Jan 23, 2014
No End In Sight?
I guess this is the time of year when it's easy to get tired of winter and look longingly for spring. Maybe that's why I'm writing this blog of complaint. My mom says we're becoming weather wimps and I think she's right.
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Our thermometer is down around -30 this morning with something of a wind chill. I don't really want to know. We've been in the deep freeze up here for about two months, I'm ready for some nicer weather. Oh, we have sun, thankfully, and every couple of weeks an unusually warm day. Tomorrow the high is supposed to be 31 and that's above zero! Then more bitter cold. I am grateful for the reprieve. By the end of the month the forecast is for highs in the teens and I guess I can look forward to that.
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This morning it's comfort food-French Breakfast Muffins.
After baking, leave the oven door open and stand above it. So nice and warm. This is the type of weather that has me using the dryer and circulating all of the exhaust back into the basement. I'll take heat anyway that I can get it. :)
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Well, the woodstove is going, the propane furnace is going and I'm going to finish up this muffin and tea and get ready to do chores.
Stay warm.
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Jan 23, 2014
No End In Sight?
I guess this is the time of year when it's easy to get tired of winter and look longingly for spring. Maybe that's why I'm writing this blog of complaint. My mom says we're becoming weather wimps and I think she's right.
*
Our thermometer is down around -30 this morning with something of a wind chill. I don't really want to know. We've been in the deep freeze up here for about two months, I'm ready for some nicer weather. Oh, we have sun, thankfully, and every couple of weeks an unusually warm day. Tomorrow the high is supposed to be 31 and that's above zero! Then more bitter cold. I am grateful for the reprieve. By the end of the month the forecast is for highs in the teens and I guess I can look forward to that.
*
This morning it's comfort food-French Breakfast Muffins.
After baking, leave the oven door open and stand above it. So nice and warm. This is the type of weather that has me using the dryer and circulating all of the exhaust back into the basement. I'll take heat anyway that I can get it. :)
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Well, the woodstove is going, the propane furnace is going and I'm going to finish up this muffin and tea and get ready to do chores.
Stay warm.
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Mama Pea said...
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Sorry to side with your mom, but I do think we up here in northern Minnesota have become very complacent (and wimpy) because of the past many years of mild winters. What we're getting this year is more like what the early settlers to the area dealt with. Whenever I have to come in to thaw frozen toes and fingers (and nose) I think about the better insulation for houses we have, the choices of heating systems, the excellent clothing and boots we have available.
But, dang, you are so right. I'm baking more just so I can stand by that warm oven (!) and actually trying to use the clothes dryer more since the exhaust hose runs through our crawl space and I figure if I can heat that up a little, it's a good thing! -
January 23, 2014 at 11:09 AM
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affectioknit said...
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It's been a pretty chilly and snowy winter here in WV too...not like ND a couple of years ago...but I think people here are not used to that kind of cold...
~Have a lovely day! -
January 25, 2014 at 10:57 AM
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Beth said...
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Mmm those sugar muffins look soooo good! I'm going to have to put in a request for those next time I come home :)
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January 29, 2014 at 7:53 PM
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Sorry to side with your mom, but I do think we up here in northern Minnesota have become very complacent (and wimpy) because of the past many years of mild winters. What we're getting this year is more like what the early settlers to the area dealt with. Whenever I have to come in to thaw frozen toes and fingers (and nose) I think about the better insulation for houses we have, the choices of heating systems, the excellent clothing and boots we have available.
But, dang, you are so right. I'm baking more just so I can stand by that warm oven (!) and actually trying to use the clothes dryer more since the exhaust hose runs through our crawl space and I figure if I can heat that up a little, it's a good thing!
It's been a pretty chilly and snowy winter here in WV too...not like ND a couple of years ago...but I think people here are not used to that kind of cold...
~Have a lovely day!
Mmm those sugar muffins look soooo good! I'm going to have to put in a request for those next time I come home :)
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