What's Burning?

Things I have learned in the past two and a half years:

1. Doctors are normal people.
2. A dusting is NOT snow (for my Kentucky compadres).
3. The wind is a nasty thing.
4. Soup is a very important staple.
5. Oatmel is a very important staple.
6. I wish I liked warm drinks more.
7. People can get frost bitten without being stupid.
8. People who cross country ski are dumb.
9. It looks a lot warmer outside when you are sitting in your living room.
10. You should not let #9 dictate how you dress to go outside.
11. Icicles can develop in a house.*
12. Doctors are not normal people.
13. TV's don't last forever.**
14. Garages are very important.
15. Unattached garages are rather stupid and practically defeat the purpose of having a garage.
16. Coat closets can be used for more than just Christmas decorations and umbrellas.
17. A mud room is needed for things other than wiping off beach sand!
18. No matter how careful you are, the ice will eventually win a round and your butt will lose a round.
19. Why there are so many old people in Fort Lauderdale (see #3,7,18, 21,22).
20. Hearing about laying by the pool is not helpful and does not make me "feel" warmer.
21. Fifteen degrees is cold.
22. Fifteen degrees is warm if the previous day was thirty degrees colder.
23. If you smell something burning, it could be your TV.**
24. Layering is not a "style".

*We went beyond frost this week and actually had an icicle. Today we heard it fall and break.

**For days we have been smelling something burning. Today the TV shut off on its own and began to smoke -- thus the origin of the burning smell.