I used to chalk up feeling cold in my current home to the fact that I’m not exactly accustomed to this genre of winter. So I tended to just be cold or turn up the temperature control. However, the heating bills would have been through the roof if all of us had let the gas furnace run the way all of us wanted to! The people I was with and I moved further north a few years ago in order to be nearer to our parents as they get older. Both sets of parents are within 30 to 45 seconds from where all of us live. And they are at the age that they need some help. The people I was with and I lucked out & found a good older home. It had been newly renovated when it comes to the dining room & the Heating, Ventilation, & A/C equipment among other aspects. But the lake house is still an older structure & it didn’t really dawn on me that this might be the reason for the heating problems. A acquaintance loaned me an instant read temperature gun to find the heating leak. It took me a while although I finally found it. There was a window on the first floor that had no insulation at all. It’s love whomever put in that window just threw it in. And it wasn’t all that long ago because the previous owner had all the windows upgraded with double pane windows. Now that I have that window all sealed up, I am hoping for some reprieve from the high cost of the heating. The gas furnace should run a lot less this year in order to make our current home cozy warm.