Anal Annie
at least I KNOW I'm a kook...I just can't help it
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Katie! You live in a Winter Wonderland!
How was the party?
DH went to his last season home skins game today....wind is picking up....we are supposed to have a wind chill of ZERO by tomorrow morning!
Better him than me out there! 
I went down to the basement & got into the ski clothes bin...dug out one of those snuggle things you put around your neck but can pull up over your face so he could take that. Figured once it gets dark he might want that. I would anyway! 
Sent him with "hotties" for all of them (handwarmers & toe warmers). I love those toe warmers. I cannot find them in a value size box tho like I can the handwarmers. They say NOT to use them in your ski boots when you are breaking them in...'cuz they will make a depression in the boot as it molds to fit you....but OH are they toasty when it's COLD. I might have to try putting them on TOP of my foot. We'll see. 
I think I will try w/o them but will have them in a pocket if I get cold so I can put them on. Anyway, DO NOT ENVY DH today!
DH gave me one of my Xmas presents last night. I am sick of watching the darned Blue Jays root around in all of the birdseed to pick out what they want. They make such a mess digging for whatever it is they want and they empty the feeder in 2 days and the feed is too expensive for them to waste it all. I had gotten a cone thing to put on the pole and we moved the feeder away from the trees so the squirrels couldn't get it...but now the Blue Jays are wasting all of it. I had been trying to get DH to go out & build me a little platform under the feeder to catch some of the feed...but he found a thing at the Wild Bird Center store that is a mesh screen built into this wooden frame JUST FOR THIS purpose. Well, I guess it's sort of a feeder too...but it's a seed catcher in my book!!
He put it out on the pole for me yesterday while I took DS to swimming and put a bow on it. He gave it to me early so I would stop nagging him about building this platform.
My feeder now looks sorta like it belongs in a trailer park what with the platform right on top of this cone - kind of a lot going on. But I am hopeful this will help preserve some of the seed for the Cardinals & Chickadees.
How was the party?DH went to his last season home skins game today....wind is picking up....we are supposed to have a wind chill of ZERO by tomorrow morning!
Better him than me out there! I went down to the basement & got into the ski clothes bin...dug out one of those snuggle things you put around your neck but can pull up over your face so he could take that. Figured once it gets dark he might want that. I would anyway! Sent him with "hotties" for all of them (handwarmers & toe warmers). I love those toe warmers. I cannot find them in a value size box tho like I can the handwarmers. They say NOT to use them in your ski boots when you are breaking them in...'cuz they will make a depression in the boot as it molds to fit you....but OH are they toasty when it's COLD. I might have to try putting them on TOP of my foot. We'll see. I think I will try w/o them but will have them in a pocket if I get cold so I can put them on. Anyway, DO NOT ENVY DH today!DH gave me one of my Xmas presents last night. I am sick of watching the darned Blue Jays root around in all of the birdseed to pick out what they want. They make such a mess digging for whatever it is they want and they empty the feeder in 2 days and the feed is too expensive for them to waste it all. I had gotten a cone thing to put on the pole and we moved the feeder away from the trees so the squirrels couldn't get it...but now the Blue Jays are wasting all of it. I had been trying to get DH to go out & build me a little platform under the feeder to catch some of the feed...but he found a thing at the Wild Bird Center store that is a mesh screen built into this wooden frame JUST FOR THIS purpose. Well, I guess it's sort of a feeder too...but it's a seed catcher in my book!!
He put it out on the pole for me yesterday while I took DS to swimming and put a bow on it. He gave it to me early so I would stop nagging him about building this platform. My feeder now looks sorta like it belongs in a trailer park what with the platform right on top of this cone - kind of a lot going on. But I am hopeful this will help preserve some of the seed for the Cardinals & Chickadees.
(50) by Xmas!
I can't even dig my freakin car out. 
Its killing me because work is slow today and I could get so much done if I could get out. Of course who knows what the roads are like once I would get out on them, but still. ARGH!
Is Anne out there sunbathing?
It is SO freaking cold up here right now. Freeze your ears off cold. Can't wait for Wednesdays warm up.
I closed all the blinds & shades to add extra insulation on the windows but I feel like I'm in a cocoon not being able to see out. Must open a couple a couple here & there now that the sun is coming up.
Now I have to obsess over the forecast for the next couple of days.
