HELP! HELP!! Am I going to Freeze???
 

HELP HELP!!!
I'm a Texan who has been moved to near the Canadian Border like 2 & 1/2 months ago... Ok, Eastern WA State, NEAR the Canadian Border.... and it's friggin cold already. :eek: And it's OCTOBER. O-C-T-O-B-E-R, it is in the low 50's..... every night is in the 30's this week now, and Thursday they predict 29 degrees. :snow:ROFLMAO... mama mia. In Texas they called this WINTER! Here they call it AUTUMN! They also predict "a wintry mix". I never heard a Wintry Mix til January in Texas, and even then it was an idle threat, which only occured on occasion thereby shutting an entire city of 2 Million people down. I have two measly plants I got to bring with me (just cuttings/babies actually, since the Movers wouldn't take my whole plants) and they are both succulents, a Sansivera (Snake Plant) and Aloe Vera.... these babies gotta go inside like "Now!".

Ok... so I got my long undies (silky ones), fleece vest, down vest, I already have a fleece suit for my Abbie (for those days it got that cold in Texas, and indeed it did..but like I said, for a DAY or 2!), my Shih Tzu is covered,.. she has a double coat and is built for this weather, ...etc, ad nauseum, I even got myself some snow boots that go to -40. Are the snow boots overkill? YES, probably, but.. I am a WIMP!!! I'm from the Desert Southwest! AAAH!! :eek: We only got into the 20's every now and then and only for about a few hours, .... there it was fun! Here, it is a Reality!!

Don't say "move back to Texas". No way Jose, I'm with my Hubby! ;) I go where he goes, PLUS I like it here! I get to hide my flab under heavier clothing, which is a true blessing for my ego ("My, I look good in this Parka. Rrrrrowr, I am muy sexy!") and just cuz I like cooler weather.

Plus my neighbors have a bet going when they will hear me say "its' cold!".. well it was YESTERDAY, but no one was out for me to tell. hehehe... perhaps they were cold too? ;)

HAHAHAHA !!!!!!!!!! Born in Canada - raised in Rhode Island and now in Texas I know EXACTLY What you're talking about...I do NOT miss that cold.

and yes - that IS autumn weather... so suck it up

ps - I'm in shorts and a tank top as I type this...:D the only long underwear I'm going to see this winter is in magazines

OH!! Villette!!! I thought you were a native Texan like myself. Oh, you!!! You rascal!!! Gold Durnit! LOL!! :eek:
So I have Two Prior generations of Texans in my family shaking their heads from their graves at me going "aha... see, we didn't move there for a reason". LOL!! Of course, they were all CZECH, so this type of land is what we're used to.. yeah, I'll keep telling myself that, part of my Ancestry is USED to this type of climate.... yes... yes.... ... yes.... we are snow people at heart,.. yes. (ok, let me go put on another layer now)..

OMG...I absolutely LOVED reading through your "memoir" of the autumn days! Especially since I'm from Minnesota, now living in South Carolina!! You see, I'm one of the smart ones!! ;) hehe

Trust me, it will get cold, and those boots are NOT overkill---you'll need them, honey, when you're shoveling your car out of 3 ft of snow!

Soooooo.....HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!! :D :thumbup:

I am in MI, and yes, you are going to freeeeeeeeeze. I want to move to TX :(

i also live in washington. i live in spokane by the afb. it has definatley gotten colder. i am from arizona and i dont like this cold weather either. yet i dont like to melt!! ha,ha

LOL !!!!!! You don't sound like any snow person I've ever met :rolleyes:

wait - IT HASN'T EVEN SNOWED YET....

ROFLMAO! Yes, Spokane. Maybe we can have lunch someday, before we freeze our aaaaaa--ssss's off. LOL!! :D

True! So far I like this better than melting in heat. Ask me again in.. well, I wuz gonna say ask me in the winter, but... ask me in a a.a.. couple weeks (see, I'm already studdering from the cold)...

BOOO YAH!!!! got me. :D;)

Yes, I can't wait til it snows. We have a shovel we bought at The Habitat Store for $3.00. We're Ready, Baby!!! :p

No.. really, The Habitat Store has items of great value for small dollars...

Indiana
 

I have it worse, I get the humidity, I get the rain, I get the frost, I get the snow, then I get the cold without the snow and those days look so drab.
I do have a wonderous picture window in my living room which opens to a view of a vineyard, at present were we have viewed several times wild life . such as a flock of wild turkeys not just a month ago fly past and land in my yard to feast, and several deer hop over the vines as their stag led the way to safety. Alas this scenery will soon be a memory they sold the vineyard and it will be developed into a subdivision.

Who ever said we were supposed to look good and stay warm. I want to stay warm.

You might wanna ditch that shovel and look into a snow BLOWER :p

LOL ! good advise

Myladies - considering your location - you def need the big guns and I'll be looking forward to your next update when it gets actually COLD :p

Oh boy!! I Will!!! I already told the Neighbor to have her camera ready to You Tube it when I'm out making Snow Angels like a friggin' old nut. (they say wait a few weeks, then I'll not be so happy about snow? LOL).

Yes, Villette... my husband is already in the market for a Blower. Neighbors say "neigh".. Husband says "yeah".. LOL!

Well... do you like Humidity? heheheh...

Gosh, I miss the Texas Coast in the Winter... swimming in November, turkey day be damned.... :rolleyes: