Lynn, I also navigate to my bedside lamp via some other light - I don't use the ceiling light now, and I suppose I could take the fixture part off of the fan and use the brass cap (that is still around here somewhere.) I like the touch lamps that are inexpensive at places like Home Depot, and I have LED lights in them so if they stay on for a long time there is very little energy used, and in the evening I turn on my beside lamp (that has one of those LEDs) and leave it on till bedtime. I end up with just enough light spilling into the hall that I don't need to leave a light on there. The electric bills are all going to be horrible this winter, so these low-power lights are a big help. And today I remembered to push the thermostat down on the office furnace (the other one is programmed to be way low during the weekdays).

I suppose I could be freezing stuff for the freezer outside - it hadn't occurred to me! As long as it goes out the side door, not the back door where the dogs are.

There's a lecture on campus this evening - and there is [yet another] winter storm advisory for this evening and tomorrow. Fingers crossed the storm decides to arrive after the talk.

Those slippers sound nice. I usually walk around barefoot in the house, but this winter the floor (on a slab, no basement) is painfully cold.

SRS