It went down to -6 C last night... Winter arriveth. (Yes, I know I made that word up, but it does follow the rules for Old English ;)
This winter I'm going to make sure that all the windows have proper, heavy-duty curtains on them. I got a pair of blackout curtains from Canadian Tire (on sale, woot!) this past summer, and they made a world of difference keeping out the heat. I'm also noticing that they trap the cold air nicely against the glass. I get the feeling that if I put them in the basement (walkout basement with acres of glass thanks to a passive solar design) that it will make the temperature much more habitable down there this year. Things might heat up okay during the day, but at night it's downright cold. Also, it's time for the yearly trip to the hardware store
for large plastic sheets packaged up as 'winterizing kits', and
attaching them to my big windows. It's a bit of a job, but it works
great.
This year I'm buying myself an electric heater that looks like a small wood stove. Since I'm never going to get a real one, I guess I can use my imagination and pretend... There's only so many wool socks you can put on and still fit inside your shearling slippers, and fingerless gloves are nice and all, but they're hard to type in and my fingers *still* get cold.
That basement room is going to be comfy, darn it. I'm tired of freezing my buns off.
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