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 apartment because it was an open flame, then you see, the electricity in my town was off for almost two afternoons. My associate and I had a really poor ice storm that took out a lot of telephone poles and wires. I wasn’t sure that my associate and I would ever have electricity again. Thankfully, numerous people worked entirely long hours to get us electricity back. It did take two afternoons though. I didn’t want my pipes to freeze, so I had to figure out a way to heat my apartment at least a little bit. It got down to thirty-one degrees in my apartment before I turned my stove on, but thankfully, it didn’t stay that chilly 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 afternoons, and it kept my apartment above cold. I am so thankful that I was able to heat my apartment 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 costly. I just don’t know what I would have done without the heat from my oven. Heating my apartment isn’t usually that strange, but it was for those two afternoons. Thankfully, the electricity is back on, and my furnace is laboring once again.