You're not kidding about Albuquerque. I'm way up near Chama on a ranch in a 100 year old adobe freezing. Our House of Perpetual 45F. I have a Jotul woodstove vented improperly up the 2 story adobe chimney. It clogs up and smokes about every 5 weeks. Happened last night so now I've got the radiator style oil filled heater running. It's an old one given to me by a fellow frozen person so it actually gets really hot, but doesn't burn out. I find this thread very funny. Laughing probably has warming properties. Blankets over all the doors. Insulation only over the living room, none over the kitchen. Not my house. I'm the ranch person. It's going to cost $150.00 per month to run the heater 24/7. And $130.00 for a cord of wood that lasts about a month. Usually cut my own wood, but had too much horse doctoring to do this summer. I like the heating pad ideas. I would love to turn off the electricity forever, but I am attached to my remote ranching FB friends. Later I will not be able to do dishes because they will be frozen. Plug in the diesel pickup - another $50 a month.
If I was going to buy a good electric heater, which would be best? There is a ceiling fan in the living room I can reverse. Any wind in the room is really freezing. Electric blanket - check. Or let the giant Karakachan shepard dog up on the bed to heat everything up.
One thing about letting a house get too cold: I had a friend years ago who let her house in Sacramento CA get cold. She was before her time. The winter weather there is very cold and humid - fog. The lovely oak floors in her bedroom buckled and warped.
