I grew up in a tropical area where it gets below sixty degrees maybe twice a year. Then, my home town got too big for my tastes, so, I moved my family eight hours north. I still live in a part of the US considered the deep south, so, I really didn’t expect to be too affected by cold weather. Boy, was I wrong. It gets cold here, and I discovered that I don’t like the cold at all. I am renting a house that has no heat. We use little safety space heaters during the winter, and they really aren’t very effective when the temperatures go down to the thirties and twenties. There are too many cold spots in the house. When we finally buy a home here, I am definitely choosing a house with an HVAC unit already installed, or I will have a ductless mini-split air conditioning and heating system installed. Last year, I finally decided to upgrade our space heaters to a nice large one that looks like a fireplace. I love it. It’s portable, but, we keep it in the living room. It does a pretty good job of heating up the living areas and the bedrooms during the day, when the bedroom doors are open. But, unfortunately, we still need to use the little ineffective space heaters at night. I think, until we find a house to buy, I will invest in a heating blanket, because I certainly do not like the cold at all.