Winter Warmth 2

Along with those wood stoves, we also have a lot of these floating around to keep these non-central heating homes warm.

Even as I am typing this, I have one sitting next to my desk.

I type....

I reach over to warm up my frozen hands...

I type some more...

I reach over to warm up my frozen hands...

I type...

You get the picture.

Only problem with these bad boys are that they run off of electricity. So if the electricity goes off or if it is weak (yes, we have very unstable electricity here) then we can't use them. 

Luckily, this isn't the usual case.

First Snow 2012

First snow of the season and for 2012. 

It started snowing a lot last night then kinda slowed down. So last night I went to bed in our warm cozy little apartment just happy to have a little snow. This morning, however, I was somewhat surprised to see how much we had gotten.

Also, don't be alarmed by the bars in this picture. We live on the ground level, and they are just precautionary.  I had just woken up and my eyes, well, they were still somewhat sensitive to any sort of light. I was too lazy, somewhat tired, and too cold to put on proper outside clothes and to unlock outside door. So I basically (and most likely with one eye shut trying to minimize the much brighter sunlight than what is showing in the pictures) just took the picture through the kitchen window.  It was the fastest and easiest compromise that got me back in my cozy warm bed faster. 

Winter Warmth 1

The wood stoves have been lit in the office!

I am one happy person!

It also means half of my face is really hot all the time...