4 posts tagged “cold”
Sure, I've been sick for a week and a half now with a cold that is holding on like a pit bull. And swine flu has hit the kids' school (not my kids luckily). But there are the graces in life that make it all ok.
I have to confess, one of the reasons I didn't want Steve to go off snowboarding with his friends this weekend was our bed. I love our bed, our big fluffly featherbed topped with our fluffy down comforter. However, in the winter, climbing into it is like climbing into a bucket of ice. Sure it warms up after a bit, but my bones just ache thinking about climbing into that cold bed.
Most nights, I'm a brat and I straggle behind Steve to make sure he's in bed first, ensuring it's nice and warmed up by time I climb into bed. Then I put my cold feet on his nice warm legs to warm them up and it's all good. Makes for an awesome night's sleep.
So here I was, dreading going to bed last night. Seriously, I started thinking about how cold the bed was going to be. I began to wish for an electric blanket. Something, anything to warm up the bed before I had to climb in. When Steve isn't here, I curl up into a ball in a feeble attempt to stay warm. I end up achy and in pain by time the alarm goes off the next morning. Then I had an epiphany. I would take the quilt we use when we watch tv, throw it in the dryer for a bit, then put it under the covers to warm up the bed.
It worked. It was ridiculously warm and cozy. It may have been a little bit of work, but worth it and cheaper than buying an electric blanket!
Let me just say, I don't like it. The only one I may have gotten was Cori's "Christmas Story" quote. But I can't be sure because Jamie already got it. I didn't recognize one on Kelly's list. I'm really bad at the whole movie quote thing.
Then it's back to my life as a stay at home mom. Just the extra 45 minutes sleep in the morning is going to feel like a luxury. I might celebrate by driving the kids to school in my pajamas. With my luck, the teacher I'm subbing for wouldn't make it back and the principal would run out to ask me to fill in. Heh.
- Potty training. Seriously, I don't remember it being this hard. But the 3 yr old boy did go 4 times today, so I'm not doing so bad.
- Stinking cold coming on. I hope this is as bad as it gets. I just wanted to lay down in the middle of class and go to sleep today.
- Cold weather. Seriously cold weather. I can't take the kids out to the playground in this. They are so antsy. I'm going to scour the bookshelves to see if I have anymore books that might keep them busy.
- I'm at my highest weight in 2 years. I can't seem to get the scale to stay put. It's not even Thanksgiving yet! Ugh.
- Sure, I say this every week, but Steve is just awesome and I love him. Last night, he stopped on the way to the store to pick me up fresh basil and fancy cheese for my soup. And he never complains. He's so good.
- Just 3 more days. It's going to be weird after a month of "working" but I'll glad to be going back to my old life.
- Delicious soup, need I say more?
- "The Pursuit of Holiness" by Jerry Bridges. Seriously, this book is just so awesome. Sure it's kicking my butt, but it's a good kind of buttkicking. The kind every Christian needs.
- Upcoming concerts. We're going to see Ingrid Michaelson next Tuesday. We almost bought tickets to go see "They Might Be Giants" perform their album, "Flood" in it's entirety next Friday, but we have company in town all weekend. I think we are also going to go see Griffin House in a week or so.
- Cookies. Although, this might be the reason for the last thing I loathe.
- Thanksgiving. Sure it's going to be a lot of working, having it here, but it's so worth being surrounded by my family.
