Freezing My Glass Off!.

Minus 30 with windchill minus 40

The view from my office

Heeelloooooo,

Is anybody out there?

If only it was not about

20.000 to replace

all the windows in this 100

year old home.

Only the windows facing North are

Iced Over.

So what do we do in minus 40 weather

Well I started my day making Cookie Monsters

on my window,

then I proceeded to get a coffee,

there is no time for sipping coffee,

you have to gulp it down

if you want it warm,

a hot cup of coffee is an unknown concept

here in Frosty Land,

see no steaming coffee here,

and there is no time for reading newspapers

in the water closet,

no siree, it is get in and get out,

For fun today we see if we can see our breath

and we try to capture it on camera,

and well the dog going outside

well lets just say it is time consuming

first we have to get him dressed,

then we have to convince him to get off the couch,

then we have to tell him,

Oh your a lucky boy,

you get to go outside,

just be careful or you may freeze to a snowbank,

Oh your such a good boy,

you'' get a treat when you come in,

and all the while you know he

is thinking you go take a pee outside

if you think it is so much fun

and I will give you a treat,

I won't drool on the couch,

because I am not leaving here all day.

Lucky dog, my barking glass,

turn up the heat in here!

Oh they did, they did!

And look what one of the humans is doing today,

He is not getting out of bed or out of his pjs,

a day off, a do nothing day.

Cinner we are not moving,

in fact this is your story

leave me alone,

My fuzzy pink slippers and my flannel pjs.

and you jump into bed into flannel blankets,

but dare not roll over because flannel sticks to flannel

almost like velcro...

in case you ever need to know that.

the other thing about this old house 

is the old porcelain tub,

you can fill it with hot water,

but the tub itself never warms up

I am not joking, so no lingering baths here either,

and because the sides of me touch the sides of the tub,

the only way you can stay warm is to flop like a fish on it's side,

and well thats just more info than you need to know.

So yes living in the great White North has its difficulties,

and I know if another Canadian reads this,

I will be called a Wimp,

so just saying that will be

Mrs. Wimp to you.,

Gotta run and dive back into bed,

on my mark 1. 2. 3 ready go.

Take care

Hey give me the blanket,

get over, your freezing,

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