We have no insulation and no central heating. The house is cold as fuck from November to February. I survive with a space heater in my room, lots of throws around the house, and warm socks.
These girls have the most beautiful dresses. And so do I -- how about that?
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Burrell - Oct 24, 2013 8:50:44 pm PDT #10051 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Consuela - Oct 24, 2013 8:56:44 pm PDT #10052 of 30000
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
warm socks
Indeed. I'm very grateful I live in the time of warm relatively inexpensive merino wool socks. So much more comfortable than the rag wool socks I would sometimes get when I was younger, and so much warmer than the cotton sweat socks of old, as well...
Burrell, I'm thinking about it (Nano). I would need to figure out something to write, which is kind of an issue.
Strix - Oct 24, 2013 9:01:04 pm PDT #10053 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I'm thinking about Nano too. I have an idea and characters that have been percolating in my head. I just don't want to put too much pressure on myself, since I'm slowwwwllyy working on getting out of the depresso utter lack of energy and motivation.
Atropa - Oct 24, 2013 9:04:25 pm PDT #10054 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
My goal is to be revising my first draft while everyone else I know is doing NaNoWriMo.
Burrell - Oct 24, 2013 9:13:42 pm PDT #10055 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I have about 10 or so pages. It may not even make it to a novel length, I'm not sure. But I'm writing so I'll take what I can get.
Strix - Oct 24, 2013 9:21:49 pm PDT #10056 of 30000
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Just write. Something's better than nothing.
Trudy Booth - Oct 24, 2013 11:41:51 pm PDT #10057 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
We're on the second floor of a six floor building with steam heat, so it can get pretty warm in the winter and we end up cracking a window.
Yeah, its weird, but it keeps our skin nice.
Beverly - Oct 25, 2013 12:57:02 am PDT #10058 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
When we were on the third floor, military housing in Nurnberg, the rads went full blast from October through April, and we had to keep a window or two cracked, too. I miss those views, actually.
I do keep an electric oil-filled rad in the back corner of my bathroom. It's set very low, but that's a chilly corner. It's also where the toilet is, and I can put up with a lot, but I've made do with outhouses and now, up with an icy toilet seat I will not put.
Calli - Oct 25, 2013 1:04:08 am PDT #10059 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I have the heat set to come on when it drops below 63 or so. I'm not proud. I also have throws on every piece of soft furniture, as well as a snuggley cat. I just love feeling cool and cuddling up under things. My apartment is below another unit, which makes for some good insulation above. But I have little faith in the R value of the walls and windows.
hippocampus - Oct 25, 2013 2:04:18 am PDT #10060 of 30000
not your mom's socks.
Ginger, I would read the heck out of that blog.
I am fighting the sads this week because of a bunch of dumb things and my brain sees fit to deliver a series of dreams where DH leaves (on a trip; on a boat; on purpose). Not on, brain.
I'm doing nano to do a huge rewrite on something because if I don't fix it now, I don't know when I will. Always glad to have more people to cheer for.