Tuesday, December 07, 2004

See it's colder here

Now before you jump all over me, let me point out some facts on why we are freezing our butts off here in 40 - 50 degree weather.

As you may or may not know, the earth here shakes. That means that the buildings must sway and not break. So we can't use brick or many heavy materials. We use a little wood and plasterboard. And sometimes some insulation.

But we we ripped off the siding of our house in the remodel, there wasn't even insullation. Just wood siding outside, and plasterboard inside. Not so much protection from the weather. Likewise, we have the beauitful post and beam ceiling. It is gorgeous. Most of you have seen it. But there is no attic; just the roof. No insullation.

And as for heaters, HA! We have big ass air-conditioners, but little tiny heaters. My condo didn't have heat.

Many homes here have "ambiant heat". In case you don't know what that is, it is heat coils in the cottage cheese roof. Think about that. Electric heating in the roof. It is expensive, and only warm when you stand up off the couch.

Luckily we don't have a lot of weather. But when we have it, Scooter is not amused.

Then there is Ed who loves to turn on the heat to like, 90, at night in a room with the dogs and he and I and a comforter. I start to sweat, and turn over and he has thrown off all his comforters and covers and is snoring like an angel. An angel with a severely deviated septum.