Thank you for the quick response and insight! It's great to know that experienced brewers like yourself are here to help guide a beginning beer brewer like me.
I'll gladly turn the room temperature back to about the mid to high 60's. It gives me a valid excuse to save a bit on energy...
I recently bought a new Mr. Beer Deluxe. I've brewed the Canadian Draft kit with store-bought natural spring water. I followed instructions as specified. The temperature of my two gallon fermenter falls roughly within 68 to 72 degrees.
It's been roughly 24 hours since adding the yeast...