True there on the using the furnace to bump it up a notch. Even with the OWB running, I remember a couple mornings with real overnight temps of -35 and wind using the gas furnace to kick it up just a bit!
Oh oh! Valentines day tomorrow and you are getting yours by means of home baked goodness!! Time for you to scramble now!
We are right at zero with sunny sky! Looks really nice until you open the door 73 in and the dogs are snoring in front of the stove....
Good luck with that. Temps this cold, fingers won't work so good! I put a shelter kind of thing around the bulkhead and hung a lamp in there with a 40 watt bulb. That should help tonight.