop it. freshwest Jan 2012 #23
Well, we're talking about getting an air exchange system, but I need to GreenPartyVoter Jan 2012 #24
When I get Charlie horses, I just eat bananas Curmudgeoness Jan 2012 #26
No zones--65, pretty much. Wear a sweater. MADem Jan 2012 #19
We are out of pets at the moment, but I look forward to GreenPartyVoter Jan 2012 #22
+1! nt MADem Jan 2012 #25
On second thought, there is a thermostat in this house. It's in the water heater. dimbear Feb 2012 #27
That makes sense. We kept our electric water heater on 120, I think, mostly because GreenPartyVoter Feb 2012 #28
I wish they weren't so expensive. n/t dimbear Feb 2012 #29
Setting back by more than 10 degrees does not work Kolesar Feb 2012 #30
Bingo zipplewrath Mar 2012 #35
Our zones are pretty simple NEOhiodemocrat Feb 2012 #31
Another fan of programmables here. GoCubsGo Mar 2012 #32
We are on a peak demand meter randr Mar 2012 #33
I finally caved today and put on my A/C maddezmom Mar 2012 #34
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