2009/01/16 0838est…
Oh Gee! Can you say: cold? … Miserably cold! Ungodly cold? Brrrr!
Get your buns in here and close the door behind you … in a hurry! Get over there by the electric logs… grab some coffee or tea…Warm up! Don’t know what you young’uns are doing out in this kind of weather. Nobody should have to go out in this kind of temp!
(Thank God, there are all the brave souls who will suffer the weather to help all of us!)
I guess I really made a splash yesterday when I wrote about the cover-alls and how cute I am in them… Got lots of helpful suggestions from my ‘friends’… lolol Oh yeah! (KK has mentioned my OMG! Factor!) lolol Can you believe that I still make her nervous after knowing her this long? According to her, she’s a little (read a lot) leery of what I might say or do! Lolol And rightfully so!
The Boss gotchad me again! Daggone him! He wrote an blog/article in CCC. Title is: Things That Go Bump In The Night! Good read and contains a little gallows humor! Well, I ventured a small lady like comment and he nailed me to the trophy wall! Gots the giggles! Lololol . Gots ta watch the Boss Man, him can be awful quick on the come back! That’s ok, tho… He knows I will get even…Again, just a matter of time! Lolol
Ok, now to yesterday afternoon! I had just finished washing my hair… Towel wrapped around head…I stood looking out the side door. Sun was out! Clear blue sky…a few white puffies AND a contrail!
Oh my gosh! One of mine! I could see him to the west of me!
Out I went… hair sopping wet… no coat… Ruh row! Would you believe it was really cold out there? Oh yeah! All of 8 degrees with a sharp wind blowing! I waved til he was out of sight! Ran back into the kitchen… took towel off and started combing the tangles out…I hear the drone of another BBSB! Out I go again! Comb in hand and still no coat!
Trust me, one cannot get a comb through frozen hair! I finally gave up on that idea! So there I stand with frozen, tangled hair… Waving for all I am worth! Lolol But I am starting to get cold…
Back into the kitchen! Grabbed a saddle blanket (same one ss before) wrapped up in it.. Back to the side porch! Waving mightily and throwing kisses! Blanket not heavy enuf to stop the breeze! I am now starting to get cold…
More BBSB’s coming over… Ran in and grabbed parka and hat… back out the door… I tried to stay sheltered from the wind by standing close to the house! That helped some but apparently not enuf. Fingers started stinging… nose was turning a lovely shade of blue!.
Well, I spent about an hour out side… waving and, I might add, getting flashed! I love getting flashed and crack up every time the guys do that! Lolol
Came back in the house to stay… Grabbed a mug of fresh coffee and headed back to the apartment. Just a chuckling to myself… happy that I had seen some of mine up there playing! (My fantasy that they are playing… air time is serious business)
That’s the fun part… the not so much fun? My legs were numb! Oh yeah! Had on paint sweat pants, which were not heavy enuf for the actual temps, let alone the wind chill! I know better but I did it anyway…
The 6 pack + 1 didn’t like the idea of being in the house while the emom was outside on the porch… In/out… out/in… Wonder if they were trying to tell me sumfin… Like get yourself back in the house, Mom; it’s cold out there!
Yes, it was cold but it did get a lot colder… Was a lovely, balmy, beach towel/bikini wear MINUS EIGHT degrees at 0700 hours this morning! Brrrr!
Let’s see… then there is the dead and now frozen raccoon outside….Short version:
Monday night… coon hunters… hound baying on hilltop across from front of house.
Tues. Raccoon comes wandering into yard trying to get home?!? Dogs attack and some are bitten…I get dogs away from critter.. At least three bitten… Critter dies (maybe adrenalin shock)… I go out and double bag!
Wed. I call game warder… no help there… Call my veterinarian… “Call health dept.”
Thurs. Call Health Dept… Environmentalist is in… put on hold… called back… gone for the day!
Fri. Call Health Dept. .. Env. Not in yet… leave message.. Rec’ve call from Env for the county. Will be out this coming Tues to pick up critter…Late Tuesday! I am hoping the weather stays cold enuf to keep it frozen…
This has not been a good week for critters… I have also bitten my tongue and sat on my hands… Cause I sure do have an opinion on this situation… Ah, me!
And here you go! The one! The only! Spudley! Holding down the covers on the bed. Making sure they, the covers, don’t get away! Lololol
And I was afraid I might be bored out here in the middle of nowhere! Right!
Later all of mine… Take care and go in safety, always! Remember to enjoy all the good times and learn to live with the not so good!
Hugs and much love… the irrepressible meems