Thursday, October 28, 2010

Chill Out!

The other day as I settled down to work in my living room dressed in jeans, a t-shirt, slippers, a sweatshirt, the warm hat JJ knitted, my parka with the hood pulled up, and a fleece blanket wrapped around my legs, I thought to myself: Self, perhaps it's time to winterize the house.

Actually, my first thought was that I should buy myself a pair of fingerless gloves, but then I thought about winterizing the house.

People who live in horrible places with real weather have big lists of things they need to do, from putting up storm windows to checking the insulation around the doors. My list is a little more basic than that:

  • Close the sliding glass door that opens onto the screened-in cat porch. Check.
  • Close the kitchen window. Check.
  • Close the bedroom window. I ran into some trouble there because in the months since I last closed the window (some time in Spring), the jasmine has meandered up that wall and around the window, and now I can't get the window shut. But I shut it most of the way and added another thing to my list...
  • Cut back the jasmine that is growing up the side of the house.
  • Close the bathroom window. Again, I haven't touched it in the last six months (which gives you some idea of how secure my house is) and the casement arm had rusted in the open position. I put some oil on it, and I'll try again this weekend.
  • Convince the dogs to sleep on the bed. Working on it...
  • Change the filter in the heater so when I finally cave in and turn on the central heat the house doesn't smell like burning dust.
See the hardships I have to endure!

9 comments:

JJ said...

OMG. Is it 60 degrees?

JJ said...

Also, I will knit and send you a pair of fingerless gloves. Seriously, I have been spinning up a storm and need to get rid of some of this yarn!

You know, because you might die of hypothermia.

Theresa B (of Nebulopathy) said...

It is supposed to get down to 50 (!!!) tonight. That's, like, super cold, you know?

You can knit gloves? I'm in awe. The equations necessary to put the yarn in that configuration make my head hurt.

jeff said...

liam got a pack of three pairs of gloves recently, because, um, you know, we're going to the snow, maybe, some winter. I mean this winter. Surely, soon...

Anyways, his fingers are almost as long as yours and seeing as how he won't need three pairs, I'm willing to cut off some fingers...

Theresa B (of Nebulopathy) said...

Jeff, as much as I appreciate the sacrifice, I don't see how cutting off Liam's fingers is going to make me feel warmer.

And I should report you to CPS (for promising him you would go see the snow and then counting on him to forget it, which he did, but that's beside the point.)

JJ said...

Started the fingerless gloves with bulky merino wool. It will be super warm. They are kinda pinkish, though.

Theresa B (of Nebulopathy) said...

It will all work out as long as they aren't Bedazzled...

JJ said...

Email me your address so I can get these out to you. Sadly, I don't own a Beadazzler.

Theresa B (of Nebulopathy) said...

You rock! Seriously!

(Sending my address via FB.)