bought her a heating blanket and that helped a lot. We are at 71 from an original 73 degrees I'm embarassed to say! Could there be an insulation issue in our house or is it just us? We're working on it and some other things too. We'll crush that heating bill one degree at a time! Will do push ups but doubt I could manage a single pull up :) After reading Middle Class vs Kick Ass I see some changes we can make. Some are a little harder -- we spend about $800 per month on our kids activities -- my kids love their sports and activities, are doing well, sometimes competing in tournaments and competitions and are happy; we spend about $750 on cars -- my husband receives a generous car allowance and so there is an expectation from his company that he drive a certain type of car -- he drives an Audi -- your most poked at made fun of vehicle in past blogs. haha! I would rather leave those categories for now and change things like heating!, groceries, bike more . No one bikes where I live in suburbia -- never even crossed my mind -- except for recreational family bike rides. I loved the No Impact Man movie and hope to make more environmentally sound choices. We are living at our means but would like to live below and still have a great quality of life. We'll get there. Good luck to everyone on