Global Warming my....um....foot!

If there is one thing I can't stand....it is being cold. I guess winter has finally decided to set in this week, and I am super bummed!



I know most of you are thinking...don't you live in FL?? Well, yes and no. I live in the northern part of FL, and the highest elevation point in the state (a couple hundred feet). But, because I am a very short distance to our neighbor in the north...I like to think of this area as Southern Alabama. Would anyone even believe that it drops into the teens during the months of January & February!?!? Sad, but true.



My husband and I have sort of an agreement. I won't turn turn the air above 75 in the summer (even though I cheat while he is gone & turn it up to 78), and he won't turn it below 72 in the winter. You might think this is backwards, but I freeze all year round. I have always had this problem, and it seems like I can't get warm the past few days. My husband sits around in his underwear while I am in sweats (with a layer underneath), thick socks, slippers, all the while cuddled underneath a blanket with the thermostat @ 72 degrees.



My only comfort as I walk outside to scrap the ice off my windshield is passing by the Elaeagnus bushes by my front door. This is a great shrub that blooms in the winter (I know, its weird), and the smell reminds me of the tuberose, pikake & plumerias in HI.

Here are some pix of my one bright light in the cold darkness that is winter.

I tell Eric constantly...'if you love me, we will move back to Hawaii.'

Here's wishing!!!