Freezing My A** Off
@nanette64 (20364)
Fairfield, Texas
January 1, 2018 9:27am CST
Yeah, Happy New Year my butt. It is 22 degrees (-5.55c) and with the windchill, it's 10 degrees (-12.22c). In the middle of Texas, mind you!!! I knew I would have to bundle up and take the hammer with me in order to break up all the ice in the donkey and raccoon water tubs.
By the time I got done, I expected to be frozen in place halfway back to the house. And of course because of the cold, my spine is screaming. I don't normally turn up the heat very much even on cold days like this but I did and I still feel like a Popsicle.
The temperatures this week are suppose to go up a little but the nights are going to be like they were last night; so that means every morning this week, I'm going to be hammering ice from the water tubs for the critters. Oh such fun; I just can't wait. 
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@creativeaashish (2609)
• Kathmandu, Nepal
1 Jan 18
First of all we are not your butt!
Stay calm and warm if you are cold!
Thank you!
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
1 Jan 18
You mistook the phrase @creativeaashish . I was stating that the New Year did not start the way I wanted it to because of the extreme cold temperatures. Had I have stated that everybody at Mylot could kiss my butt; that would have been disrespectful.
@creativeaashish (2609)
• Kathmandu, Nepal
1 Jan 18
@nanette64 I am not being serious!
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
1 Jan 18
@creativeaashish Sorry about that. I guess the exclamation marks (!) threw me off. 
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
1 Jan 18
I think I'm gonna take an Aspirin, put an Icy/Hot Patch on my back, wrap my mid-section with the Tommy Copper Waist Belt and eat a lot of soup @MALUSE .
@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
1 Jan 18
@TheHorse A hot shower is what I would need but then stepping out of the shower you get a blast of cool air which sucks.
@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
2 Jan 18
Oh I'm with ya on the warming up business @dodo19 ; the sooner the better.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
1 Jan 18
Yup, same here @LadyDuck . I am not a happy camper.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
3 Jan 18
Yeah, unfortunately I found a frozen pipe that runs from the house out to where the donkeys are @just4him . I just hope it doesn't explode.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
4 Jan 18
@just4him It took 6 hours for that pipe to dethaw.
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@just4him (305221)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
4 Jan 18
@nanette64 If you can let it drip, it shouldn't. I have maintenance coming in today, they are looking for leaking pipes with all this sub zero weather we've been having, I'm sure they want to make sure there aren't any busted pipes.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
1 Jan 18
The deep freezer opened up down here as well.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
1 Jan 18
@andriaperry Yeah, here too. It's suppose to be a high of 33 but with the wind out of the NNE at 12, well, ya know.
@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
1 Jan 18
I hate cold @andriaperry . Especially when you add in the windchill.
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
1 Jan 18
@nanette64 And the wind is blowing hard here today.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
1 Jan 18
1/2 to a full inch @TheHorse . It took several blows with the hammer.
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
1 Jan 18
That is not the Texas I visited! The sun was out.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
1 Jan 18
I know right? This is weird weather for Texas @JohnRoberts .
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
1 Jan 18
Right about now, I'd definitely take a 70 @Kandae11 . Have you got one to send me? 
@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
2 Jan 18
@nanette64 The same here, and I think we both live in Northeast Texas. I've had the heat up higher than normal also. I sure all your critters appreciate it.
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