so cold that inflatable icebergs have formed

Holy!Goodness! it is really very cold in ThePalace(OfLove). Despite the very excellent gas heater and woolly socks, I can feel the cold seeping through the floorboards.

It feels like the coldest winter for a few years – though possibly we have short memories. Certainly we’ve not had to use a heater in our bedroom before now. In the grand scheme of things, it is not that cold, but as a city, we’re not very well equipped to manage it.

We’re in a rare relatively quiet time at SML – we’re leaderless, Dr12 having departed, LadyPenelope (new CEO) not commencing until August. MrT suggested that I might like to take a couple of days as breathing space before we are slammed with work and I cold not put my leave form in quickly enough.

So here I am with unexpected time on my hands! I have a pottering list, but it will take all of my powers to not fritter my time away on the InformationSuperhighway.

On pottering list:

• start two hats
• make test quilt squares
• attempt ran/walk intervals of more than 3km
• sort network addressing
• ironing
• bake cake (or bikkies)
• commence sorting hard drive
• catch up on mending
• catch up on ironing
• blog
• catch up on reading
• cut out muslin for wiksten tank + sorbetto
• try out squarespace
• experiment planting apple seeds
• declutter
• freezer inventory

We’ll see how that goes!