stumpy77 that polar vortex is pretty mean!  Besides long pants I suspect you will need a shirt and jacket.

 

 

 

Naturally, with January weather in full force here the heat in the master bedroom died last night!  What timing!  The HVAC maintenance firm came by a bit after 12 noon today and got it fixed.  I hope the fix is long term.  When I woke up this morning the bedroom was just 54°. We do not have the heat up all that high at night, but it is higher than 54!

 

 

it was so cold that I decided I needed an extra hour of sleep.   That's what our bedroom was, too, but actually pretty close to normal.  at least in December.  But both DW and I like to be snuggled under flannel sheets and fleece.

 

deez4boyz all right somebody explain to me why women take so long to pack?    I manage that feat in about an hour tops, really tops.  What are you all thinking, doing for all that time?  My DW is the same way.  We have a trip coming up and she plans to start packing nearly a week in advance!  A week!!    I do not get it.

 

Twocat - are you really sure you want an answer to that question?????

Feeling a little less freaked out -- have everything lined up ready to go in my bags.   I mostly want to make sure I have what I want for my Isagenix nutrition, contacts and glasses, and my running clothes, sneakers, fuel belt etc -- don't want to have to buy something new to run a marathon in!!

No run today - rest day, and boy did that hot tub feel great last night!!

well, am forwarding info to a potential buyer for my store..........

funny how The Ego gets involved when you have to justify 30-years of business.ironcially,

I was thinking of which independently owned store in town I would GIVE the business to, .

when the call came in

>>>>>>>tet ain't the Only Old Hippie around here<<<<<<<<

Tom - kind of like running, or doing anything, for 30-plus years and, then, all-of-a-sudden, having to admit you can't much anymore. However, you’ll get more money if you include yourself in the sale of your pharmacy, . . . just do like my GS does: when it happens, just say, “just joking.”   Are you gunna go somewhere warm?
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Me too sal. It actually wasn’t that bad all bundled up once in the windless minus 36 below I experienced in erika-land in those days.  However, cold/cold, damp/damp air in a stiff breeze boring right into the bone made for my PR cold when I was one of the few spectators to venture out at plus 15-degrees in February 1980 to watch the Olympic Torch coming through Arlington, Virginia.  In fact, there were so few spectators, I did something totally stupid quite unlike me and ran out alongside the torchbearer for a while and then asked if I could carry it a little ways too.  She was so cold and willing handed it to me for a couple of blocks, . . . until the handler looked back from the torch van and motioned me to move back to the curb.  I still amazed, and grateful, I didn’t slip and fall down.

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Have a happy SW vacation wildchild.  Any barefoot beaches on the agenda

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twocat - you could add tossing water out the window to watch it crystalize or plastic bags breaking when they're dropped, . . . but it's true.