For a long time, I never wanted to visit my sister.
It was because the air quality in her home was always bad, and it was never very comfortable either.
I couldn’t understand the reason why, but she used window AC units in the summer for cooling and portable heaters in the cold season. She used her fireplace to help keep the house warm, but I thought it was crazy having to add more logs on the fireplace all the time just to keep from freezing. It wasn’t even easy getting through the night because it would become so cold and you had to suffer your way to the fireplace to keep adding more firewood. I remember asking her why she didn’t just invest in a decent HVAC system, but she kept saying she couldn’t afford it. I told her that she could always put away money into a savings account a bit at a time, or she could even make payments because most HVAC companies offered financing options. Whenever I did visit, I preferred going in the spring or fall seasons, when I didn’t have to worry so much about being miserable in the house, but the air quality still was a huge problem. I ended up getting her a UV air purifier for her birthday one year. She said she probably wouldn’t use it, but happily, she has been using that UV air purifier all the time. She even tells me how happy she is to have better air quality in her home. This has made it easier to visit. Then I was more surprised than ever recently when she insisted on hosting the family holiday party. I thought everybody was going to be freezing, but she had radiant heated floors installed! That made the whole occasion a huge hit, and I definitely will be visiting more often in the winters now.