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Things to do on a cold morning

Drink coffee
Vacuum: it puts out a lot of hot air!
Laundry: the dryer generates a lot of heat.
Bake (duh)
Running the self-cleaning cycle on the oven.
Take a hot shower, and close the drain. You’ll be standing in a warm bath and the cold bathroom will warm up much faster than if you let all that nice [...]

In which I think I’m cold, but have a change of attitude

Yesterday Hubby took the 4 biggest girls to work with him, leaving me with 4 children 6yo and under.We had a peaceful day, puttering about and doing the chores of the absentees, working together on dishes and meals and laundry.We had a “tea party” lunch complete with cinnamon toast quarters on a glass pedestal, almonds [...]