The elephant and 'Catters is bril! Lovely way to start the morning.

Got my cuppa next to me and the fire is started in the stove. (I can't seem to stuff it like Tom can to get it to hold the night -- or have more than a few niggardly coals and warm ash in the morning.)

The water in the kitchen was initially frozen, but was running shortly. (By the time I brought the tea kettle down from filling it in the bathroom.)

Fingers are a bit frozen here and starting to seize up, so I'm not staying long at the computer before taking my breakfast upstairs to bed and then to get up enough nerve for a shower. (It'll be warm IN the shower -- and the upstairs is warmer than this, the coldest room in the house.)

Gonna check FB then vamouse for a bit. I'll have talked to Tom by the time I check back, but there probably won't be anything new since I talked to him last night. I won't have time to go to Dover before going to work, but I'll head to the hospital as soon as I close at 5 bearing entertainment.

Linn