Brrrr It's Cold

It's 10am and the sun is just beginning to peek over the mountain. We have been warm most of this winter, mostly in the mid 40's to 60's, even a few days in the 70's. We've only had a few days here and there of high 20's at night so we have been spoiled. Tues night it dropped to the teens and we got about 1/2 inch of snow. It stayed in the low 20's all day yesterday and continued to snow off and on all day and back to the teens last night. The real problem has been the wind which has wind chill factors in the single digits.

Since I won't have an income until Mar, I cut the furnace off and have been trying to live in my bedroom with a small space heater. I moved my computer in here and the dogs and I have been huddled under the covers while the cat sleeps on top of me LOL. I am bundled up under 4 sweaters and still keep shivering and have to keep stopping to warm my fingers but I am loving the view outside my window. It is all so white and beautiful. As the sun climbs, it is beginning to glisten and the snow hides all the unfinished projects piled around the yard :)

My cat, Bianca, is loving the cold. When it reaches the 20's, mice seem to think I have sent out an invitation for them to come in for shelter. Bianca is my bouncer and disposes of them immediately. The last cold snap, she took out 3 in one night. Late Tuesday night she marched into the bedroom carrying a gate crasher in her mouth. I keep a plastic bag on the floor for her to play with and she dropped her catch on the bag and played with it for almost an hour. This morning I found another dead mouse on the bag that she nabbed sometime during the night.

Part of me wants to jump up and down and shout "WOOHOO!!! Bianca caught some mice!!". The other half of me is totally creeped out and thinks "OMG there were mice in the house!!!" I know, can't have it both ways and so I guess I will remain proud of her for keeping the place critter free.

They are calling for it to warm up today but be back in the teens again tonight. Guess, it will melt all the snow off and be back to the nasty brown of leaves and weeds with all those piles of goodies reminding me I have work to do *sigh*. Tomorrow will be a day of slipping and sliding on all the ice when I walk the dogs. Which reminds me, I better put some more salt on the steps so I don't break my butt again.

Oh, and I have already broken my NY resolution. I resolved to post at least 5 new items per day in my webstore at least every Mon-Fri. Well, I haven't listed a thing. My fingers and brain are just too frozen LOL.

I am off to read some emails and figure out what I am going to cook. I was going to bake yesterday but settled for noshing on some nuked chicken breast tenders that I tossed in the microwave. I popped some popcorn for supper and watched a movie. Guess I am going to stay a day behind all this year LOL.

Stay warm,
Linda B:)