I've blogged in the past and just haven't blogged in quite a while and want to get in the habit of writing more often. Writing in many types of genres... and also sign up for some online writing courses...

Hope everyone is keeping warm.

ALSO THAT NOT A SOUL'S PIPES ARE BURSTING (YES THAT'S HAPPENING AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING SEPTIC TANK GAS INSIDE THEIR HOUSES FROM THE COLD, ICK!) THERE IS NOTHING WORSE THAN THIS COLD COUPLED WITH EITHER FIRE OR WATER...I PRAY EVERY NIGHT FOR FIREMEN IN THIS COLD.

This cold has shown me a couple things with my stroke that I hadn't realized. I may finally be sleeping pretty normally (I think going thru a fast menopause may have also been the culprit, I seem to be done with the 1am's wake-ups- I hope!),but I sure have not gotten used to the cold. If my feet get cold that's it. It takes FOREVER for my feet to warm up(my 17lb maine black person cat likes to sit on my feet when I type when my feet are on HER STOOL, so it works for me and her) THAT is another reason why I hate going out on winter nights. NOT just the night driving but the idea of this coldness. I have always hated getting back into a cold car (before stroke)and I go way out of my way to avoid doing anything at night unless DH is going and then I make him go start the car when its cold. Heck, he snomobiles so he loves cold weather. Not me! I admit I like being warm. Being cold somehow makes me feel insecure, that I will have car trouble, another accident, just do not want to have to be out in the cold on the side of a road especially at night most of all! I like being warm and secure and in my jami's by 7. What a turtle for 47! What can I say I've learn my likes and dislikes for winter nights--doesn't sound abnormal to me in a mid-west winter that people say on the radio is colder than antartica! GOSH DO I HOPE THAT'S NOT ACCURATE! I love Chicago in the spring, summer and fall and I like winter just as long as I can see it from my window! Good night! :big_grin: