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<\/a>I live in an older mobile home that has lots of “issues,”\u00a0 including a persnickety central heating unit.\u00a0 It hasn’t turned on since last Thursday or Friday.\u00a0 I can hear it trying<\/strong><\/em> to come on, but it keeps giving an error code for “Ignition Failure.”\u00a0 \u00a0Yes, the landlord is aware and will be working with his HVAC guy to work on a better solution, but he has brought me a couple of milkhouse-style heaters.\u00a0 They work okay, and I have both bedrooms closed off to consolidate whatever heat I have into the living room, kitchen, and bathroom, but the poor insulation combined with the current Arctic Blast, I am always cold anyway, currently huddled under a heavy fleece-lined blanket.<\/p>\nI am grateful that ERCOT has kept the power grid alive this time, but until this cold moves on and the threat of freezing temperatures is gone, I’m not even trying to work this week.<\/p>\n
I’m sure many of you are familiar with stitch holders, like these:<\/p>\n
I have several of various sizes. I’m not one for fancy stylish shawl pins, but these stitch holders work a charm to hold a scarf in place.\u00a0 The tips are blunt enough to not pose a poking problem and wide enough to do a brilliant job of holding scarf ends together.<\/p>\n I suppose I could line the front bar with a variety of doodads and dangly beaded stitch markers, but I’m not that posh.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Anyway, wherever you are, I hope you are warm, dry, and safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Okay, so it’s Tuesday, January 21, and literally freezing in Texas.\u00a0 \u00a0Currently it is 28\u00baF\/-2.222 \u00baC and we have actual snow this morning. Here’s how it looked when I got up around 4:00 this morning.\u00a0 I’m pretty sure there will be more later in the day as the snow won’t be ending until late-morning. I … Continue reading Our Arctic Blast in Texas<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n