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I live in an area with especially extreme weather conditions.

The winters are well-known for record-breaking cold temperatures well below zero. We can accumulate multiple feet of snow in a matter of hours, and the wind chill can be dangerous. Along with heavy rains, violent winds and hail, the summers can bring temperatures in the mid nineties with high humidity. We switch between running the furnace and relying on the air conditioner just about year round. The cost of heating and cooling adds up to about fifty percent of the household energy bills. I am always looking for opportunities to reduce energy waste. My HVAC contractor suggested a smart thermostat. He also recommended adding a whole-home humidifier for greater comfort and less demands on the furnace over the winter. As I researched different options, I came across automation systems that incorporate control over temperature and air quality accessories into a single hub. Plus, the automation system allows me to connect smart appliances, such as the refrigerator, washer, dryer, oven and microwave. This wireless technology makes it possible to turn lights on and off, unlock and lock doors and even adjust the temperature setting of the water heater. As I invest into new electronics and appliances, I can easily incorporate them into the system. The ability to program household functions according to my family’s schedule maximizes efficiency. It’s easy to make sure that the furnace isn’t blasting and heating an empty house. I have the lights set up to automatically turn off to conserve energy. While the home automation system was a considerable investment, the savings on monthly utility bills is helping to recover the expense.

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I have always had an air conditioner on the first floor of my house.

It does not get super hot where I live, so I managed to make it without air conditioning upstairs for many years.

It was hot and miserable most of the time, but I just lived with it. I often times found myself sleeping downstairs in the living room because I was too hot upstairs in my bedroom. It was sort of ridiculous this last summer because I spent more nights downstairs than I did upstairs. I knew that it was time to get an air conditioner for my bedroom upstairs. I wanted to be able to sleep in my bedroom even when it was really warm outside. I bought an air conditioner from a friend of mine, but it did not work very well. I only paid like ten dollars for it, so I was not too upset. She told me that she had not used it in years, so she was not aware that it did not work well. After that, I decided to just go ahead and buy a brand new one. It is still March, so I have a couple of months until I will have to use my air conditioner, but I am super excited about it. It will make life so much easier for me. My laundry room is upstairs next to my bedroom, and it will be so nice to be able to do laundry and not sweat to death in the process. My husband is super excited to have a cool room this summer as well.

 

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I used to think that I was a pretty tough person.

• I have done many things in my life that have made me feel tough, but I realized on my last vacation that I am not nearly as tough as I thought that I was.

The last vacation that my family and I took was to a really pretty cabin down south. It was absolutely gorgeous, and I would love to go to that area again. The only issue was that the cabin did not have air conditioning, and we did not realize that until we got there. I honestly don’t think that I would have brought an air conditioner with me even if I had known that there was no air conditioning. It was super hot the entire trip. It was the middle of July, and the temperatures were in the nineties every single day. It was hot and humid, and I was so miserable. I thought I was tough until I had to try and sleep in such heat. It was almost impossible for me to go to sleep at night. I even tried sleeping outside under the stars, but I was still super warm. It took me on average about three hours to fall asleep, and that is not normal for me. Usually, I fall asleep within minutes of lying in bed. My family took the heat way better than I did, and that certainly hurt my pride. I would love to go back to that same area again, but next time, I will make sure that the cabin I stay in has air conditioning.

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I love having so many good friends. I would be happy with just one good friend, but I am so thankful that I have several really good friends. We are all still single, so we do everything together. We spend more time at each other’s houses than we do at our own. One of my best friends, Shelby, just bought her first house. It is a small two bedroom house, but it is perfect for her. She had been looking for a house for over two years, so I am so glad that she finally found one that she likes. I did not know what to get her for a housewarming gift until she mentioned that her bedroom gets chilly at night. I knew exactly what I wanted to get her after she told me that. My bedroom also gets cold in my apartment, so I bought an electric space heater for my bedroom to use at night. It works so well. I knew that it would work for her too, so I decided to buy her a space heater. It was really funny to see the look on her face when she opened up the gift. She was surprised and sort of confused at first. She thought that I had put a different gift into the space heater box, but I told her that it was actually a space heater for her bedroom. She has been using it for a few nights now, and she just told me yesterday how much she loves having it in her room.

 

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My husband and I bought a house about five years ago. It was not exactly what we wanted, but we had a vision to make it our dream home. One of the things that we planned on doing was finishing the basement. It is a huge space that is just wasted. We wanted to finish it so that our children could come home and have their own space. We planned to add a mini kitchen to the space as well as three bedrooms and a full size bathroom. It was a great plan, but we have never acted on it. I decided to start doing something myself to make it feel more homey down there. The first thing that I did was added a heater because it was quite chilly. Right now, it is just one big open space, so I thought that one heater would do the trick, but it does not. It brings the temperature up to about sixty degrees. For some people, sixty degrees may be warm enough but not for my kids. My kids are a lot like me when it comes to being cold all of the time. My daughter keeps her house at about seventy-five degrees year round because she gets cold really easily. I know that I am going to have to buy another heater to put down there now. The one heater just won’t cut it. I hope that the space will be more inviting once I have more furniture and another heater down there. I plan to make it look as nice as possible as well as keep it as warm as possible within reason.

 

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I enjoy my new a/c. My sweet Grandma provided me an a/c for my anniversary, and it was the sweetest thing ever. I didn’t guess that anyone would absolutely get me an a/c for my anniversary. I told most people who asked me what I wanted for my anniversary that I wanted an a/c, but I guess that most people thought that I was kidding. I was really not kidding though. My Grandma must have caught on to the fact that I wasn’t kidding because she absolutely got me an a/c. I just moved into my first dwelling since graduating from college, and the dwelling doesn’t have central air conditioner, so I wanted a window air conditioner unit for my apartment. I told my mom that I was looking into getting an a/c, although she didn’t guess that I needed an a/c. She said that I would be superb with just a couple of fans in the windows. I would be superb I guess, but it would not be very comfortable. I absolutely wanted an a/c for my family room. I was used to the central air-conditioned dorms at college, so I didn’t want to go from central air conditioner to no air conditioner at all that would have been angry. I am so thankful that my Grandma absolutely took me seriously and got me an a/c for my anniversary. I literally have the best Grandma in the world. I am so glad that I decided to mention to my Grandma that I wanted an a/c. If I hadn’t mentioned it to her, I would not have gotten an a/c for my anniversary.

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My baby’s room needs an a/c.

I told my hubby that it was time for our little one to transfer to his own family room, and he is almost one year old, and I know that it would be best for us if the baby moved out of our room.

He sleeps through the night now, and there is no reason for him to sleep in our room. He wakes up anytime that we transfer in bed or when we go to sleep for the night. It just isn’t simple having him in our room. The only complication is that his family room does not have an a/c in it, and it is just too warm for him in there. I absolutely don’t want him to be too hot. He is used to sleeping in my hubby’s and my family room with an a/c. I know that he won’t be very comfortable in a room that is like seventy-five degrees. My friend and I usually keep our family room at around sixty-eight degrees. I know that we don’t have another a/c, so we will have to buy another a/c for the baby’s room. I am trying to find one cheaper than what we paid for the a/c in our family room because that one was pretty lavish. I will pay the same amount of money that I paid for our a/c if I have to, but if I can get a cheaper a/c, that would be nice. I can’t wait to get a new a/c. It will be nice to have a room just for my hubby and myself again.

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My home is so hot, then i don’t know what is going on with my cooling system, but it is just not laboring well… The cooling system still kicks on when it needs to, but it just doesn’t cool the home down to temperature.

I know it should be on all of the time then, but it isn’t, so, I know it doesn’t typically kick on when it needs to, but I mean the cooling system still kicks on sometimes.

I wish that it would start laboring right again because I am getting so sick of waking up in the middle of the day and my home being super hot. I work third shift, so I am asleep for most of the day, and that is when the home seems to get the hottest. I know that the temperature outside gets the warmest during the afternoon, but my cooling system should be able to keep the home down at seventy degrees. I have diagnosed the settings on my temperature control just to make sure that I didn’t accidentally mess up the settings on the temperature control so that the temperature would rise during the day, but everything was set to seventy degrees, and my home should not get so moderate during the day. I have thought about calling an Heating, Ventilation, and A/C company to see if they could come out and tell me what is wrong with my cooling system, but I don’t want to have to pay a ton of money to have them repair my cooling system. I don’t know what to do right now, but I particularly want a laboring cooling system.

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I literally have the best Grandma in the world

I appreciate my current a/c. My sweet Grandma gave me an a/c for my birthday, plus it was the sweetest thing ever. I didn’t know that anyone would really get me an a/c for my birthday. I told everyone who asked me what I wanted for my birthday that I wanted an a/c, despite the fact that I know that most people thought that I was kidding. I was legitimately not kidding though. My Grandma must have caught on to the fact that I wasn’t kidding because she really got me an a/c. I just moved into my first apartment since graduating from school, plus the apartment doesn’t have central air conditioner, so I wanted a window air conditioner component for my apartment. I told my Dad that I was looking into getting an a/c, but she didn’t know that I needed an a/c. She said that I would be great with just a couple of fans in the windows. I would be great I guess, but it would not be particularly comfortable. I particularly wanted an a/c for my bedroom. I was used to the central air-conditioned dorms at school, so I didn’t want to go from central air conditioner to no air conditioner at all that would have been irritated. I am so thankful that my Grandma really took me seriously plus got me an a/c for my birthday. I literally have the best Grandma in the world. I am so cheerful that I decided to mention to my Grandma that I wanted an a/c. If I hadn’t mentioned it to her, I would not have gotten an a/c for my birthday.

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My only a/c just died. I have only had the a/c for about three months, plus it already stopped working. I knew that I should not have bought the cheapest a/c in the store. I looked at many a/cs, however I decided to buy the cheapest one against my better judgment. I knew that I should not have gotten the cheapest a/c available, however I am a cheapskate. I bought the cheapest a/c, plus it is already not working. I wish that I would have just bought a nicer a/c. If I would have spent the extra thirty dollars, I would absolutely still have an a/c right now; Now, I have to buy a current a/c, plus it will be much more money than if I would have just bought a nicer a/c to begin with. I don’t care for that I am such a cheapskate with just about everything. I should have learned from so many other times that I bought cheap things, plus they broke instantly. I have a neighbor who offered to try to repair my a/c however I don’t know how that will turn out… He will absolutely tear the a/c all apart plus make it worse than what it is now. I just want a working a/c that will work for more than three months. I would have never guessed that my a/c would have quit this quickly, even though it was the cheapest a/c in the store. I know it is my fault, however I particularly need a reliable a/c.

 

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