what do we Canadians do when it gets cold?

Dear Diary:

I was laughing at myself last night as Stefan and I crawled into bed together, not for a romantic evening, but to keep warm and to watch Californication. As I ran downstairs to get a more substantial snack (the salad I ate previously just wasn't doing it), I was laughing at the whole thing. We have this big, lovely house. But it is also an old house, one that in an ongoing project to figure out how to keep warm. Our hydro bills in the winter can reach up to $400.00 if we are not careful. So instead of sitting in the living room, where we could have built a fire, we turned down the heat, tucked in the kids and stayed warm under the down duvet whilst watching a marginally sleazy show if it weren't for the great one liners.

You Californians must think we are so funny, I still can't believe that it has been in the 90's there. You're hitting the beach while I'm putting on an extra layer. Tights and corduroy skirts are my winter uniform, oh and those pants that I didn't really have any say in purchasing. The funny thing is, despite the chilly house, the ridiculousness of our hot/cold duvet, there is something about this time of year that I just love and I wouldn't have it any other way. Well, maybe I would have a real TV and not have to watch shows on the laptop, but that's for later.

Love you.