I know I may have said, each year, that I was not going to complain about the cold weather.
That is just not going to happen, I have to write, to relieve my stress.
Use to smoke cigs, and drink too much, now I write.
Therefore I smell wonderful, have no hangovers, and am at peace in my writing.
Will you ever be a part of my story, sure. Will it always be nice, good chance, maybe not.
I collect thoughts, words and events from my life, and purge at a whim.
Just keeping you in the loop, so you can be aware of your good behavior.
Now......back to the title post.
If it is near 70 degrees, I have a sweater on. Inching towards 60 degrees, I'm an inside cat!!
40,30,20 you will just see my eyes, from under a blanket, carried with me, from room to room.
I can not get warm.
My beloved has tried to teach me, to layer clothes. The other day, my scarf got wrapped around the washer agitator, while trying to put clothes in dryer . It is not safe to have this many clothes on!!
I was going up the basement stairs, where I paint ( no one can paint, with the burden of sweaters and socks) with this huge blanket, and was stepping on it all the way up!! Trying to be careful, not wanting another new hip!! I gave that blanket to Lucy the Lab, she had her eyes on it for weeks.
My nose is cold, my ears are cold, my hands are cold, and trust me, I have enough meat on me to make a good sandwich, I should be warm.
If I increase the heat, my eyes dry up and I can't blink, and my nose bleeds. I have all kinds of cute humidifiers, that are running or I have not found, plus our furnace has humidity coming out also, as per Mr. Heater Man, the beloved, who sits behind me, as I type!!
You see Dr. Bill, the hubs, is from Buffalo, New York, he is dressed like a L.L. Bean catalog, layer upon layer!! I don't even wear a coat, it is like an albatross, I would rather stay inside. I think I may have some bear DNA in me, hibernating until you are hungry or a reasonable temperature, works for me.
You can not cook, or get dressed to go out to eat in cold weather, what do you do with the coats!! Seat belts nearly choke you in a tee-shirt and jeans, throw a big parka on and you are asking for the air bag, to take you out!! (long run on, I know!)
AND people, puffy coats and jackets look horrible on every human. Hoods look horrible, most sweaters are itchy, and lipstick does not improve the winter look!!!
I think Christmas decorations look just as nice, in 88 degrees or higher. Oh Holy Night can be sung by the pool or beach, and the smell of suntan lotion works all year round!! ( Just ask Bobbi Brown, Beach fragrance)
It is gray and empty looking in Atlanta today, and not yet too cold. (Not true, it is too cold for me, but maybe not you, 55 ish)
I tell my darling Bill, that I feel waves of grief and sadness pass over me, daily this time of year.
He said, it is probably the Holidays!!
The hell it is, I love Christmas, it is cold weather. It is not normal. Have you seen any pretty people in Alaska?? NO, you can not look cute, or act sweet in cold weather, period!!!
Then he said, something to the effect, that I look cute. ( I think that may have been a mirage, or wishful thinking on my part)
OR he was hinting that maybe he would like some lunch??
Now you know, that is not happening in the summer, surely not in my blanketed state!! I will give him half of whatever I have, that is like fixing him something, right??
Thank goodness, we are both loving, independent people. We just have polar opposite ideas of winter,
maybe polar opposite all things, but it works!!
In all kinds of weather, love wins!!
Stay warm, and be sweet people, in this climate of hatred and change.
Baby Jesus in the manger, he was swaddled in the manger, he had a good mom.
Blanketed and Holy, Merry Christmas.
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