First taste of Winter

[Mortblanc]

It always takes me a bit of time to acclimate to the onset of winter.

My spell checker is telling me acclimate is not a word. We use the form acclimatize over here.

Anyway, I spent the entire day attempting to bring the temp up to the normal mark inside the house and never hit it using the "normal" heating on call. I was not willing to bring out all of the emergency heating devices just to jump up that last 2-3 degrees.

More layers you say!

I did try that, but at my age it is the extremities that stay cold forever. You look at the thermometer and it says normal, but your fingers and toes are still numb with cold.

If things run to normal the next cold snap will not affect me like this and I will not notice that the 15-16 degree inside temp is a bit chilly. It just takes me a bit to get used to the change.