today marks the day of our FIRST REAL SNOW!! no there is NO snow on the ground... but there is a PILE of snow in the air!! ( I'm hoping the snow and the ground can reach an agreement before long!) ___________________ IN OTHER NEWS: the LONG STORY So the other night (one of the coldest nights we've had in a LONG time here in PA) I went to bed at 9:00 - don't even ask what's up with that INSANELY early time!
I woke up at about 4:00 A.M. shaking SEMI-violently partly CUz I"m weird but mostly because I was suddenly VERY chilled! however, being the kind of person who doens't just get out of bed for nothing, so I snuggle in a little more and go right back to my beautiful sleep! :) I was rudely awakened once again at about 8:00 a.m. and this time I was REALLY REALLY chilled! I could not for the LIFE of me figure out why my house had turned into a FREEZER! So, I checked the thermostat upstairs 63 DEGREES!!.. ( for those of u who are Celcious ppl... thats VERY COLD!) I was like "AH! what the world!" - so I crank it! Making my way downstairs to see if the same problem was there... I made it half way down the stairs and I FROZE! literally, by the time I got to the bottom of the stairs I could feel cold air coming out of the carpet and floors I might as well have been outside I immediately checked the thermostat downstairs 50!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FIFTY DEGREES! (for those of you Celcius ppl.. that is VERY VERY VERY COLD!) I ran back upstairs at lightening speed and put on ALL the warmest clothes I could find than i went back downstiard to see what the WORLD was wrong with my house!
as I rounded the corner I saw my FRONT DOOR was standing WIDE OPEN!.. and I mean WIDE OPEN!!.. and I had locked it the night before! my first thought was BEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! however... there was no big furry animal sitting at my kitchen table or sleeping on my couch so.... __________________ BOTTOM LINE - I must not have closed the door tight when I locked it - it was windy at about 10:30 p.m. that night - the wind blew the door open and turned my house into a very large freezer and wiat for it I COUGHT A MOUSE IN MY TRAP!!! sad to say I don't think its the one I wanted but hey... I GOT HIM! ha ha! |