Yesterday it was 58 degrees. And yes, we went for a walk. I wore my 3/4 length pants and a long sleeve knit top. The wind was from the south, and on the way back (when we were going north), I got a bit warm.
Today our high will be 16. Gah!
I ordered yarn from WEBS to make myself a sweater. Something that would be warm but not too nice to wear at home (yes, I have issues). Cascade Eco+. They emailed me this weekend, saying that they only had four skeins in one dyelot – did I want to wait two or three weeks for them to get more in? I told them to send what they have – I’m cold, and the yarn is for more than one project anyway.
I’m going to make a Celtic Tote to carry my music in when I play for church, and Brooklyntweed’s Hemlock Ring Blanket to keep my lap warm while I’m wearing my sweater. Seriously. The tote should take one skein. The blanket should take one and a half, and the sweater should take two and a half. [Details all over on Ravelry, if you’re a member. If you’re not, you probably don’t care anyway.]
It’s strange, though. When I’m cold, it’s always in the evening. It’s like, the boys go to bed, and then I’m cold. I’m wearing the same clothes I wore all day. And I wasn’t cold all day. But the boys go to bed, I sit down on the couch to work (which I do during the day, too), and I’m cold. [Because the sun isn’t shining in, keeping the living room warm, perhaps?]
Then, at night, I’m freezing. I put all these extra blankets on the bed. Steve even suggested getting an electric blanket just to warm up the bed before I get in it (though I never liked sleeping under blankets with wires in them). When Joey gets up before 2 a.m., I’m freezing cold. I sit there and shiver while I feed him. And sometimes I put him back in bed before he thinks he’s done eating because I just can’t stand it anymore. Which he doesn’t like.
When he wakes up after 2 a.m., though, I’m fine. Same clothes, same house, thermostat on the same setting. It’s like I have to be in bed under all those blankets and next to my warm log [aka Steve – he loves being called that] for a certain amount of time before my core body temperature gets back up, and then I’m fine. I can get up in the morning, sit on the couch and work, wearing the same clothes I wore the evening before, and I’m not cold at all.
What is with that?
Right now the wind is howling. It was howling when I was up with Joey at 4 a.m. My legs are a little chilly, but otherwise I’m fine. That Hemlock Ring Blanket would feel good right now. But it’s somewhere between Massachusetts and Illinois (I’ve ordered from WEBS enough to know the route my yarn takes via UPS), and when it does arrive, assembly will be required.
I am so tired of being cold.
I’m the same way…come evening I’m freezing, even if I’ve been in the house all day at the same temp. and with the same clothes on. I’m also cold when I get up in the morning, but a hot shower seems to take care of that. I’m tired of winter, now…bring on spring!
I got two things for Christmas that I especially enjoy – my new, soft housecoat that is wonderfully warm and my electric blanket. I just absolutely love getting in a cozy, warm bed. When I have to get up at night, it is warm when I crawl back in. Even Dad enjoys it, and he is the reason we haven’t had it all of these years. I always told him if he dies, the first thing I was going to do was buy an electric blanket! Oh, the luxury of it all! I think you would enjoy one more than you could ever imagine. There is just something about actually being warm for once that is sooooooo nice.
Yeah, Mom, I knew you would LOVE that housecoat! Hehe. Tana, you might also consider getting a heated mattress cover. They make them with “his and her” sides, then you wouldn’t have the wires over you in the blanket. I had some friends that had one, and it was WONDERFUL.
I just remember Grandma Hagele’s electric blankets being stiff and having wires sticking out and laying there wondering if it was going to get some short in it and catch on fire and burn me up even when it wasn’t plugged in…