THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, January 21, 2010
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by lorrie Baird
ian females may have But this was a project be that’s because I man- handle all over the place
parkas on their backs but full of firsts…as in work- aged to roll more paint (there goes my neatness
Apparently my hus- they have sandals on their ing with a team of men. on my sneakers than the record). Somehow I man-
band’s retirement has feet because not even a re- At first they didn’t know wall; I broke the all-time aged to walk in it and in
ushered in the next ice cord cold snap is going to what to do with me. So neatness record for cut- the process branded the
age. Six months into re- keep them from flashing rug with a perfect outline
tirement the weather went their pedicures and ankle of my sneakers. I spent a
loco wherever we traveled bracelets.
So what do you do when it’s
half hour cleaning up the
and it hasn’t been the I am not one of them.
freezing cold in Florida and
mess. It was a humbling
same since. Here in sunny My feet haven’t seen a pair
Florida it was 32 degrees of sandals in a month. I
ice skating on the pool is
experience.
Tomorrow we leave for
this morning, which is sincerely regret throw-
not an option?
two weeks volunteer work
a big improvement from ing away my Uggs when with Habitat for Human-
yesterday when it plum- we moved into the RV. ity. While volunteering is
meted to the low 20s. Ev- My fur-lined moccasins a good way to stay warm,
ery night we hear the birds haven’t left my feet before I got to pull off painter’s ting in paint right along it’s a good thing that vol-
shivering in the trees. The the weather went south tape and vacuum a lot with the all-time slowness unteerism doesn’t call on
turkey vultures are hav- around here…I mean… for which I received high record; (at least that’s the qualified, but in time,
ing a field day feasting on north. When we wake up marks. But when it came what they told me). The qualifies the called. I just
the tropical fish that have to these frosty mornings I to putting paint on walls I last five minutes of my need to give it more time.
gone belly up in the ice get momentarily confused had to work hard to gain a last day I managed to
rimmed pond. My aunt as to where we are; icicles measure of respect. May- squirt paint from a roller
has been a Floridian for 20 hanging from Spanish
years and in all that time moss just isn’t natural.
she’s never seen such an So what do you do when
extended cold snap. it’s freezing cold in Florida
It was waiting for us to and ice skating on the
arrive. pool is not an option? It’s
This is our third year too cold to play golf with-
wintering in the south out your fingers fusing to
and I’ve got to think that the clubs. Bicycling isn’t
it’s true when people say a smart choice because
that your blood thins out. of the wind chill. Besides,
When we lived in NH a cycling in a snow suit
35-degree day was a Jan- doesn’t cut it. And you
uary thaw. Here, brawny can rent just so many
men wear mittens and Yu- movies before becoming
kon Jack hats and women catatonic.
refuse to come out of hi- As for me, I decided to
bernation until it hits 70. beat the cold by volun-
Anything stronger than a teering to paint at our
10-mph breeze has people local church. After put-
clutching their coats to ting in well over 200 vol-
their chests and leaning unteer hours painting for
into the wind. Habitat, you’d think I’d be
One thing hasn’t changed good at it by now.
with the cold snap. Florid- You’d think.
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