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[mereilin]

It's bright today, and bitterly cold, but the house is warm. All except this bedroom, which for reasons we can't begin to understand was not included on the original Radiator Master Plan when the house was built 100 or so years ago. It's nearly as big as the other two bedrooms combined, both of which have radiators. Even the bathroom has a radiator (for which we are grateful). But in this, the "master bedroom" we make do with a twin-sized electric blanket on a king-sized bed, and when it's really cold I'll wear a hat.

We do have a portable heater, a nice oil-filled electric radiator with a thermostat and everything, but we don't use it. Our room, far from being a haven from the cares of the world, is more like a walk-in attic with a bed on one wall. Everything that has no proper place ends up here. Anything we take away from the kids as punishment comes in here. All of the laundry is always here. Things that are meant to go to Goodwill come here first, where they're promptly buried by all the other stuff (or knocked over and mixed up with the aforementioned laundry).

Saddest of all, it's probably going to be the last room in the house to ever be cleaned up and organized, much less decorated.

I should probably do something about that. I wonder, though -- if I finished it first, would it inspire and re-energize me to tackle the rest of the house, or would I simply close the door and pretend nothing existed except my lovely bedroom? A worthy question. I suppose that would depend on how well that little heater works...

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[htnatch.livejournal.com]

That so sounds like the house I grew up in, only there were hot air registers that went to the first floor rooms from the furnace. The second floor floors had holes and registers, but weren't attached to anything, I assume to work on the principle that hot air rises, only in the really cold, there was no way the air stayed hot enough to warm anything once it got to the second floor. Brrrr. We use ceramic heaters in the rooms that don't get warm in our current house. They are small, they send out gobs of heat without getting hot themselves, and are pretty energy efficient. I think they run about $50, but are worth it.

How did my grandparents manage to sleep in a house like the one I grew up in with the windows open in winter, no less? Hardy New England stock, I guess. *snicker* (Their parents were immigrants, so... Hardy German stock?)

Are you suuuure you aren't describing my bedroom? *sighs* If you ever get yours cleaned up and decorated, don't tell me, I'll just spiral into despair and depression. ;)

[virginia-belle.livejournal.com]

Hmm...I think everyone needs a relaxing place to retreat to. If your room isn't that, then maybe fixing it up will help reenergize you.
Good luck with the house renovations!

B.

PS Sorry I've been a slacker about sending your package. I have been overwhelmed and therefore not making it to the PO lately.

[leemer.livejournal.com]

I think it'd probably energize you, or at least help when you get overwhelmed by the rest of the house. My liveingroom is like that right now for me. I don't put anything in there except for what I want in there. It's the area around my desk that's a mess....

[mereilin.livejournal.com]

And I was worried it was misdirected! Take your time; glad to know it isn't lost in USPS Hell.