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WhiteTara

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11. you are so brave. I haven't stepped one foot outside
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 03:16 PM
Jan 25

Three years ago, I shut off our old, inefficient propane whole house heater. At minimum, we spent over $1200 a year to heat the house for four months. For some reason, I thought we could get a heat pump through the IRA from Biden era, but Sister Sarah ended the program the minute she got control of Arkansas, and so we are using space heaters. They work for the most part, but are also inefficient, but the highest bill has been $500, with it mostly being around $300, so we are saving a few hundred dollars every year. I'm almost finished insulating the windows and the temp is moving up exponentially, but I'm still tucking myself under the covers and napping a lot.

We're supposed to reach the low 40s next week, and I'm looking forward to that balmy weather.

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