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Frigid

There's cold, and then there's the cold that takes your breath away when you breathe in too deeply.

We've got that right now. Clear, blue skies, and frigid cold temps. There's just enough warmth in the sun to cause the enormous icicles that have formed along our roof to break off, sort of a mini calving like you'd see in the Antarctic when an iceberg cleaves. And loud, a big CRACK! happens, and then Whump! it hits the ground.

The governor just issued a state of emergency for the entire state. And asked all of us to lower our thermostats ten degrees! Right. So, if we're having issues keeping pipes unfrozen with normal range furnace use, what's going to happen when/if we drop that range ten degrees? That's the difference between liquid and frozen water. Ten degrees doesn't sound like a lot, but it is.

And I'm pretty sure she's not going to have her staff lower her thermostat by the ten degrees she's proposed, then put on her silk long undies and her sheepskin slippers and trot around the Governor's mansion in extra layers. I just don't see that happening.

It's supposed to warm a little tomorrow, by a few degrees, which should help. It doesn't take much, it really doesn't, to go from I can't feel my cheeks cold to be sure to wear a heavy coat cold.

And our office? It's charming. It's old. It's ridiculously inefficiently heated/cooled, like most are, so when the temps get extreme, it's unlivable. Our staff is all working from home today, and probably will tomorrow just so nobody loses a toe. Or nose tip. Or fingers.

I'm ready for spring now. And a nice, cheerful pedi. With flips..cool, pretty flips.

Right now? It's thermal shirt, big sweater, sweats, big socks, sheepskin slippers.

That there, my friends, is deep winter sexy.

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  1. Yikes! Ten degrees is a lot. Especially when it's the degrees between not frozen and frozen. Sending you heat wishes!

    I'm aching for spring as well. Fun colors! Sandals! Sun!

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  2. LG Thanks so much! We're beginning a relative warming trend today which should help, but honestly, warm sun is in order!

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