It's cold now. That's right, it's even cold here in the South. We turned the heat on in the house, we found most of our hats, mittens and scarves. I put the down comforter on the bed yesterday and it's awesome. Our bedroom used to be a porch and it's the only part of the house with the original, single-paned, wicked drafty, with slightly-cracked-glass-in-them windows. It's difficult enough to get out of bed when the floor's cold in the first place, but trying to get up when the floor's cold, the air's freezing and it's still dark out is not how I want to get up.

We've got a new trick in our home-winterizing bag this year: bubble wrap. Our friend, Taft, originally turned us on to the idea when it was still hot here and I've been biding my time to try it out. It's just as simple as it sounds: put bubble wrap on your windows. It takes a little time to cut the pieces to size, but that's the most time consuming part. To adhere it to the glass you simple spray a mist of water on then press the bubble wrap on. Magic! For more info and step-by-step photos check out Build It Solar's write up.

The wrap we used we bought at Staples, I've read suggestions of trying to get some for free from furniture stores, and there's also a type of bubble wrap made for greenhouses that's a little thicker and sturdier. We opted for the larger bubble style wrap which is supposed to work a little better than the little stuff, and every little bit helps. In addition to bubbling the windows I'm also going to put the plastic shrink stuff over them to help combat the extreme draftiness.

Other than winterizing things have been quiet, we're both gearing up for the winter Big Crafty and are looking forward to spending Christmas in Vermont for the first time since we moved away 3 years ago. I know we've been neglecting this little blog, but I've been a little better about keeping up with Petit Dejournal which is the other project I've been working on.