Kansas is too cold

As I wrote this before I left on my trip to Florida, we had a major cold spell.  Our pipes didn't freeze up over night, but only because I know the drill. When temps plunge into single digits, the curtain comes off the cabinet under the sink, to let the warmer air in the house circulate through there to the pipes.

 Of course, every time that I forget to do that, we wake up to no water in the kitchen. 

Honestly, I shouldn't be such a wimp about the cold, this has been a remarkably mild winter so far. And here I am flying off to the land of guncles and sunshine right when it is at its worst.

But I cannot get warm! And I feel like my skin is made of ancient tissue paper that is disintegrating.  No matter how much cream I slather on, no matter how many pots of water I set to simmer on the wood stove to put moisture in the air, nothing helps.

And my poor toes.  They can't remember what it feels like to be pink and warm. 

Sugarwings has had the opposite of the complaints that I've had. She wants SNOW and LOTS OF IT.  We had this little dusting of flakes and she was so happy, she couldn't wait to get out there with her dog and show her how to catch snowballs.  (While dressed in a fashionable scarf)

If this is the only snow we get, I'll be pleased as punch, myself.  Or maybe there will be enough snow to satisfy these two while I am away this week. That would be ideal. They get to chase snowflakes while I soak up some sunshine, and we are all happy.

I plan on returning from my time in the South with a much better attitude, once my toes have been reaquainted with sandals and sun.   My plan is to soak up enough rays of light to get me through the rest of this dismal time of year.  And to remind myself that for some odd reason, I do enjoy living in Kansas.  

Boy, am I glad to be getting a break from it right now, though.