Thank you all for your expressions of awe and sympathy after my last post. It is still unbelievably fucking cold. I have left the house exactly once since Sunday to take Elliot to preschool. Tomorrow I will dare to leave again for the very same reason. After all, why should I go outside when I can experience all the ice and snow right inside my very own house?
Exhibit A: Apparently I need a new door. The evil ice has invaded underneath and onto the adjacent wall.
Exhibit B: That would be the corner of my LIVING ROOM that is next to the entry way. There is nothing like watching television while your toes slowly die.
Exhibit C: On the second floor of my house I have new windows. Not so much on the main floor, as you can see from this picture taken inside my dining room. And right underneath all of my windows are hardwood floors that are just dying to be ruined when all of this ice melts.
Ah, the perils of living in a 60-year-old house in Alberta. When I bought the house I thought it was ever so charming. Now, I’m wishing that I didn’t have proof to confirm the stereotype that all of us up here live in igloos.
During the cold snap, I have also discovered the following:
- My offspring are certifiably insane. Arlo enjoys improvising games that involve wrestling with or throwing his mittens. When walking to the car dressed in so many layers that we could neither properly walk or see, Elliot scoffed at my dire warnings by declaring, “See mama? I told you it’s not cold!”
- My car will not allow me to lock it while it’s running. I thought I was so smart arming myself with two sets of keys, but sadly its safety/anti-dumbass features foiled my plans. I was so elated that it even started that I didn’t care if some bum took it for a joy ride.
- I really should reconsider my love of the four seasons and look into moving to the tropics.
- Extreme weather blogging is so boring.
And with that, I’m out. Join me next time when I have actual content.
We have the same ice forming in the corners here too and my house is only 30 years old. Luckily though, we have that plastic sheeting on the windows, which cuts down the ice over on the windows.
You probably don’t need a new door, its just fucking cold!
The weather was just so absolutely terrible here today. I mean, it was FREEZING. I think the high was all of 30 degrees or something.
*ducks*
(I just figured maybe if you started throwing stuff at me, all the moving around would help you warm up.)
This is why my mom emigrated from your fair country, methinks
Wow, I thought that we’re cold in North Idaho. Time to read a warm book with your kids. Try Armadillo Rodeo by Jan Brett, it takes place in nice warm Texas.
http://www.WondersomeStoryTime.com
If you use your key in the driver side door once its shut it should lock it.
I think.
Hello sis. Ever thought of getting an energy audit done? The government covers half the cost of the inspection and they’ll cover up to $5000 in eligible renovations once done. The guys doing it in your area are Edmonton Property Inspections, ATCO EnergySense, AmeriSpec of Canada, and VerdaTech Energy Management. Just a thought.
Wow.
My husband’s favorite line is “water is the enemy of the house”. I think he would plotz if he saw those pictures.
My Prius won’t let me lock it whilst the keys are inside either.
Not just if it is running. If I have the keys near the car while one of the doors is open, it won’t lock. BAH!
AAAH! The computer logged me in as Tony! BAH!
I figure you know it’s me anyway from the massive amount of CAPITALS and BAH!
“Don’t worry. Be Happy! Yeah Right!!!
I like the cold, but that is a bit much for even me. I think I’d stock up on groceries and then stay inside until that shit all melts!
I am so sorry for you! I will never complain (who am I kidding, of course I will) about our 10 degree cold weather again.
I think you deserve a winter getaway to the equator or something.
Keep warm!
Unbelievable!
The ice on the inside is killing me.
OMG.
Okay, that is ridiculous!!
We have four wonderful seasons here in Virginia. Really. You should consider visiting.
I can’t believe those pictures! They remind me of that movie “The Day After Tomorrow”–definitely NOT a flick to pop in the DVD player when you’re freezing cold.
My husband remembers in his old house in the ‘hood that the blankets on his bed used to stick to the wall when it was really cold…yikes!!
Where the fuck do you live and more importantly WHY?
That is just CRAZY!
You have a friend in Texas if you want to move here.
We’re liberal Democrats here in Austin.
And it’s usually freakishly warm, even in the Summer.
My daughter has started to ask to go to the beach. I think she’s onto something.
We get some of that stuff around our windows and door frames too. On paper a 100 year old house in northern Minnesota sounds charming and cute. In real life (in on paper in our heating bills) it’s somewhat less enchanting. Hang in there, winter will only last another three months or so. *sob*
Oh my goodness, Andi! Not only do you get to enjoy it outside, you get to enjoy the ice inside.
It’s supposed to snow 4-6 inches here tonight (I don’t know what that is on the metric system), but I suspect that I’ll be stuck in this two bedroom 1970’s apartment for quite a while.
And that’s why I will never live there. I hibernate at 25*. I cannot imagine ice in the house.
Weather blogging might be boring, but if you have the pictures to go with it… wow. I actually like winter (kind of) but I don’t know if I could handle it creeping into every crack in my house, I’d feel like maybe it was going to crawl into my bed when I was sleeping.
This post is just what I need to combat the lingering old-house regret I’ve been harbouring since we decided to build.
Cah-ray-zee!
Oh, as you well know, we here in Winnipeg are freezing at -47 the other night. I am constantly amazed the car even starts, even MORE amazed that *I* actually start in the mornings too!
Oh, and I use The Club to secure the car while it warms, which takes about 15 minutes before I even dare back it up down the driveway. The inside warms up, well, never. But at least the beast gets me to work and back home again. Poor thing.
Hope for the both of us that it warms up a bit at least, soon.
Holy Ice Cap! That is absurd!
Automatic car starter perhaps? You know, so you can warm the car up before you race to the airport to catch you flight to the ‘Islands’?
Gack! I can’t imagine!
Your brother is such a geek!
Those are the best winter pictures I’ve seen this season. Wow.