[mom-from-missouri]

My family thinks I am nuts because I want the closet and pantry doors shut (cabinets also). I tell them it costs more to keep the house cool or heated. They laugh at me.

So, yesterday out of boredom and the need to prove my point, I got out the measuring tape. We have 580 square feet of unheated spaces in pantry and closets in our home. I did not measure the cabinets.

Now I have given the girls a math problem. If it cost $100 a month to heat 3000 square feet, how much a month does it cost to heat 580 square feet. I am trying to get them to understand where I am coming from.

And, now that I am sitting here, I just remembered 2 closets I missed.......