Thu 8 Dec 2005
I caved this morning and turned on the central heater and set it for 70F degrees. It’d gotten to the point where it was too difficult to wash my face and do my morning routine while shaking so hard that I’m afraid I’m gonna put out an eye with my toothbrush.
I think Dodo has g0tten puffier. His winter coat is very dense and longer than his regular coat, and Scottish Folds have more rounded-off builds already, but this morning, looking down at him as he unfurrowed from his “C” in the cat bed, he was like a large round black and white poof. Brushing him didn’t appear to shrink him any, but it made me 25 minutes later getting in the car than I expected to be.
I don’t get it. I must step through some miniature Bermuda triangle in between the kitchen and the garage.
Did you think about buying one of those portable heaters (you can get them for $10-$30)? You can just carry it around the house and heat up the one room you’re in. I’ve been using mine and it works pretty well.
Do you think it’s colder this year than any previous year in recent memory? I do :(…
I’m embarrassed to admit that I have a portable heater, a pretty good one, too. It doesn’t just fire heat straight ahead, it turns like those old-school Asian floor fans. But it’s more compact and square. It’s in a closet somewhere, and I haven’t bothered to look for it, even tho I’ve thought about it quite often.
I definitely think it’s colder this year than in recent former years. I remember one or two nights like this, but not consistently like it has been. The last time I remember it being this cold was early 2001, when I first bought my house and the pilot light was out and I couldn’t find my furnace to relight it. I practically lived inside of my fireplace at that time.
have you seen “the triangle” on the sci-fi channel? oh wait, you don’t watch tv…man, how am i ever gonna relate to you now?
Silly Wilco…I was only gonna abstain from TV for a week. That week has come and gone. I’ve fallen asleep w/the TV on 3 nites since then. 🙂 But no, I have not seen “The Triangle.” Is it a series?