Good morning :)

HI EVERYBODY! :D

I have a pot of cinnamon scented potpourri simmering on the stove. Makes the house smell so lovely.
Thousands of interesting and fun things I want to do today but need to choose one or two because there are not enough hours in one day to do them all.
But first.....
do cat related tasks
wash up some dishes
shampoo my hair

I faithfully watch "Surviivor" every Wednesday but they put the FINALE on Sunday.
So I will be leaving chat tonight by 8:00pm PST to watch it. Sorry. ;)

Diane :D
I have not stopped doing the happy dance since you posted that you have water again! :D
And HOT water too!!!!
So GREAT! :D

With that big tree cut down the sun shines through the front windows so much brighter and longer.
I believe that is the reason my mood is much more positive than in past Winters.

Have a wonderful day and I hope to "see" you all in chat tonight at 5:00pm PST. :D

Thanks Dave, yes, I worked on that little room a lot of hours, cleaned and painted walls, floors, cabinets, took hours. Threw away all the junk that had mouse poop on it, etc. Cleaned all mouse poop off floor, it was really bad. Cabinets are still empty so need to organize the stuff in the pile and place in cabinets. I really could not open door a year ago.
Dianne, thanks for all the support throughout my ordeals past month. I have SAD too and do everything I can to get enough light as the days shorten. Sorry you are going through depression as days shorten. I put 100 watt bulbs in everywhere and bought a depression light. Try to get out in sun daily, no matter how cold.
Last night I put my favorite fleece sheets on the bed, found them when I organized linen closet last week, it felt so good to get a clean body in clean sheets!!!!! Sheets I took off were so dirty from this past week of crawling under house and no shower.
Thanks again for all the help and support.
Tillie, I think I have the energy for a happy dance today. What time do you do your happy dance? Would be fun to join you in happy dance.

Diane,

The part about being able to have the repairman in without being embarassed leaped out at me. Commendations for all the past hard work that made that possible.

Thanks Tillie, I needed that permission to slow down this week, at least tomorrow. I took my first shower in over a week, washed my hair and just enjoyed the warm water. Still just feel tired, muscles sore. I hit my head several times on metal tie down things under trailer, no wonder my head hurts. So I am just relaxing, did put another load in washing machine. still have more dishes to wash but not many. Tomorrow I plan to buy some insulation and wrap the pipes that were just fixed. That is the only must do. If I have energy would like to cook more soup. Looking forward to chat tomorrow. Once again Tillie, thanks for helping me through this week and celebrating my running water!

Diane
This week just take it easy.
Rest a LOT.
Do fun things.
This is a time for self care. Pamper yourself.
I know you want to catch up on the usual, dishes & laundry & stuff but do it slowly, a little bit here & there.
Make some more soup and other tasty meals.
WAY TO GO! for having already cleaned out that room the pipe was in! :D WONDERFUL!!!

Hi Tillie, great day for you, did you sit on santas lap? What did he promise you? A new car? Hope so.
I have been lying on couch for hours, just so tired. Have to get up and shower, did do one load of laundry, but little else. I watched the Diane Keaton/ Jack Nicholson movie on tv lying here relaxing, feels good to do nothing, been a long week. I will feel so much better once I shower, just hard to move this old exhausted body.
When guy was here today, I saw lots of areas that need more work in here and out there. Also was very aware that the room the pipe broke in was packed so you could not open door, before I joined this group. Now that the room has been worked on and was clean, it was so much better, not great but good enough to have repairman in. Had to move stuff to get to pipe, but it was all clean, so was not humiliating. There was plenty of space for buckets to put dirt and rock in, for the guy and me and tools, yes hard to believe.

HI :D
Had no internet all day
He said something about something and anyway something was burned out and then he knew he had another one somewhere in his hoard but spent many hours looking for it then found one like that but still not the one he was looking for but it would "do" for now till he can locate the other one.
Then he said that his having this hoard is wonderful cause he always has just exactly what he needs right here.
Somewhere. ;p

Hi Roxie :)

HEY! Diane :D
Enjoy the water!
What a wonderful feeling....
showers, dishes, laundry and best of all the flushing toilet. :D

Today we went to town and saw Santa at the thrift shop. Then we went to the dollar store. That's where I buy many of my cleaning products but I also bought some chocolate covered marshmallow snowmen.
Then we went to the grocery store and didn't need much. I got some english muffins, green grapes & a bag of lemons.

Hung laundry out on the line this morning and it all dried. :)

Hope you all had some fun today. :D

VANISHING POSTS.......

Here is what I do to not lost my posts...
Before I click on "post reply" I copy my post.
Takes just a second to do this.
Highlight the text in blue by running the cursor over it while holding down "left click" button.
Once text is all highlighted in blue I then click control (Ctrl) and c.
Should my post not post and vanish into the cosmos I can then press control (Ctrl) v and it will reappear and I haven't lost it.
Sometimes posts do not show up on the message board as having been posted.
Just refresh the page and it will appear.

DIANE!!!!! :D
WOOHOO!!!
YEA!!!
WAY TO GO!!!!
HAPPY DANCING!!!!
:D :D :D :D :D :D

I am so very very HAPPY!!! for you!!! :D

I HAVE WATER, I HAVE HOT WATER, I AM THE LUCKIEST PERSON IN THIS HOUSE, EVEN THOUGH I AM THE ONLY PERSON IN THIS HOUSE.
I HAD TO HOLD UP THE WHITE FLAG, AND HAVE A PROFESSIONAL FIX THE PIPE THAT BROKE, HE WAS IMPRESSED HOW MUCH OF THE GRUNT WORK I HAD ALREADY DONE. SINCE I BOUGHT ALL THE RIGHT STUFF YESTERDAY, IT WENT TOGETHER WITH ONLY ONE SMALL GLITCH. TOMORROW I WILL BUY NEW INSULATION AND WORK ON PROTECTING PIPES. I HAVE A FEW WARM DAYS SO MAY TAKE IT EASY TOMORROW, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ENOUGH SLEEP LATELY SO AM REALLY TIRED AND BACK HURTS FROM HAULING ALL THAT WATER UP HILL YESTERDAY. ON THE WAY TO SHOWER NOW, HOORAYYYYYY
THANKS FOR ALL THE KINDNESS TILLIE, DIANNE AND ROXIE, IT REALLY HELPED

I can't speak to the technology of the board, but a possible solution to the problem for you,

Use a word processor such as MS Word or MS Notepad to type your message into and then copy and paste it into this screen.

Also, I have thought two or three times that I lost a post because of typing an incorrect image verification response ( using IE ver 8 ), but found if I went back one, or sometimes two, screens, that my original message was still in the browser and all I had to do was retype the verification image with the new one showing at the bottom of the screen and post my response.

There's a serious problem with this board. If you take too long to write a message when you finish it the validation fails and you message is lost. Second time in a row today.

:(

Well, today I need help. I am seriously perturbed.

Hi, Tillie had a date!!!! Did you hold hands in movie? ok just kidding. I know you made the best of a bad movie. Roxie thanks for support and your pipe problem. I woke up anxious about repairing it myself, so afraid it will break even deeper in ground. I will go out and dig more today and evaluate the situation. I also want to go under trailer and see if any obvious breaks in sewer lines and see if it looks like water pipes are ok. If I hire a plumber, want him/her to fix everything in one visit, since they charge so much. took another sponge bath last night, with warm water, felt so good. My hair is another story, even scares me to look at it.
Tillie your crossed fingers better work!!! Thanks Tillie. Drinking hot coffee made with my bottled water I bought yesterday, feel so blessed to have drinking water. Drank so much water yesterday had to get up several times last night!! don't realize how lucky we are to have good drinking water until it stops running. sure do appreciate you gals helping me through this and the death of Molly.

Hi :)

Hi Karl :)
Sorry about those bread hogs. Wishing you many good things to come your way soon. ;)
Hope the laptop works out well for you.

Hi Diane :)
Happy to hear that the pipes have finally thawed.
Breaking so far down under ground like that was something that you really could not have prevented.
Fingers crossed that that is your only break.
WAY TO GO!!! for flushing the toilet!! :D
I know how wonderfully good that feels.

Going through these hard times builds our character and tests our metal
(you can smack me anytime) :D
But honestly, we ARE stronger than we believe we are and looking back on life's challenges we've faced we should feel proud of our accomplishments.

This was a day to mark down on my calender.
For lunch today he bought me a burrito! $3.00
Took me to the matinee. $5.00
WOW!!! an $8.00 date! :D
The movie sucked, did not follow the book at all.
But the theater was almost empty, not even 1/4 filled.
Nobody sat in the seats in front of me and I was able to put my knees up on the back of the seat in front of me. :)
I ate four of the five candy canes I brought.
Downtown looked pretty when we left the theater after dark with all the trees lit up with little multi colored lights.

Well, the city called at 7:30 and 2 guys met me at the old meter a block from here, it is amazing they cant move that closer to my place. They said meter was not working but there was water running, I ran back home and checked,no water inside, out to garage, and sure enough that pipe broke and thawed enough to run, so I yelled down to them to shut it off, which they did. They showed me how to shut it off and fixed the meter, very nice guys.
So I spent the day trying to dig deep enough to get to the crack in pipe. I took off the split section and took it to store and bought new parts. Also bought 2 gallons drinking water. Then had brainstorm, what if I turned on water just a little and since the faucet in yard is lower than garage, maybe I could get a trickle of water without it enough, got enough water to fill toilet tank and flushed, so exciting to flush a toilet.
The hole in the cement where the pipe is broken is about 10" diameter filled with red crumbly rock, so as I scooped it out, more fell in. Then cut the ends off a can and put it around pipe. Did get more out, it is split deep in ground. Will work on it tomorrow, I am exhausted. I hauled enough water up the hill to flush and back up flush water, then turned water off as it got dark.

Hi Karl :D

Hi Dave :D

Hi Diane :)

Been keeping my fingers crossed for you.
I know how hard it is to be without water.
(((HUGS)))
Wishing you all the luck in the world that this is over for you today.

Good morning :)

Dianne, taking "me" time is very important.
When we take the time to take care of ourselves we have more to give to everything we do. (((hugs)))

Once the fog lifts it should get all the way up to 34 degrees here today! :D
You can really feel a difference when the temps get above freezing.
"Desolation Of Smaug", first showing will be at 4:00pm.
Two hours forty one minutes long. :(
The tiny old theater is the oldest theater in all of Nevada. They split it in two to make two theaters. Smushing the seats all up so close together that it is impossible to even move your legs.
I will be smuggling in candy canes in my coat pockets to eat.
Can't have anything to drink for hours before the movie since I will have to hold it for THREE!!! hours.
Oh Well. Can't really say that he never takes me anywhere since he has taken me to the movies annually whenever The Lord Of The Rings or The Hobbit is showing.

Off now to prepare my home and myself for this marathon movie experience.

:D

Dianne, sounds like you had a good day chatting with so many folks, and I bet you helped them all!!! You have such a kind heart, just feel better talking with you.
The warmer air is moving in, 42 high today they say. I was under house a lot yesterday with heat, still no water so called the city, they are coming out to see if water meter has a problem and show me how to shut off new meter. Also can tell if water is running, like a broken pipe underground. Today I am going to have to go get water, I am really thirsty. Just afraid to leave incase a pipe breaks. Really want to take a shower, so can go pay at a gym, and take shower. I have so many dishes and dirty clothes piling up, it is really time to have water. I cleared more stuff out of walkway so I could get to back of crawl space, opened back end of skirting, and there is enough room to crawl under and so now don't have to crawl from east to west side. I discovered a turn off valve back there, there was no shut off valve in front wher oops city iws here

The clocks I use have a little dot in the upper left hand corner which indicates "PM". If you are really used to 24 hour time, I know this is not the same; however, it is pretty easy to use. When you set an alarm you just have to be careful to set to a "no dot" time if you want morning, or a "dot" time if you want afternoon or evening. When I wake up, I am used to looking in that corner to orient myself to the "half day" I am in.

Good morning :)

LOL :D Roxie

Hi Diane :)
So happy this extreme cold is moving away.
Really hate hearing about you crawling around under there in the dirt and cold doing everything you can do to fix the frozen pipes. :(
(((HUGS)))

My plan today is to use some of my cookie cutter collection to make sugar cookies for the Winter Solstice. Then clean the kitchen.
I already made fudge. :D
Two kinds, chocolate and peanutbutter.

My hoarder has made plans for Friday that involve me.
The next part of The Hobbit "the desolation of Smaug" comes out in theatres tomorrow and he wants us to go to the old theatre in town and see it.
That would be at the first showing, the matinee, because it is cheaper than the later airing and have fewer people in there.
The Hobbit has been my favorite book since I was 13 years old but I am protesting this movie because I think peter jackson has warped it way too much into something unrecognizable to me.

Anyways....
By Saturday it will be warmer here and I will be able to hang out laundry on the clothes line and it will dry.
I wash clothes and hang them in the house to dry but I have a hamper full of linens & towels, etc. that I don't dry inside because then they don't smell right to me.
Love those line dried linens! :D

Warm thoughts :)

Hi Tillie, yes would be good to have tea together on these cold days! Another day without water, I did the best I could to thaw just would not thaw, must be frozen under ground. Today I put old sheets and tarps on ground under trailer so much less dusty today. Took insulation and pipe wrap stuff under there but didn't get it done, just heated pipes. I was cold, tired and frustrated. I followed pipes so when I hire someone I can tell them where everything is under there, many jury rigged pipes go in strange directions. I heated water on wood stove and took a sponge bath, felt good to be cleaner, sure would like to take a warm shower. Saturday will be 45 degrees, low 28, so bet I can thaw pipes for sure, just hope no breaks. won't know until thaw
Yes Roxie, do have 2 new smoke detectors. Got them after I read the old ones don't detect smoke until too late for some.

Good morning :)

Hi Roxie :) Hi Karl :) Hi Diane :)

(((hugs))) (((hugs))) (((hugs)))
Wish we all lived closer together so I could give you more than written support.

I am exhausted. All my "get up & go" has "got up & went".
I can function alright in here when the temperature is anywhere in the 60s but been having a very hard time just keeping the temperature somewhere in the 50s.
Today I will try to catch up on the things that I left unfinished this week.

Stay warm and stay safe. (((hugs)))

It is still 4 degrees but is supposed to get up to 40 today, so I have hope that today will be the day. I found a smaller heater that I will take under trailer today. I pray that I can get water today and not break any pipes in the process, I am at the point it feels hopeless. It is so filthy under there, I was going to use hair dryer on pipes but since everything has an inch of dust on it, would be impossible without inhaling that crap, even with N95 mask. Yesterday took a little wool duster under there, but dust is so fine, it just hung in the air. I took door off water heater, no easy task, cleaned all the dirt out of there. Turned down water temp. which has been too high for years. Found the drain spout, never have drained before, thought this would be a good time, there was only a trickle of brown crusty water, I assume when I heard the rumbling it really did burn coils out, not looking forward to having that replaced, pray it will be ok, I will never forget to turn off when it freezes again. Once it gets up to over 20 degrees, I will head under there again, I am determined to finish thawing today, no matter what it takes, want to do it early enough that I can call city for water turn off if pipes break when defrosted. My knees got trashed yesterday crawling on them, so today will wear knee pads, this is such a pain. Roxie reading you waited 2 hours for doc made me feel less alone, I really dislike waiting with a bunch of germy people, sorry you had to go through that, and proud of how you dealt with it. I laughed as I wrote that, Like hanging out with in dirt and spiders and cat kill (mouse and bird bones) is anymore fun!! at least you put a smile on my face.

I am officially exhausted!! I ended cutting the metal skirting with metal snips, then found that after removing the disgustingly dirty fiberglass insulation, the pipes don't allow enough room to fit from west side, lost a couple hours there. I have been under the trailer several times today. Went around edge and found pipes come out of ground under kitchen sink, not the bathroom sink like I thought. Took extension cord up there and plugged in lamp next to pipes. Light wouldn't go on, had to go out east side, walk around and found that had to replace extension cord, back around, back crawling, then got new cord hooked up. Tried to fit one of the oil coil type heater under there, but it is too tall, I tell you it was a lot of dirty work and no running water and I am so filthy. I am afraid to leave not knowing when water will come on or if pipe may break now heat is on it. I really want to take a shower, wash dishes, wash clothes, flush toilet, never realize how difficult life is without water, oh yeah, Tillie told us during the summer!!

Good morning :/
Foggy, frosty, freezing.
I am so physically exhausted from trying to be warm.

Diane,
all I have to say about your day is (((HUGS))).
Noticed that people around here who live in trailers/mobile homes have placed bales of straw all around the outside of the skirting to try to keep their pipes from freezing.
Wish I had remembered to do this around your home before the cold set in. (((HUGS)))

My plan for today....
the usual cat related tasks
then I will take care of me.
My hair is all dry & frizzy nasty looking so I will do moisturizing conditioners and shampoo.
My finger nails are all brittle and chipped so I will do a manicure & moisturizers.
My feet are needing a proper pedicure & moisturizing too.
But first I must warm up the house, 51 degrees inside is too cold to do anything.

Thinking warm thoughts. :D

Hi Tillie, Roxie and Dianne, nice hearing what is going on in your life.
Just looked at national weather service, they reported official low was 37 degrees below 0 yesterday morning, so no matter what I did, could not have saved the pipes from freezing, -37, that is 37 degrees below 0, over 60 degrees below freezing (32). I do not recall it ever being this cold. Ok enough computer back to work. Thanks for your comments and encouragement, tough month for me, and no dog to warm me up.

crawled like a reptile on my belly under the house today, no pipe problem yet, still frozen. I had wrapped most of pipes years ago it turns out. Some of the wrap and foam fell off. I went in on the east side and had to crawl all the way over to pipes. I am determined to figure out how to get those screws off the west side so I can get to pipes easily. Crawling all that way, knocking off spider webs all the way was pretty bad. Apparently when the big flood came last month, a groove was created where the river flowed through. I crawled the length to make sure it didn't undermine the supports, all is ok. Crawled over to where the sewer pipe froze 4 years ago, all appears well there so far. Then I shoveled snow in front and back of place. Walked down the road and got mail. Retrieved garbage can from Friday pickup.
Vacuumed floor including kitchen, not going to wash floor until have water. Sure wish I could take a shower right now. Guess I will heat some water and at least wash what I can on this dirty old body. Thank goodness I have been getting organized, I found my Lacross knee high safety rubber boots, like firemen wear, and wore them today for the first time ever, they were great under the house and while shoveling snow, they fit tight at calf so no critters can get in. I wore tall gloves that fasten tight at wrists so no bugs there, I forgot to put a mask on was the big problem under the house, nasty breathing under there, won't go without a mask again for sure. Sun is out and feels good to be out, now that feet and hands have warmed up, will go out and check pipes again, try to get screws out of skirting, and then bring in firewood. Water heater started making a rumbling noise, at first I thought it was the pipes were getting unclogged then realized it was empty water heater, I ran and turned the breaker off. Sure hope it didn't burn out the elements. A lesson to always turn off breaker switch when water is off.

Good morning :)
Last night was the coldest so far. Had to get up all night and periodically run the water.
Wanted to sleep in some but the cats were all fussing & fighting with each other. Evil beasts.

Hi Diane :)
Your wool slipper ideas sound very do-able & would be warm & comfy. :D
Hope you can stay warm today and keeping my fingers crossed about your water pipes. (((hugs)))

Hi Roxie :)
I too sleep on the couch fold out bed but I have a memory foam pad that makes it very comfortable.
Just roll it up daily when I convert the bed back into the couch.
What a shame about your doll houses. :(
My hoarder's mother had a dozen stuck in a shed. All were ruined and most all the furniture too but I was able to salvage this teeny tiny house, find all the pieces, clean it & treat the mildew, paint it and now have a lovely little house to play with.
It was depressing to have to throw away so much because it was too ruined to salvage.

Hi Dianne :)
I would be very happy and grateful to ride out this cold spell with you at your home. :D (((hugs)))
Thank you! :D After I got home from my trip I came inside and have not ventured outside since, no reason to. LOL
Many many people get stuck in the list preparing stage. Making the list sometimes seems to be the same as doing the tasks. Write up a really good list and you feel satisfied. :)
I get my satisfaction from drawing a line through the tasks as I complete them. Then at the end of the day enjoying looking at what I have accomplished by the lines through some of the items.
My lists are mostly things that I can do or not do.
Like a menu of choices that I can pick and choose from.
Keeps me from feeling like the list is making demands on me, telling me what to do & when to do it.
Sometimes I do something not written on my list but then I will jot it down and draw a line through it just to keep track of what I did today. ;)
Sounds like a beautiful winter wonderland! :D
When it isn't so cold I plan to toss all the cats out in the snow & enjoy watching them run around in it. :D

My plans for today....
already fed cats, need to scoop litter boxes, rinse & fill water & kibble bowls.
Stay inside & find something to do to amuse myself.

Everybody stay safe & stay warm. (((hugs)))

It was 16 below zero last night, wind chill of -35.
Inspite of my best efforts pipes all frozen this morning. I had heater in bathroom all night where pipes enter house, ran dryer where vent is by where pipes enter, had lamps in bathrooms and kitchen by pipes, and they are all frozen.
Have plenty of water in pans and jars, just not sure how to thaw pipes without bursting them. Guess I will start with hair dryer. Still -11 outside, think I will be stuck with frozen pipes until it warms up to freezing on Tuesday. Kept fire going.
Slept with 2 long sleeve fleece and vest. Mittens and scarf, long pants, 2 pair of sox, so did sleep, just want this to be over with already!!
Have been on Etsy and Pinterest looking and craft ideas, so creative, just love it. Great reward to myself, to just browse felted inventions. Want to try to make wool felted slippers, may give it a try. I have a pendleton wool blanket I washed in hot water, so shrunk and thick, ready to design, and would be great to keep feet warm. Looks like I draw my feet on paper, then cut out bottom, then attach top, may put fleece inside so don't itch. One thought is to cover a pair of crocs, no example of this, but seems like it would be easy and sturdy. Also will have to go out and get more wood this afternoon. Did all dishes daily knowing water would shut off after several days of -0 weather, so that is good, will heat up soup for lunch and dinner. Drinking hot coffee and herbal tea will help too. Glad your pipes are running Tillie, see you at 5 if not before

Good morning?
So bitterly cold! :(
We will be lucky if it gets up to 20 degrees here today. And with the wind blowing it is even worse.

Diane,
hope you made it safely through the night. (((hugs)))
Mobile homes are so hard to keep the pipes from freezing.

Hi Roxie :)
WTG! for keeping up with the daily maintenance! :D

I don't know where everybody has gone to. :(
Maybe they are all busy with the holiday stuff. ?

My plans for today...
Feed cats. They are all being nasty & fussing at each other.
Blaming each other for the cold and mad at me for not making the sun shine and warming up the world.
Shower sometime after I get the house warmer.
The portable radiator kept the house at 52 degrees over night so it's not too bad.
Then either sew or play with my doll house while I watch stuff on Netflix and drink cocoa & tea.
Found a teeny tiny itty bitty little broom for the doll house! :D

At 5:00pm PST I will get to chat! :D

Stay warm, stay inside if at all possible.
In a few months it will be Spring again. ;)

Thanks Tillie, yes faucets are dripping, still freezes. When I turn it on full blast it goes on for a few seconds then stops, then makes little noises then starts to trickle then starts flowing. I am trying to figure out where it is freezing. Since it runs for a few seconds before shutting off, I think it is under the deck somewhere, I have only gone under the house from the other side, but pipe is on this side, so have to figure out how to get siding off, enough to get under there. Maybe it is called skirting, the bottom part of siding.
Braved it and got wood in here to last 24 hours, heated up soup, feel better now, especially hearing from you Tillie. Thanks. Split pea sounds so yummy with the ham bone, good for you.

Hi Diane :)
WAY TO GO! doing so much even when cold & shivering!
Happy you are going to plug in additional heat.
We have to use space heaters here since we do not have any kind of furnace.
I really like the electric oil radiator and keep it in the middle of the kitchen area well out of reach of everything.
This house is so old that the original heat source was the wood cook stove but that was already gone by the time we bought the house.
Keeping the faucet slowly dripping might help keep the pipes open.
But with these extreme temperatures for the next week there may not be much we can do to prevent frozen plumbing. :(

The news keeps reporting about the homeless who have already froze to death.
I am grateful to be inside with warm soup and snuggly socks.

Brrrrrrrrrrrr It is still only 6 degrees out. Pipes keep trying to freeze, then I run water until it breaks free. Tonight will be -13 and afraid that will clinch the freeze. I have plenty of water in bottles and pans, just fear the pipes will break, somewhere I can't reach easily.
I just put last piece of wood in stove and really don't want to go out and get more, but I must. This morning I finished top 2 shelves of linen closet. Then I did the cabinet with spices and stuff in it. Took everything out, washed shelves, then put stuff back in so I can find it. Then sorted two drawers of stuff. I am cold and need to heat up some soup and have a feast to warm me up. I am also going to break down and plug in a heater, it is just too cold.
I am grateful I have plenty of wood and food. I am happy to open the linen closet and see it organized. I appreciate all the work I got done this morning inspite of cold fingers. Grateful you made it home safely and got great food Tillie. Yes, was able to order kit postage free.