We have heat!

For those of you who didn't already know... the apartment we're living is actually a third of an old brick house built in the late 1800's... It's pretty cool, with the old intricate molding around the doorways, huge windows, high ceilings... Except when it gets to winter time. Then it's "cool" in other ways as well... or worse.
High ceilings, huge windows, tile floors, and no weather stripping around the doors equals COLD! The house does have some kind of furnace/heater, but it's the only thing that runs off gas, and our gas is currently shut off so we only have an electric bill. After taking one look at our furnace...

We opted for leaving the gas off, and buying space heaters! I just didn't trust the look of that thing... do you? If it works it would probably only attempt to heat the kitchen... Space heaters are much more mobile... And they work great! We still heat my rice bag in the microwave and shove it down in our bed since neither of us can stand sleeping in socks, but having space heaters helps a ton! Now we don't have to wear 2 jackets, sweats, socks, and 2 blankets just to watch a movie!
The big radiator heater heats the whole room and keeps it generally warm, while the little one produces strong heat straight out to a small space.

I love the little one... for anyone looking for space heaters, even if you have a working heating system... that little one is great for under the kitchen table, the tile when you get out of the shower, just doing homework in one place... etc.