Today was the first day that we've had a fire in our wood stove (we still haven't turned on our heat pump). It feels like a momentous occasion, though also a little bizarre because yesterday's high was 72 degrees. But today was a rainy day with the high in the upper 40s and even our old brick house can't hold heat in THAT long.
Last winter we kept the thermostat at 63 degrees, and that was what the house settled at today before we lit the fire. But 63 degrees today felt chilly... thankfully Virginia is good at providing lots of ups and downs in temperatures for the next couple months, so we'll be thoroughly conditioned before it really gets cold.
