It was only 7 degrees when I got up this morning–even colder than the 10-degrees it’s averaged for the rest of the week–and with the scant inch of snow on the ground, it feels even colder. This is going to make our weekend blast of snow that much more fun!

 Don’t get me wrong. I actually like snow, and Chappy adores it. Here’s a picture from last winter to prove it. He had a glorious time romping in snow that was deeper than his shoulders. I love the crusty-old-man eyebrows, after he’d been burrowing his head into the snow. We had tons of fun until we came inside and had to deal with the snow-pantaloons. 

 Can you believe the amount of snow that can cake onto a medium-sized dog’s legs? And of course that means he tracks it around the house. Katy used to have the same problem, but she would sit down and just look miserable (”Mommy, help!”) and I’d take her upstairs to blow with the blow-dryer–which neither of us enjoyed. Chappy, being a boy and not so concerned with grooming, just sits down and starts tearing the snowballs from his fur with his teeth. He eats some of them (because, ALL snow is fun!), but the others . . . when they melt into lots of tiny puddles on the floor, they leave little tufts of Chappy fur (known in our family as “dust-puppies”) to waft around the house until I pull out the vacuum.

Anyway, I’m sitting here at work, freezing. My office is right near the front door, and–especially in the morning–the door opens and closes a lot as people arrive for the day, as deliveries get made, stuff like that. But I don’t get cold that easily, and usually there’s no problem, at least not after about 9:15. Today, though, I’m cold. And the one big difference I can think of between today and the rest of the week (almost equally cold outside) is that today I’m wearing a fleece hoodie from JJill rather than one of my handknits-with-wool. A coincidence? I don’t think so! (Mind you, I love this hoodie, have it in two colors, and it is usually very warm–but it is only a synthetic after all.)

Tomorrow is Cast-On Day for the Pi-shawl knit-along, and I spent most of last night looking through lace patterns for mine. No spinning, no knitting, but lots of planning for knitting. I just hope the snow holds off long enough to hit the coffee shop for something luscious tomorrow…

So . . . bracing for snow

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