Weather Dull Gray

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Ah, weather. It’s not “cold” but it feels a tad chilly in the house, with the weather the way it is. Currently it’s overcast and usually raining –drippy or steady or pouring (since sometime in the middle of the night.) I’d love to have a fire in the fireplace, not a huge hot one, but a little nice putt putt one (for a little extra warmth, with the major plus being the “emotional warmth” a fire brings, so cheery and bright.)

I wrote above that “I’d love to have a fire” going –but I can’t. I have a few larger pieces of wood in the house, they are ‘seasoned’ but not to my standards of preference, they are hard to burn without a very hot fire going with a ‘ton’ of embers glowing to keep it going. Everything else is outside. Yes, out in the rainy weather. If I had kindling in the house it would be easier to try a fire, but all the kindling is definitely soaked through with no hope of sun to dry it out anytime today. The “logs” are on the side of the house, sort of, probably protected a bit, but overall maybe not much. I’m pretty sure most of them are very wet from this rain today, and since that whole load is from the same place, not seasoned to my preference, mostly all are difficult to burn without really well seasoned things and kindling galore to keep a hot fire going to steam out the water and burn the wood. :rolleyes: All in all, too much to consider doing with rain saturated kindling, and the main wood for burning being what it is already and with the added rain, nixing the whole affair.

The temperature outside is around 60 degrees F. Not cold at all. It just “feels” worse in the house. Sort of drafty chilly, and probably too dry, and no sunshine outside, no blue sky, just gray, gray, gray, dull. It’s the kind of day, this WINTER (yes I can actually consider it Winter now, it is officially since yesterday, Dec. 21. 🙂 ) on which temps outside vary greatly day to day, and with the lesser degree of daylight, dull gray skies are really that, and having to have lights on all day in the house, ugh [yes I am a crazy lover of firelight, candlelight, lamplight. Not electrical light.]

It’s supposed to not rain tomorrow, “they” say. Maybe some sun later on tomorrow too. Sunday and Monday, the actual “holiday” days, it’s supposed to rain again. Bah, Humbug. I want dry wood.

I’ve tried to keep the boys bringing wood upstairs and also stocking it down in the basement, enough for a couple of days or three this month. It’s not been that cold lately, so I slacked off on bugging them to do it (it’s a lot of work to bug them enough to get it done) and now I’m paying the price, no dry wood today.

Our Christmas tree is undressed still. Waiting for the lights. Somehow my good lights are not to be found. So DH went to Home Depot yesterday to get some, and came home with three boxes of “50 light” strands. 🙁 That’s not enough. That’s the only type of white mini lights they had, he said, but he’s not the tree guy, I’ve been the light and tree lady all along, and so I can’t fault his picking of what he did. He’s learning though, and that’s pure pleasure for me. I’m giving this job up and going to make sure others can do it from now on, put on the lights, that is.

Having a lighted, decorated tree in here would be nice too, the lights on it would be electric lights, sure, but they are different from the big bulbs that we use to light rooms, they give a wonderful glow to things, without the “interior house lights” on.

I hope to get these things straightened out today. DH is out getting milk right now. When he gets back perhaps the lights can go on, and more gotten and gotten on, and the boys and he can find some drier wood outside, and hopefully we can have a decorated tree and a fireplace fire on Christmas Eve/Christmas Day. FWIW it would be nice.




2 responses to “Weather Dull Gray”

  1. Becky Johnson Avatar
    Becky Johnson

    We had a surprise snowy landscape to wake up to this morning on Dec 23 in the Puget Sound area of Washington. This evening it is still there in most grassy areas and some frozen slushy stuff on parts of roads and our porch and steps. It will probably still be there in the morning as it is freezing, but I don’t know if it will be there till the 25th. It would be neat if it did, but around here, a white Christmas is rather rare. The temps are nearing the 40s during the day but mostly hovering in the 30s, so there is a chance of it. That is a nice touch and makes it seem more like Christmas, and makes the inside more cozy.

  2. Maisy Avatar

    Your “weather” conditions sound so nice for Christmas! We are staying warm here, outside. The chill has vacated and don’t know if we will even want to try a fire on Christmas morn.

    Often for us it is nice and chilly or frosty for Christmas, snow on Christmas is always unlikely, it does snow in this area, usually in January or February, and if it does snow it doesn’t last long most times be it December, January, or any other month.

    We get cold snaps that are deep and last three or more days, sometimes two or so days. Those are either dry, or ice storms. I’d love an ice storm for Christmas. It’s a bad thing for power lines and trees, but looks as Wintry Wonderland as one could wish for, and everything shuts down as if it was a holiday. As I said about the snow, this ususally only occurs in Jan. or Feb.

    We are supposed to have rain tonight, and lows will be in the mid-40’s, so no ice overnight for Christmas. It’ll be sunny with clouds thickening today, and up to 64, so quite warm. Christmas Day they are promising some rain, at least cloudy and cooler, just looking for a high of 50. At least it’s cooler and sort of “Christmas-like” –a change from warm, warm, rain, cloudy, some sun. FWIW

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