[pennywise]

Okay guys and gals the contest is on: my electric bill this month: <$27 and the gas <$175. That sure does beat you with the $300. I'll stick with my gas/electric combo. Next year the challenge will be to decrease from this year. One solution was heat at 60 and wear more clothes, cold water use, the mild winter (no temps less than 10 this year), use of candles that were given as gifts (always be safe, please please please). Yes, we were cold, but short term sacrifices for a long-term gain, DH in law school and me with my MSN (master in nursing - nurse practitioner). Oh, we will move to Oregon so I can have my own clinic. Any Oregoner's out there? NOw, who can beat me that is not in a small apartment, lives in a cold winter climate (our house 1800 square feet)?