Well if you kept the entire house at 69 degrees no doubt that is quite an accomplishment, you must have some good wood, the slow burning type. I remember sometimes as a kid I'd kinda cheat with the woodstove LOL when I had to start it when I got home from work, I'd use all the really light wood that just burned right up, but burned big and hot LOL. My dad would get so mad that I used up so much of the light wood LOL, but man it would be so toasty in the living room LOL!
Oh and we had this heater in the bathroom too LOL! The house my parents bought used to be owned by people who had somebody in the house in a wheelchair, so there was just this big tiled shower stall, from floor to ceiling, and this cool electric fan installed in the wall. Was so nice feeling warm air greet you when you got out of the shower rather than the 50 degree insanity going on in the rest of the house LOL. Oh and my dad the cheapo also put a timer on the hot water heater LOL. SEVEN minutes, that's all you get for a shower, better move it! Else you see your own breath in the shower with soap still on you, big giant "DOH!"
And Electric Blankets are great, but addictive LOL. Its almost like being in a sauna or a bath, just so much warmth, it is very soothing, but again, dang hard to get out of in the morning LOL.
I do know what you mean Skywalker about the feeling of a wood stove, definitely cozy, when you are next to it! Heck I grew up literally laying on the floor with a pillow right next to one every evening, we even cooked on it once when we had a big snow storm and the elec went out for days, it worked great with a cast iron skillet, was actually one of the best breakfasts I've ever had