This is How Cold it Is in Chicago
I wore fleece-lined jeans, my fleece jacket, my husband's fleece jacket, his L.L.Bean down coat (rated to something like 300 below zero), his fleece-lined earflap hat, and lined boots to walk the dog. (See, my daughters, I am an equal-opportunity borrower of my family's clothes. I have this habit of wearing their coats, too.) And I was starting to get cold after about 3/4 of a block.
The downstairs part of the house wouldn't warm up to more than 61 degrees for several hours after the heat went down for the night.
My brilliant idea: jury-rigging coverings over the many windows in my old house. In the living room 13 (it's a sunroom and living room) and dining room (3). No draperies, but instead levelors to let the sun and outside in. Not so helpful when the temperature is below zero several days in a row. I nailed three nails into the molding above the windows in the living room and dining room. Then strung twine from nail to nail. Clothes-pinned quilts and embroidered tablecloths to the lines. Martha Stewart, look out.
The downstairs part of the house wouldn't warm up to more than 61 degrees for several hours after the heat went down for the night.
My brilliant idea: jury-rigging coverings over the many windows in my old house. In the living room 13 (it's a sunroom and living room) and dining room (3). No draperies, but instead levelors to let the sun and outside in. Not so helpful when the temperature is below zero several days in a row. I nailed three nails into the molding above the windows in the living room and dining room. Then strung twine from nail to nail. Clothes-pinned quilts and embroidered tablecloths to the lines. Martha Stewart, look out.
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