As a matter of clarification to anyone who might live in the north and deals with the nasty cold weather on a regular basis or to whom 21 doesn't seem bad.... When your house is built without a FURNACE because it's in the south and winter usually consists of a few days of 40 degree weather at a time.... 21 degrees is COLD. When the definition of a "coat" means you own a hoodie..... 21 degrees is cold. I moved here from Indiana- along the shores of Lake Michigan. The cold is different. Maybe because there's no trees here to block any of the wind and we're so far out in the country that houses are few and far between. Maybe because they don't own a sand, snow, or plow truck around here so icy roads just have to be waited out. I moved here after we got 17 1/2 inches of snow in about 6-7 hours one year in IN (in March). They were on the news telling people to go shovel their ROOFS because people's roofs were caving in. (side note: lake effect blizzards are full of heavy snow) I had a houseful of people because I had gas so my stove still worked and the hot water even if the furnace didn't and no electricity for 5 days. Our food was buried in snow drifts on the front porch. It was me, 2 other women and 9 kids. No tv, no lights, everyone sleeping in one room- a great big slumber party. Lets not forget the broken water lines upstairs that we were gifted with that week. I moved south before school started the next year. I was born and raised in Toledo. So, for all my friends who live where the weather lets that white stuff fall from the sky on a regular basis- I'm sorry. Unless you enjoy it- then congratulations! It's your time of year. For me and my joints- we will do much better today when it's supposed to be almost 60. The electric heaters I have tell me that it's 69 in my house this morning- much better than the 58 I awoke to yesterday.
Off to set dynamite under the teenagers to drag them out of bed. Have a great day all!
