From Paper to Computer....Cold (1)

I hate cold fingers and toes. Especially when they get so cold they begin to hurt.
As a child I lived my family and I lived in either southern California or England. In California I did get cold but unless I was in the mountains my fingers and toes never hurt. In England I learned to fight the cold toes and fingers with layered socks and hot water bottles.

Through a series of happen stances and hereditary pulling on my internal compass and lack of planning, I ended up in Wisconsin. Wisconsin where winters bring 5 months of subzero temperatures and mounds of snow above my head.

So I layer my socks and wear warm fake fur lined boots that come up half way up my calves. I have heating pads meant for pain relief and with guilt I use them to warm my fingers and my toes. In the end I still miss my English hot water bottles. Wrapped in a quilted cover or just bare rubber with little white plastic screw in stoppers the rectangular pillows of warm to hot water were once my salvation on chilly winter nights now when I live in a much more frigid climate I have none and have yet to find one.