Gosh it got cold really quick! The other day we didn’t even need a jacket or sweater, today it is so cold you need hats and gloves as well as your heavy winter coat. This is the reason I have come down with this cold. When the weather goes back and forth dramatically, it make it difficult for my body to keep up. The kids tend to have the same problem as well, more so then I do actually. It isn’t often that I get sick. I just hope that it stays the way it is now and doesn’t get any worse, or I will be laid up in bed for a few days.
Summer Dreaming
This frosty weather has me day dreaming about next Spring and Summer. I like to picture creating new flower beds in my mind. It takes my mind off winter dreariness. I think I will make some new raised planters at the edge of my property line. I want a lot of rose bushes. I have been looking at my neighbor’s roses and they are so lovely. These long dark days will thankfully be replaced by long summer days where it stays light until 9pm.
I moved this year and have a new yard. I have thought about buying a hot tub or an above ground pool. I am researching how much maintenance is involved in either or both. I love the thought of a hot tub in cool weather. It would be soothing for my old bones to slip into a nice hot tub at the end of my work day. An above ground pool would be wonderful as well, but in a different way. I guess in my mind, a pool is daytime fun, while a hot tub is for evening relaxation.
My research has included learning about chemicals required, and how sturdy a pool liner is. I would prefer whichever I purchase last years, I wouldn’t want to replace it anytime soon.