New Windows and other "small stuff"

We are getting new windows in some of our rooms tomorrow.  We picked the extremely drafty and bad ones to replace and will eventually also replace others in the house as we feel needed.  All of our windows have storm windows on them.  I did the plastic shrink wrap on the drafty windows and as you can see they needed it.

That is called ice/frost on the INSIDE of the plastic wrap from the terrible draft that is also minimized by curtains.  After the kitchen table window came off in my hand while I was opening it on a warm fall day the decision was made to get new windows.  Our bedroom window had ice on the glass and the storm plastic "glass."  BRrr.  Home Depot is coming tomorrow to install 5 windows.  That will leave us with 9 windows for the future (one was done prior to purchasing the house along with the sliding glass door).

  

We finally got around to installing our programmable thermostat that Jen and Bob gave us for Christmas.  We really don't adjust the temperature that often in our house, or by that much.  The above is our old one and below is our new one.  We turned off the circuit breaker and labeled wires to reconnect and it was actually very easy to do.  

It turns the heat up from 58 to 63 degrees around 4:30 PM (so it will be warm when I get back from a run and Luke is home from work.  Turns back down to 58 around 9 PM so it is comfy for sleeping with our down comforter and stays at 58 until 4:30 PM.  Weekends it kicks on the heat during the day instead of staying at 58.  It is nice not having to remember to turn it up or down.

And since I said other "small stuff" the lady at the grocery store gave me a paper bag for Thunder Paws.  She loves it and is very cute how she drags her toys in there to play.