Hi Sara

 

I came down here at 8 to check in but I'm trying to write for an hour a day so I did that first.  I actually only lasted 40 minutes of writing but then I re-read what I wrote and messed around a little.

 

I'm going to start a Wednesday thread.  I was sorely tempted to go back to bed.  We went to bed early (before 8) and the kids were snoozing by 8:30 since I let them sleep on the floor by the bed so there was no real messing around other than some Christmas discussion that I would tell them to stop and then I'd join in, making it hard for them to stop when I was talking too!  But they did fall asleep pretty quickly.  I didn't fall asleep 'til about 9:30.  Despite my hot flashes all day I was freezing cold in bed.  I'm having a hard time lately controlling my temperature!  The freezing thing started after I gave birth to Chane and has happened off and on through the years but lately it's been worse than ever, probably because the house isn't so warm to begin with.  But it comes from within so it's not just the house.  This time instead of being miserable I got up and added even more blankets which helped a little.  When it happens it's like I have ice water in my veins.  It used to just last about 10 minutes but I guess because I'm legitimately cold due to the coolness of the house, it's been dragging on and on lately.  It's hard to add a blanket when it happens because any air touching me whatsoever feels like icy wind blowing over damp pjs.  Boy do I have issues :-)

 

Anyway I got enough sleep but was still tempted to go back to bed.  I'm glad I came down here - I think I will be okay now that I've been up 3 hours.  I need to take a sinus pill and get a shower - that will help even more.  I added 2 degrees to my thermostat so it's 68 now instead of 66.  That is in the hallway though - it's actually colder elsewhere.  My hallway where the thermostat is heats up faster so the temp on the thermostat is not the real house temp.  I meant to say that to you the other day - your new house may have the thermostat placed in a spot that gets warm fast so it cuts off the heat before the rest of the house is warm.  That plus the lack of carpeting would definitely do it!  I know I need to weatherproof too - there are doors in my house where I can actually see sunlight coming through - uh, not good.  Not to mention my window seals that are broken.  Hopefully if we get the curtains all done in the playroom next week that will help block some cold coming in.  I remember before the addition that covering our old French doors that opened up from the dining room into the back yard changed the temperature in the kitchen and dining room dramatically.  And they were just thin calico homemade curtains.  I bet if I ever get around to weatherpoofing really well it would cut down on the dust around here too!

 

Going to start a Wednesday thread.  Sorry to hear about your cold.  Hopefully you won't get a headache today too.