So this is cold

I was checking the temperature today (as I do frequently these days) and waiting for it to raise above the 1.5 degrees it was - ok it was 4.5 but with the wind-chill it was officially 1.5. I waited until 2 pm, it got to 1.7 degrees. There was work that had to be done in the vineyard before 8 am tomorrow, so I sucked it up and headed out. Lets just say, that even with my 15 layers, IT WAS BLOODY COLD. But I got the work done.

I'm really not used to this weather. It is freezing. No quite literally. I was driving home from grocery shopping - there is not other type in this neck of the woods..... and it snowed on my windscreen. This was exciting as I don't think I have ever been in the drivers seat when it has been snowing before. However the fact that it didn't settle and was just pain COLD diminished the excitement factor immensely and immediately. I lite a fire when I got home, but thanks to a cold chimney and bloody cold weather I could only get the (ONE!) room I was trying to heat, up to 10 degrees. But once you start on the fire option over the heater option you have to stick with it....

So I can quiet easily say I have been cold. Maybe - one average for 3 days - as cold as I have ever been. Everywhere else has decent insulation, but Dad's getting plans for the new house, so this one... well lets just say it isn't Thailand.

I remember why I try to avoid winters.