Are you sure you haven't lost some snow and cold? All of Canada is under the polar vortex. That's unusual. Woke up to -8F and 4 or 6" of snow depending on where you measure and more on the way. Ice on the porch from last week is impervious to rock salt. Come on spring! I may take up quilting, something I threaten every year about this time.
The fact that it's absolutely f-ing cold here (unusual for Oklahoma, but not unheard of), and we have at least another month of this. I can tolerate cold but not wind chill that makes it worse, and painful, Gives me a serious winter face when I go outside.
I don't even own a proper winter coat, lol! Undershirt, flannel shirt, sweat shirt and scarf, can't stand socks but seem to have hot feet most of the time (weird, I know). It's been lightly but steadily snowing here all day, and is supposed to continue through the weekend.
Have to worry about my 85 year old mom trying to walk to her favorite coffee place (such arguments), my youngest daughter is in the hospital with possible pre-eclampsia and I can't go see her, and now the water in the bathroom seems to be having issues (not good in winter). It's going to be a long few months until it's warm enough to go back to not shivering.
@Mamafrog - I hope you and yours are OK. Windproof jacket, wool undershirt, hat and socks and hair dryer on lowest temp and speed against a frozen pipe so it won't burst by freezing or overheating (takes hours.)
@Bunnykins, yeah, this has been an ongoing problem for awhile and just decided it wouldn't cooperate in the coldest few days we've had in several years, of course. This is son's problem since it's house and he gets prickly at my suggestions. Mom's experience still doesn't mean anything after 40 years, lol. I suspect he will be calling a plumber soon. This house actually has galvanized pipes, post war boom build in the 50's. Like I said, this kind of weather is somewhat unusual and we only get it abou8ut every ten years or so. He'll figure it out and has already been to the hardware store so...
I am wearing tights, Fox River crew socks, sweatpants, a cotton knit long-sleeved polo, a cashmere crewckeck OVER the polo, and a big cardigan over the crewneck.
@Shay well, the shawl sounds lovely! That's something to consider making. The back of my neck/top fo my shoulders are always cold. I shut the heat off in the bedroom at night usually but I've had to leave it on a little the last two days. (The fan I run for noise doesn't help, lol.) You sound like my sister, more layers to go outside than you would believe. She gets cold easily though. We are have the big fat flaky snow today and tomorrow.
If you want to see what cold looks like, google 252 hour hockey game. Played outdoors in Alberta, in temperatures of -30C to -50 something C, so cold the blades on their skates were shattering. To raise money for cancer research, but those western boys are nuts. I'm with Shay: layers and lots of them.
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February can stuff it with the snow (10", 8", 2" and now 3 chances of ice next week).
Done. Need a new tatting/quilting/cross stitch project. Ideas?
Are you sure you haven't lost some snow and cold? All of Canada is under the polar vortex. That's unusual. Woke up to -8F and 4 or 6" of snow depending on where you measure and more on the way. Ice on the porch from last week is impervious to rock salt. Come on spring!
I may take up quilting, something I threaten every year about this time.
Maybe you can find something in here:
https://archive.org/stream/godeysladysbook1862hale#page/n284/mode/1up or here:
https://archive.org/details/CAT31314743/page/n1/mode/2up
"Frosty face," literally, from shoveling the snow and chipping the ice...
Baltimore got its first real snow of the season Wednesday night and into Thursday. It's almost Spring, guys! Cut it out!
The fact that it's absolutely f-ing cold here (unusual for Oklahoma, but not unheard of), and we have at least another month of this. I can tolerate cold but not wind chill that makes it worse, and painful, Gives me a serious winter face when I go outside.
I don't even own a proper winter coat, lol! Undershirt, flannel shirt, sweat shirt and scarf, can't stand socks but seem to have hot feet most of the time (weird, I know). It's been lightly but steadily snowing here all day, and is supposed to continue through the weekend.
Have to worry about my 85 year old mom trying to walk to her favorite coffee place (such arguments), my youngest daughter is in the hospital with possible pre-eclampsia and I can't go see her, and now the water in the bathroom seems to be having issues (not good in winter). It's going to be a long few months until it's warm enough to go back to not shivering.
@Mamafrog - I hope you and yours are OK. Windproof jacket, wool undershirt, hat and socks and hair dryer on lowest temp and speed against a frozen pipe so it won't burst by freezing or overheating (takes hours.)
@Bunnykins, yeah, this has been an ongoing problem for awhile and just decided it wouldn't cooperate in the coldest few days we've had in several years, of course. This is son's problem since it's house and he gets prickly at my suggestions. Mom's experience still doesn't mean anything after 40 years, lol. I suspect he will be calling a plumber soon. This house actually has galvanized pipes, post war boom build in the 50's. Like I said, this kind of weather is somewhat unusual and we only get it abou8ut every ten years or so. He'll figure it out and has already been to the hardware store so...
I am wearing tights, Fox River crew socks, sweatpants, a cotton knit long-sleeved polo, a cashmere crewckeck OVER the polo, and a big cardigan over the crewneck.
And a wool shawl over the whole shebang.
@Shay well, the shawl sounds lovely! That's something to consider making. The back of my neck/top fo my shoulders are always cold. I shut the heat off in the bedroom at night usually but I've had to leave it on a little the last two days. (The fan I run for noise doesn't help, lol.) You sound like my sister, more layers to go outside than you would believe. She gets cold easily though. We are have the big fat flaky snow today and tomorrow.
If you want to see what cold looks like, google 252 hour hockey game. Played outdoors in Alberta, in temperatures of -30C to -50 something C, so cold the blades on their skates were shattering. To raise money for cancer research, but those western boys are nuts. I'm with Shay: layers and lots of them.
@Bunnykins lol, and I thought rednecks were crazy!
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