Friday, December 21, 2012

Baby It's Cold Outside


It’s cold here this morning.  Well, cold for us:  36 degrees.  I know, some of you who live in the northern regions are snickering right now but for the Deep South, 36 is stinking COLD.  You’d think since I grew up in north-central Ohio, it wouldn’t faze me.  I remember some Aprils in Ohio where we longed for anything above freezing.  We’d break out the short sleeved shirts when it hit the 40s.  Now I get a scarf out (a nice, hand-knitted one of course) when it is in the 50s.  Even the dogs are quicker to do their business and come back in the house.  We have officially acclimated.  I should get a certificate or something.

They're really good at doing nothing
Fridays are the days each week when I do only what I want to do.  It’s kind of like my weekly sanity day.  I’m still in my jammies.  I just might wear them all day.  Makeup?  Not today.  Do my hair?  Might run a brush through it but I’m not committing to anything.  But since the world hasn’t ended today, I guess I’m going to have to do laundry.  It’s the one chore I do on Fridays.  I have to keep The Husband in clean skivvies – he gets very grumpy otherwise.  Speaking of The Husband, he was not elated when he came home last night to find that the unruly pile o’stuff had been replaced by two sweaters I’d blocked and laid out to dry, utilizing the entire dining room table.  He obviously doesn’t appreciate how long it took me to get to said blocking.  It probably doesn’t help that I make a point to snipe at him to not touch, move, set anything on, or to even breathe on my works in progress.  I can’t help it; I’ve developed some sort of unexplainable radar that alerts me whenever anything comes within 3 feet of my creations.  It’s involuntary.  Really, it is. 

 I will work toward getting my daughter’s gift done – I’m at around 65% and sweater number 6 is coming along nicely.  I should have it done later this evening.  Then if this handful of buttons on my desk would manage to sew themselves onto their respective garments, I’d be completely ecstatic.  Okay, it won’t happen but wouldn’t it be great if it did?  I can dream…

4 comments:

  1. When I started reading your post I thought you were saying it was minus 36 and I was thinking to myself, yes, that's a little on the chilly side. Then when I realized you meant plus 36 I had a good laugh. :-)

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    1. I have become such a cold weather wimp!! I don't know if I would survive if I had to move back up north! :D

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  2. A sanity day is a brilliant idea. I wish I had the opportunity to indulge in the same. I'm going to aim for that.

    I haven't gotten caught-up with my blog reading to see whether you finished your daughter's sweater, but I'm hoping so!

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    1. I hope you find a way for a regular sanity day soon! My only complaint is that they are always too short!

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