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Good morning Andi.
I’ve already gotten George outside and back. He was kind of pushy this morning.
I’ve got your snow. Though it’s pretty lackadaisical about piling up.
Andi, I hope the snow is pretty coming down and melts quickly.
It’s not particularly pretty and it isn’t going to melt because it’s way too cold (hi 25, low 11) but so far it’s probably about 1/32 inch deep.
LOL I am not a fan of ice or snow. It looks great on a holiday card or tv but sucks otherwise. LOL
Well 1/32 of an inch isn’t my snow. I want to wake up to at least 2 feet.
Are you insane? Down there you’d be stuck in your house for weeks, running out of ice cream and dog food and bread. George would start to gnaw on you while you slept.
He’d just hook George, Cat, and Tom to the sled and mush on over to the grocery.
Morning Andi. It’s almost the weekend. How are you enjoying cold weather so far?
We’re heading out of my comfort zone. I don’t mind the cold as long as it stays in the 20s.
The wood stove keeps everything nice and toasty in the house but it dries the hell out of my skin — especially my hands — my fingertips are like sandpaper.
My sinuses were awful at my sister’s house with her heat running constantly and no humidifier. I use Burt’s Bees hand cream and it works great.
When I remember I put lotion on them. But my sinuses like dry; it’s humidity they hate.
Actually the biggest problem is the upstairs bathroom door shrinks so much that it won’t stay shut.
I really have to remember to shut the bathroom door all the way even when I’m home alone or HJ barrels her way in and jumps on me. I got so used to leaving it open when I had little kids so I could hear what was going on.
Do you still bundle up and take your morning trek with the canines in this weather?
Morning, no — it doesn’t get dark early enough. Now we walk at noon.
my fingertips are like sandpaper
All the better to perform ear scratching duty for the pack. Morning all.
Even you aren’t out and about yet, Jim said that 46 was really slick.
No accidents yet that I’m aware of. Hopefully people will be just a little more cautious this morning. I’m staying at the home office today where its warm if at all possible!
That is why they sale hand cream and moisterizer. LOL
Morning Andi & FamilyMan!!!! Well, my new landlord finally showed up last night at 8:30 to let me know he would be back Saturday to get the December rent. These folks are nuts. LOL They bought the building and then did not tell us where to send the rents. LOL
Maybe some months they’ll just forget all together and you’ll have a windfall.
LOl I wish!!! I doubt my luck would be that good.
‘Afternoon, all — great to see you, as always. Welcome to Post-Hump Day (or, alternately, Laundry Day).
A bit of advice on consistent wood heat (with which I’m definitely familiar) for my dear pond-goddess Andi: one must have a big container on the stove, filled continually with water, so that when the heat’s up the vapors help moisturize the air. It really does make a difference.
So sayeth the widely wrinkled wench.
Don’t let Her Lusciousness frighten you with images of canine cravings for flesh, FM. Rule of mitten-thumb: given a potential for 2′ of snow, shovel out your path every 6″ or so.
Then hook up animals & sled out.
Commit the above advice to memory & use it well this winter. I’m sure you’ll need it. Tee hee.
Not to worry — since day one (which was in 1979), we always have a steamer on the stove but my skin and the upstairs bathroom door have a strong tendency to dry out no matter what.
And how are things in gatorland?
Current conditions: 84 degrees & sunny, humidity at 60%. Temperatures are predicted to drop to about 70 this evening, so tv weather personalities advise us to ‘dress appropriately’ against the Arctic chill.
God help me for shaving my head this trip — I’m shiverin’ already!
Sorry to hear about that continual drying; I know it’s very uncomfortable. I guess the best you can do is keep up your fluids & go for some kinda moisturizer (as wiser folks than I have already advised).
I did catch the Pack’s lovely invitation to join the fold last night. Unfortunately, I’m committed to the land of super-sized plastic snowflakes until said snowflakes shred in the sunlight; I’ll have to romp through the leaves & squat in the dirt in spirit form only, for now.
The next time one of the pups begins barking at some invisible critter out under the trees, it’ll be me.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they can already smell me. Atmospheric dryness is hell, but this humidity is hellier. Time to shower uselessly — back later.
It’s 19 here and I’ll take that over 84 in december any day. I like having seasons.
I love the “feel” of wood heat so a little dry skin is a worthwhile trade. And it could be worse — I worked at a Job Corps center (many years ago) on an ex-army base with steam radiators and as soon as I walked in the door my skin would start cracking.
Hear, hear on the seasons, Andi! I simply don’t know how folks choose to live this way, with minimal change throughout the year. It’s horribly dull.
What I love most about wood-heat is that the fragrance tends to stay with your clothes.
Steam heat is typical for my home town, NYC & it’s true that it lends a weirdness to the air — as well as proving either insufficient or suffocating.
Must go now — these colors do run.