I used my oven to heat my house.
I know that sounds really crazy, but I actually didn’t have much of a choice. I was afraid to use my stove top to heat my house because it was an open flame. You see, the electricity in my neighborhood was off for almost two days. We had a really bad ice storm that took out a lot of telephone poles and wires. I wasn’t sure that we would ever have electricity again. Thankfully, many people worked very long hours to get us electricity back. It did take two days though. I didn’t want my pipes to freeze, so I had to figure out a way to heat my house at least a little bit. It got down to thirty-one degrees in my house before I turned my stove on, but thankfully, it didn’t stay that cold for long. I only used my stove for about an hour before I felt unsafe about it, so I decided to turn on my oven. I left my oven on for two days, and it kept my house above freezing. I am so thankful that I was able to heat my house so easily. I have a really small house, so I didn’t have to try too hard to heat it. I should buy a generator, but they are so pricey. I just don’t know what I would have done without the heat from my oven. Heating my house isn’t usually that strange, but it was for those two days. Thankfully, the electricity is back on, and my furnace is working once again.