Even the hot water is cold.
It's taking about 1 minute to warm up the tap water in the kitchen and bathroom, and I don't want Sebastian to step into a freezing cold shower when he has to take his shower for school, so when the alarm goes off at 6am and I get up to use the bathroom before waking him, I'll turn on the shower to get it warmed up and ready for him.
The water is seriously cold coming out of the faucets.
Our hot water heater isn't inside the house, it's in a closet in the carport, like where we keep the lawn mower and and outdoor junk, so the water tank is super cold from the cold weather we're having.
That's Carmine kitty up there.
He's sound asleep on 1 of our quilts, and Sebastian covered him up in my baby blanket.
About an hour or so later I went to check on Sebastian because he's got a cold and not feeling well, and I found that Carmine had rolled around and got himself all curled up in the blanket.
It was just too cute so I had to take a picture.
I pet him and he started purring wicked loud, I know that he's happy to be inside at night.
He goes in and out all day long, and at night when you open the door and call his name, he comes running to get back in the house because he's so cold.
He gets in, runs straight for the food bowl, gets a drink, and then he finds a blanket to curl up on to try and get warm.
When he came in tonight, he laid right in front of the portable heater for about an hour, his fur was so hot, I thought to myself how could he stand it, but I guess after being outside all day long in the chilly weather, it was exactly what he needed.
But yeah, both Sebastian and Mark have colds, they are coughing, sneezing, and just plain miserable.
Sebastian had a bit of a fever before bed, so I don't even know if he's going to be able to go to school tomorrow.
The school has rules about fevers, if you have one, stay home.
That's just great huh?
He's perfectly healthy and fine for the entire Christmas vacation, and he ends up catching a wicked cold the weekend before he has to back to school.
Ugh.
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I can't believe how cold it is down there! Our friends, the Duffys (Dan was the JP who married Mike and me in Maine almost 10 years ago), winter down in Florida. As soon as Christmas is over, they drive down there, stopping overnight wherever. Anyhoo, Dan's wife, Danielle, who is on Facebook, said that they just got there yesterday, and that it's almost as cold as it was in Maine when they left! I think they stay in the Fort Myers area, because when March comes, they go to Red Sox Spring Training games and such.
Up here, we expect cold, that's why we have our hot water heaters indoors, ours is in the basement. People who build homes in Florida never expected it to ever get so cold there.
Carmine is so cute! He looks so sweet and innocent when he's asleep.
Hope Mark & Sebastian feel better soon!
Posted by: Christine | January 5, 2010 3:38 AM
I am running out of warm clothes for Katie LOL! We will need to get more long sleeve shirts for her today. Chris wants to get some gloves and and ski mask for when he is working. I never expected for Florida to get this cold but we will deal with it. The real sucky part of this whole cold snap is that my car is over heating but if I put the A/C on, it doesn't. How weird is that?! So I literally freeze while driving to my customers houses in the mornings. Geesh! I guess it's a good thing I am from Ohio. My blood is still use to it. LOL!
Posted by: Mindy | January 5, 2010 1:17 PM
I saw your comment about your cats on that other blog and wanted to thank you. You obviously love them a lot and Carmine is just adorable. I've never had an orange cat but have always wanted one.
Posted by: Robin | January 7, 2010 8:02 AM