I saw a segment on the news this morning about a baby who was badly burned in a bathtub.  The baby died from further complications caused by the burns just short of her first birthday.  I have known that our water heater was too hot, but I didn't realize how hot it was.  There was a suggestion on the news segment to take your thermometer and hold it under the running hot water to test the temperature.  The water should not be hotter than 120 degrees.  If the water is over 120 degrees, you should adjust your hot water heater to show 120 degrees, or just below the medium setting.

I tested mine with my candy thermometer, and it was 160 degrees!!  I went out to my hot water heater and the only settings that it shows are very hot ------ hot.  So, I turned the knob just to see if it would go lower than hot, and it did, so I turned it to what I think would be medium.  Later this afternoon I'll do the thermometer test again and do further adjustments if necessary.

I hope this can help someone out!

Country Blessings,
Jamie

I have dial up and can't get DSL here where I'm located. I am trying to choose between 2 Satellite Internet companies and want to get some reports from those of you who use either of these companies. I've had DSL where I used to live and it was so nice. I've taken my laptop to the local wifi spot in town and it's wonderful. The two companies I'm looking into are:

Hughes Net
Wild Blue

If any of you use either of these, or have used them before, would you pretty please give me your thoughts on how good (or bad) the service was/is?

Thank you so much!
Jamie

Not only has the cost of gas gone up, but propane has gone up too.  We had our tank filled on December 6th at about $1.90 a gallon, cost us $306.00 to fill.  Had to have it filled again on January 14th and the cost was $2.25 a gallon.  It cost over $400.00 this time.  That means that our heating cost us $300.00 last month, not including the electricity that it took to run the central heater unit.  During the day, when my husband is at work and my son are in school, I've been turning the heater off, shutting all the doors in the house, and have plugged in my 2 small space heaters.  They're doing a pretty good job, and I imagine that the electric bill won't be anywhere near $300.00

I'm really excited for spring to arrive!

Country Blessings,
Jamie