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2015
Hi Everybody!
I know I\'ve been MIA for awhile. The reason: I\'ve been too COLD to be active on line!
Here is a quote/explanation from the description of my most recent wallpaper, "HEAT WAVE". (If you\'ve already read the description, skip this.)
"As many of you know, my computer is in a poorly insulated room in our house. With the cold temperatures in full swing, I’ve been trying to go on Desktop Nexus in a room that’s usually been 55 degrees or colder. One miraculous Saturday in February, the temperature climbed to 27 degrees. When I put warm clothing on, I was actually comfortable in the room! That’s the day that I got inspired to start this wallpaper. It took me awhile to finish it because it got frigid again. I could only stand to be in that room for 15 to 20 minutes once or twice a day."
So anyway, I\'ve been directly affected by the frigid temperatures that a huge part of this continent has been experiencing. Some of you are probably wondering why in the world I don\'t get my computer Out of that room. I wish I could. The problem is that we don\'t have any room for it anywhere else!
My husband and I are trying to make room, but it is slow going. We are dealing with:
1. Two married children who live in modestly sized apartments. They both plan to purchase houses eventually... but in the meantime, three rooms in our house are filled with their things.
2. We lost a lot of basement storage space (and a lot of belongings also) in a flood last summer.
A lot of the things that we were able to save from the flood, are now on our main floor taking up precious space. We are extremely hesitant to store anything in our basement anymore.
3. I admit it... the third main problem is ME. There is a certain paragraph on my profile in which I mention my cluttered closet and that I\'m looking for DN volunteers to help me clean it... Well, ummm... I almost wasn\'t kidding. Actually, I have a lot more than one cluttered area in my home...
I am a pack rat. Actually, I\'m a pack rat who is struggling to reform. But it isn\'t easy to change overnight, especially when you have years of clutter looking you in the eye. My compassionate husband and I have been sorting through & pitching a lot of it. Our goal is to make space for my computer in a much warmer room, and to put a door on the "freezer room." (When we finally manage to do that, our heat bills will probably plummet!)
Eventually these problems will be solved of course. The weird thing is that we really didn\'t know that we had serious storage problems... until the weather got crazy this year. The 100 year flood in August. The extremely harsh Winter weather. If it weren\'t for these weather events, we\'d have a lot more storage space, and a room that I could keep my computer in more easily.
So now you know exactly why I have been scarce lately. Possibly, I am the only Desktop Nexus member who can honestly say, "Why haven\'t I been around much? I blame it on the weather!
CollieSmile 
PS. Okay, okay, so it isn\'t all the WEATHER\'s fault that I\'m dealing with clutter problems! 
PPS. Unless by some miracle, we find a place to put my computer somewhere sooner, I\'ll probably be on DN only sporadically until some real Spring weather comes in. I miss all of you... and I\'m happy that today it is actually 28 degrees! For that reason, I have been able to finally get around to everybody\'s profiles!
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3/3/15 at 6:08pmResponse to your journal by taunteannaHello,I read you message and I, too, have been battling this severe cold weather and ice dams that are coming into my home. I have pails every where and its creating damage. I have my insurance agent coming to access the damage and hopefully I will get ... Read More >> | Recently Spotted MembersNo members found. Be the first. |
