I turned the heat on yesterday. It never goes on before November 1st, and I usually try to hold out for longer, but, hey, I was cold!
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Sue - Nov 02, 2014 6:09:59 am PST #9483 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Steph L. - Nov 02, 2014 6:12:14 am PST #9484 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Butt warmers - I was forewarned that if you didn't know what was going on, you might think you were peeing.
Ahahaha, yes! It's very disconcerting. We had them in the car we drove to the beach this year (it had lower-back warmers, too), and while you might not think July at the beach is a good time for the butt warmer, that's a long drive and my back gets annoyed, so I just turned on the butt warmer and cranked up the a/c, and it was perfect.
Sue - Nov 02, 2014 6:34:31 am PST #9485 of 30000
hip deep in pie
Inspired by all the grilled cheese talk here, and the terrible weather outside, tonight's Dinner and Downton meal is homemade tomato soup and sort of fancy grilled cheese.
-t - Nov 02, 2014 6:53:01 am PST #9486 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Nice.
Pix - Nov 02, 2014 6:53:50 am PST #9487 of 30000
The status is NOT quo.
My mom never turned the heat on in our Connecticut house unless she couldn't bear it. The living room was warm because of the fireplace (metal enclosed, not open) but the rest of the house was frigid. So as a result I am a total delicate flower who can't handle anything under 68. In fact, our California bungalow is so damned drafty and poorly insulated that I usually have to turn it even higher in order to maintain some level of warmth. We turned our heat on for the first time during the rainstorm on Halloween; mock me if you must, but it made me very happy. And the cats? Oh yeah. We have floor vents, and there's pretty much a cat on every vent.
Pix - Nov 02, 2014 6:53:52 am PST #9488 of 30000
The status is NOT quo.
Oops. Didn't need to be said twice.
Steph L. - Nov 02, 2014 6:57:14 am PST #9489 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
It's grilled cheese on bread, just not a sandwich -- yesterday I look the last of a baguette I had, split it, and then sliced some white cheddar with pumpkin and put it on the baguette and ran it under the broiler. SO GOOD.
Maria - Nov 02, 2014 7:13:45 am PST #9490 of 30000
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Quick question: I have not gotten to the house in Frederick to turn on the heat yet. Tonight there is a freeze warning. How much trouble will I be in if the heat is not on?
Burrell - Nov 02, 2014 7:18:06 am PST #9491 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Our California bungalow is not only drafty, it has neither central heat nor air, and it is mostly uninsulated. There's usually only a 5-10% difference between inside and outside the house. I can handle the too hot house in the summer waaaay better than the house that's 40-50 degrees in the evenings.
shrift - Nov 02, 2014 7:20:16 am PST #9492 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I made a big pot of chicken noodle soup yesterday, so I shouldn't need to cook anything today, but now I kinda want to.
Maybe after I hit the grocery store and Toys R Us for an Elsa tutu dress. We're having a combined birthday party for Niece 1 & Niece 2 this coming weekend and I'm trying to get the rest of my shopping done this afternoon.
I also get to have my performance review on Friday right before I leave for the weekend. If it's awful, at least I don't have to be at work the rest of the day?