I know, I know... I said I wasn't going to bring it up again, but it was -11 degrees F. this morning when I woke up! Coldest morning so far but the temps are supposed to get back to normal by Sunday.
I started thinking about living back on Palms Road, before we built the pole barn/garage. The little house was on a rise on the east side of the road. West and lower than us, on the other side of Palms Road, was Mr. Dupee's ranch-style house and behind that, farm fields. So, nothing blocked the wind!
When it was cold like this, I would put a 100-watt light bulb under the hood of my truck, next to the battery and pray it would start at 5:00 AM when I had to leave for work. And, there was also a light bulb in the well house to prevent it from freezing. In contrast to my life then, I've got it pretty easy, now.
I checked at 11:00 AM, when I was getting ready to leave for lunch and it had "warmed" up to -8. I had planned on stopping at the Home Depot for a few things I need, but decided it was too damn cold. They can wait!
We never did get to our predicted high of 8 degrees in Redford. We were at 6 degrees when I headed home, banging on that drum. I treated the cats and went back in the garage (which, I might point out must be well insulated, as the water on the floor still was not frozen) to grab some tools for tonight. Once back in the warmth, I changed clothes.
I waited and watched the news until the weather report. -5 tonight with a high of 17 degrees F. tomorrow (sounds positively balmy)! There's a slight problem with snow though: a predicted 2-4 inches here and more north of me.
So, I took some "before" pictures for the Blog of this weekend's project: putting up the trim and painting the downstairs bathroom. Then I did a little prep work. I took off the door and removed one hinge (the existing ones are rusty and have old paint on them). Next I carefully removed the old trim around the inside of the door and pulled out all the finish nails. Finally, I removed the old toilet paper holder (again, it has old paint on it).
I'll just replace the hinges but try and save the chrome toilet paper holder. I also have to replace both light switches and two plugs (they are cream and I need white).
So, it was getting late now and I'm hungry. So I made another salad and ate some of the leftover broccoli and sausage pasta. I started watching the Friday Night Fights, but fell asleep before they ended at 11:00 PM.
The kids' district closed the schools because of the cold. I said, "cold, bah, in my day they didn't close the schools until at least one kid had frozen to death!"
ReplyDeleteJoe was quick to point out that this was the sort of policies that encouraged homicides in my generation. "Hey, yeah, I want school off and I don't like Jim Bob, so ..."
Be a good day to clean your oven.
ReplyDeleteRE: "I took some “before” pictures for the Blog of this weekend’s project: putting up the trim and painting the downstairs bathroom." so....are you using the "Cavatelle" or "Rotelle" for trim???
ReplyDelete@ Amer - I never post the "Before" pictures until I can put them next to the "After" ones. Otherwise, you wouldn't get the "Wow" factor.
ReplyDeleteYou probably wouldn't beleive it, but a lot of thinking goes into this silly
The Rotelle would look FABULOUS with his shocking pink walls!
ReplyDeleteTo CaptainK:
ReplyDeleteYou are right!None of us loyal readers would have believed you really put any time or thought into this blog,!
LMAO!!!