Weather

It's a sad, sad thing when 20 degrees starts to feel warm---compared to the last few days of single digits. When we woke up on Saturday morning, it was 6 degrees outside. By yesterday, our kitchen sink pipes had started to freeze because they're on an outside wall; despite our best efforts to keep the water running, keep the cabinets open, heating the room, etc., the cold water slowed to a trickle. But now it's back...at least for now. We need to get the condo manager to do something about that one.

Also in the single-digit temperatures on Saturday morning, we got a flat tire. We called AAA and sat there for a very long time waiting for them, though that was much better than changing a tire in that weather! Not that we could have anyway; it turned out that we don't have any tools in the trunk. Whoops! So we had an unexpected major expense last weekend, too---we replaced all 4 tires at once. The traction on snow is much better now, thankfully.

One sort of amusing thing that happened this week was that downtown by the train station the wind took my hat right off my head, and sent it sailing for almost a block. I would've given it up for lost, except that it got stuck on a fire hydrant (after skipping through a puddle), so I went and got it. I'm very picky about hats, so I'm glad I don't have to buy another one!

Living in IKEA

It's been a while since I made regular trips to IKEA; I can safely say that we have plenty of furniture by now. Maybe too much, even. But I'm still a fan, even though I haven't been there in a while. And I couldn't pass this up: a guy who convinced an IKEA store to let him live there for 6 days while his apartment was being fumigated. This is also the same guy who visited all 171 Starbucks in Manhattan in one day. I think he's a comedian/filmmaker/performance artist/etc., so this will probably buy IKEA some free publicity, as if it needed it.

The videos are hilarious, by the way.

Mental lapse of the day...

This all happened in a matter of a few seconds, but I got a huge laugh (at myself) out of it:

In the kitchen at work, I reached up to get a mug out of the cabinet, then reached down to fill it with water in the sink. I noticed I was starting to get very wet, then looked down to see I was holding the mug upside-down. HA!!! Note to self, always make sure the cup is right side up when filling with water. Or, in general, watch what you're doing. :)

Have a great day, and don't forget to laugh at yourself!