Tomorrow morning when you wake up, if it has been cold overnight, look at the surface of your windows. Now, if you get up after the sun begins to come up, you'll probably not see what I mean, but what youwill typically see there is a wet window! Condensation. I have been told that you expel into the air over a liter of water each night when you're sleeping.
Where does this moisture go? Good question. It gathers on the windows for one place when the warmth of it hits the cold window glass, and also settles into soft things, like your bed clothes and...well, everything in your room.
This winter has started out to be very wet compared with last year. So during these cold-wet months here are some tips to keep you healthy and happy:
* Keep your doors open during the day...actually as much as possible keep them open
* Have the blinds up, especially if there's sunshine, to help warm the room and evaporate the moisture
* Ensure that soft things are not left in heaps
* Ensure your bed clothes are spread out so the moisture has an opportunity to evaporate evenly and not hide
* Clothing is best hung up with a little air in between, where possible. Some things may need to be hung outside when there's sunshine to help too.
* Shoes should be stored with the sole on the floor rather than on their sides or upside down. I have the most amazing pair of cowboy boots that are now a bit green from my own mistake with this.
Having a high-efficiency heater on low most of the time (if we find safe ones, even overnight and when we are not here) will help a gread deal in minimising any problems. We used to have light bulbs fixtures installed at the bottom of our closets when I lived in Okinawa and it really made a difference. I would love to have this done in the kitchen cupboards, but know someone would think me a mad woman for such a request. But since we aren't using those big construction lights now, the cost of the heaters will eaven out and there won't be a need for washing clothes so often.
Anyway, enjoy the winter challenges!
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