I really feel sorry for those rugged souls who continue to live in places like Chicago or Buffalo; Portland, ME or, for that matter, just about anywhere in New England. It's just foolishly cold! Those awful below-zero numbers and measuring snow with a yardstick? What is THAT about and WHO can STAND it? Then, there is Black Ice! I lived it! I drove in it! I was nearly killed in it more than once and I choose that life style NO longer!
Lemme tell ya - it dropped down to 39 degrees in Jupiter, Florida last night and that is way colder than I want it! I had to wear two hoodies over my PJs and a really thick fleece bathrobe just to run outside for the paper this morning. I don't think it ever got above 65 today and I FROZE half to death all day.
But -- ahhhhh. Tonight, out came the Java Logs. Now, New Englanders probably have NO clue what they are. I mean, when I lived "up north", SOMEONE in the family split logs (not me), somebody else lugged them in the house and we kept a wood stove going all the darn winter long. HERE, on the other hand, we have a small fireplace that we don't even THINK about using a good 10 months of the year. That is, until THIS year. It's been C-O-L-D in Florida this winter. And Java Logs are the answer.
Walmart and Publix sell the logs in boxes of eight I think. Each log is neatly wrapped in moderately heavy paper which instructions say not to remove since arrows indicate EXACTLY where to light it. (I guess we in Florida not only can't count ballots, but we can't light fireplace logs either!) But - that said, these logs are just dynamite. No dirt, no bark falling off messing up the floor and no bugs crawling out of them either. They burn for about two and 1/2 hours, they don't produce any smoke but put out a good bit of heat and a pretty flame. I LOVE 'em. They are definitely something else for me to sound off about.
Lemme tell ya - it dropped down to 39 degrees in Jupiter, Florida last night and that is way colder than I want it! I had to wear two hoodies over my PJs and a really thick fleece bathrobe just to run outside for the paper this morning. I don't think it ever got above 65 today and I FROZE half to death all day.
But -- ahhhhh. Tonight, out came the Java Logs. Now, New Englanders probably have NO clue what they are. I mean, when I lived "up north", SOMEONE in the family split logs (not me), somebody else lugged them in the house and we kept a wood stove going all the darn winter long. HERE, on the other hand, we have a small fireplace that we don't even THINK about using a good 10 months of the year. That is, until THIS year. It's been C-O-L-D in Florida this winter. And Java Logs are the answer.
Walmart and Publix sell the logs in boxes of eight I think. Each log is neatly wrapped in moderately heavy paper which instructions say not to remove since arrows indicate EXACTLY where to light it. (I guess we in Florida not only can't count ballots, but we can't light fireplace logs either!) But - that said, these logs are just dynamite. No dirt, no bark falling off messing up the floor and no bugs crawling out of them either. They burn for about two and 1/2 hours, they don't produce any smoke but put out a good bit of heat and a pretty flame. I LOVE 'em. They are definitely something else for me to sound off about.
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