i turned on my heater. i am cold. i have been cold for three days

[seabeyond]

i dont care if it is the middle of may. i dont care that i griped about the heat in april.

it is cold.....

bbbbbrrrr

and it is rainy. i can live here with cold in may and lots of rain

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. You did the right thing, my dear seabeyond!

It doesn't matter what the season is. If you're cold, turn on the heat.

And rain is good!

[seabeyond]

3. you made me laugh calif....

that is so cute.

i told son yesterday it was cold. he was going off temperature lecturing me that really the numbers where not cold. i went to put my cold hands under his shirt on his warm body and he ran away. see.... cold.

[Electric Monk]

6. Could be circulation related

http://www.healthiertalk.com/cold-hands-warm-heart-0426

[seabeyond]

10. could be.

i am going to have to do some research. maybe a check up. thanks for the link

[Bombero1956]

2. that happened to me last week

it turns out I had strep throat.

[seabeyond]

4. ohh, that is not good. i curse strep throat. not allowed in this house. nt

[elleng]

12. sea, strep is GOOD,

that's because its IMMEDIATELY TREATABLE, doesn't hang on like the flu.

[seabeyond]

14. true that. my mom would get it.

painful.

she said once you get it, it seems to be recurring.

my son got it a couple years ago. i had always said.... NO STREP in our house, lol

and he brings it in.

he has had it like three times since.

the other three of us have never gotten it, not allowed.

actually i dont believe in the flu either. NOT allowed.

about the only thing is a cold.

hey.... you asked for this conversation, lol.

but yes, once you realize it is strep.... even though i understand it hurts so bad..... it is easily treatable.

[elleng]

23. I appreciate the conversation, sea;

reminds me of when our kids were KIDS, and I HOPED for a positive strep test! Knew she'd be done with it in 1-2 days. I got it once, I think.

BAD if not treated, but plain old 'tonsilitis' much worse as it lasts FOREVER, and forever w a miserable kid is MISERABLE!

[seabeyond]

24. ha. no way. so they have all been pulling my leg

Geeez, people make into such a deal. Here in Texas they make it into death. I had tonsilitis often as a kid and had to have tonsils removed. Lmfao. That is funny.

[elleng]

25. I had tonsilitis often as a kid too, sea,

AND the CURE was when the doc said, 'one more time, we'll have to remove your tonsils.' NEVER had it again!!!

[seabeyond]

26. lol. so true. thanks for the laugh. sheeesh. nt

[hlthe2b]

5. I live in Colorado. I can take zero degree temps and snow more than I can bone-chlling wetness

I used to feel colder in 40-50 degree wet weather in the South and East, than I almost ever do out here.

Turn on your heater. The weather can be so changeable anymore that I keep a space heater and conversely a small evaporative cooler and a fan--tucked away but readily pulled out as needed.

[seabeyond]

9. i put my space heater away for the year, lol.

only needed the heat for a couple hours. with stone house, it keeps cold in, even if not so cold out.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

7. Mr 'pede had the heat on

Chilly this morning
Frank's replaced both units within the last year or so, really cut down on cost

[seabeyond]

8. hey.... good see ya

it was, glad to hear i was not the only one.

we just did new windows last year.... we have catchin up to do. but that really helped. these windows are from 1950

[Major Nikon]

11. It was 55 degrees at my campsite in Arkansas last night

The wife brought an electric blanket (the campsite has electricity), and we had a fire.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10364759

[seabeyond]

15. posted over in photo, lol. oooops. nt

[applegrove]

13. After a mild winter we have had an unseasonably cold spring.

[seabeyond]

16. i dont see where you are.

canada, isnt it?

anyway.... it was incredibly mild here, too. then april at 100. eeew. then cold. yea.... but heater. lol. what is the ideal

[applegrove]

18. Yes. I'm in Ontario. We certainly have had weird weather these last few years. What have we done to

the planet!

[seabeyond]

20. yup. last spring and sumer were amazing and not in a good way. looks like that

has finally ended. la nina.

[pipi_k]

17. There have been years

where our pellet stove came on in June because it was so cold and damp here.

Hey, like someone else said...who cares what the calendar says...if it's cold it's cold.

One of the things that makes me crazy is seeing people running around in sandals (no socks) and shorts, etc. on very chilly late spring days. I wear socks all year long. Well maybe that's just because I have Raynauds and it creeps me out to see others with no socks because my own feet and hands are so sensitive to lower temperatures.

But especially when it's cool out.

[seabeyond]

21. yes... i want to tell them to put a jacket on.

my kids have pretty much worn me out on that one.

[MiddleFingerMom]

19. 96°F - 63°F here today. 104°F by Monday.

[seabeyond]

22. that 63 is feeling good i bet.

you guys are much worse, but last summer with 110.... it would be after midnight and just breaking 90.

i hated it.

i was telling kali, i was born and lived in az the first 9 yrs. fry eggs on the pavement. see who could stand on the sweat barefoot the longest and take sweaters with us in the summer cause the theaters were so cold.

what a hoot.

white tanks.

[becca da bakkah]

27. I Live in the California Desert, About An Hour From Palm Springs

It's been hot enough to turn on the cooler, since late April. Unusual, even for this area. We're getting July in May. Winter was mild, even though I've seen it snow here, more than once, in April. Spring was very brief....we went straight to summer.

I had the cooler on the other day, but forgot I hadn't turned off my propane heater pilot light. The inside temperature dropped enough to turn on the heater! For a brief moment I wondered if I could make rain in the middle of my living room!

[seabeyond]

28. that is funny.

It seems to have been not much of a winter for any of us. But, though I had the heat on, I do love this weather. We have lots of trees. I get to pretend I am in Washington state with this rain.

I could almost live here if it keeps up.

Lived in bishop and bakersfield.... and other places in Calif., but those two would be the most similar. Actually, az probably be closer, lol.

Stay cool.

[becca da bakkah]

29. Thanks, Seabeyond

It's actually cooled off some today, but I'm not holding my breath it will last. I was all set to take the last blanket off my bed, but then decided I needed it last night. I didn't have to turn on the cooler today, until late this afternoon. At least we're getting a cool breeze.

Who knows, tomorrow it could...snow! Send some of that rain my way....we need it badly!

[orleans]

30. hot baths have a way of warming you up.

it always works when i'm cold.