December, January, February, March Attire

It's taken me a while to adjust to the weather here.

After five years in SA and four and a half in FL, my blood is pretty well thinned out.

I actually enjoy 90 plus degree weather especially when it's humid.  

I won't complain about the snow.  I love sitting next to the fire.

When we told the kids on Saturday that they were predicting 

more snow this week they replied, "Again?!?"  

I think we are getting all the snow this winter 

that we've missed over the last nine years.

We've lost count.

The ice and I had a run in our first day in the new house.. 

I came away with a scraped knee,

and quickly learned to avoid the sidewalks.

I'd just hide inside all day, but we have a dog.

This is the first house that we've had no fence at all 

and I've had to take take a "walking Sally" shift.  

Part of the reason I agreed to adopt a dog was to force myself to take daily walks.

Now, nine years latter, I am finally having to do more than open the back door.

I am being super nice, too, by taking the 7AM shift so the kiddies can sleep in a little.

Meaning that I usually get the coldest shift, too.  

It's taken me a while to discover what I need to keep warm on my shift.

Until a week ago, when I finally started wearing two pairs of gloves,

 my hands were still freezing. 

I started out wearing a coat and gloves over my regular clothes.  

Some days I wasn't sure I'd make it all the way around the block.  

It was so cold!

Then I started wearing a hoodie, and Wendy's leather coat.  

That was better, but the wind was whistling through my pants and around my ears.

I decided to buy some of those valour pants.  

Once I doubled those up and knitted myself a scarf 

to wear with my hat over my hoodie I was finally on my way to being warm.

The weather warmed up from 14 degrees to 24 and I saw for the first

time a neighbor while out on my walk.  

You'll never guess what THEY were wearing:

 workout pants and t-shirt.

I tried to console myself a couple weeks later when 

I saw a pair ladies out walking dressed more like me.  

They are probably not much more than 20 years older than me.  

I not sure how much further they walk than I do.  

I plan to start walking 45 minutes a day instead of 25 - 

once the weather warms up a bit.

On days like today, when it's 36 and snowing, 

it doesn't seem like I am as over dressed as it does 

when it's 24 and sunny.  How is that?

Here is the kicker - to make sure I keep up my walking routine through

the snow, rain and sleet - we are adopting a puppy this summer.

I have a friend that's offered to give me one of her mini beagle puppies.

I had to make a deal with Mike to get him to agree.  

He gets a kitten.

So much more fun than a treadmill.

J