Friday, January 8, 2010

Another Wild Friday Night in Coshocton

Yes, it's another wild Friday night in Coshocton! There's five inches of snow on the ground, the air temp outside is 18 degrees but feels like 10, and another long winter's night is already upon us. So what do middle-aged missionaries serving in the Midwest do on a night like this? Put on a sweatshirt, pull-over, or heavy shirt; grab a good book; grab a warm fleece blanket (sewn by Karen of course), find a soft place to sit, and top it all off with a warm dog.

Many of you with older house may relate to "flow through" window cases. While our 70 year old house does have storm windows which help keep winter from coming in through the single pane window frames, winter freely flows in and around the window cases instead. Consequently there's always winter-fresh air circulating inside near our windows. So even though the furnace does work, on nights we don't use the fireplace, we need to dress a bit warmer even inside. It's just part of the over all plan and picture. Speaking of pictures, here we are hunkered down for the evening.

Tucker and Karen

Keith and Tanner
(This is one of the rare shots where I'm inside the house not wearing
the blue beanie my mom knitted for me!)


Yep, the excitement is nearly too much to take.

Have a great weekend!

5 comments:

lynette said...

A book, a blanket and a dog......sounds like a perfect evening to me! (without the snow and the 18 degrees)

Dwight said...

It's a good thing dogs are warm-blooded; you really wouldn't gain much reading on a cold winter evening with an iguana on you lap.

Old Codger said...

Hey Lynette, yeah, we did the book, blanket, dog activity again this afternoon. It IS nice. Temps warmed to 24 degrees today. I shoveled snow for an hour or so to clear along our curb so we can drive and park the car on the street instead of snow and ice. Snow flurries today, but no real snow predicted again until Monday.

Old Codger said...

Thanks for the tip, Dwight. That will save us time and trouble. We were just browsing Iguanas.com to find one that matched the fabric on our furniture...Instead, we'll just stick with Cocker Spaniels!

Karen said...

Hey Lynette! Without the snow and the cold temps it would be too hot to enjoy the blanket and dog! :o)