Oh, Glenda, it is cold here in Oklahoma too. I pulled my balcony plants all the way to the door, and hope they will do ok. I am not ready to give up a bunch of space inside yet. :)

Moni

It is 66 here in Virginia and the wind is blowing so hard.
Not exactly a cold snap. Some years Halloweeners wear loads of clothes and other years I remember it being just about 60. Mild
Wonder what the weather forcasters are saying about this winter. Will it be a wet one or dry across the country.
I hope for the best. We have suffered a lot everywhere this year.

I'm feeling old. Love to sleep when room is cold. I am UP cause my feet are cold and I can't get warm. duh duh duh

Old age is creeping upon this old body.

It's freezing cold here too, rainy. I hate this kind of weather. It's nearly 1 am and I just heard the lamp lid fly off the lamp outside. It hasn't worked since last year after a windy storm when it blew off then too.

I sleep much better with a cool breeze or cold air coming in. Right now, the window is open a bit.

Fleece blanket's on the bed (my thin cotton flannel is put away for spring). Not quite down comforter weather in the D.C. suburbs yet.

But I have started wearing my SmartWool socks!(Not to bed! Just for walking around in) A gentle padding in the sole, very soft wool. I need to winterize my sock drawer and get another pair or 2. I "test drove" my first pair last winter. I highly recommend them! They are well worth their "wow" price tag.

The wind is blowing a gale here in Norfolk, VA. Hubby returns tomorrow (Thursday) from his week at Disney, and I was doing fine here alone until the strong winds started up in the wee hours this morning!

You look outside and those trees are just swaying back and forth, and hear things crashing and banging. I don't like wind.

Rose

Got a new electric blanket yesterday! Ours was really old. This house is not very warm, so we need all the help we can get.

I don't do much to winterize. I might throw a blanket across the foot of the bed, but that is about it for my bedroom. I still have to undo the garden hoses from the house, but have time for that. I have picked my tomatoes and have them in the garage with my other vegetables and apples. Walnuts are drying, but hope to gather more when we have a few nice days. We have a wind advisory all day today and right now it is 42.

Sue in Central Indiana

A few nights ago I slept with socks on. The next day I put my electric mattress pad on my bed. I still have to close the storm windows and put plastic over 2 windows and the wall A/C. I also need to give my trees a final watering and then drain the hoses and put them away for the winter. It is only Oct. 20, I usually don't do these things until November.

Can't sleep with electric blankets. Did when I was living at home with parents, but never after that.

I do enjoy sleeping with socks on, but after my feet get warm I toss them.

Yes, I've moved my white clothes from the end of my closet closest to the door to the far end (about three feet down) in preparation for winter here in Southern California. :-)

Jodi-

Haven't done much yet except the window screens aren't left in 24/7 now days. Hopefully I can wait until next month to put the insulation on the inside of the big schoolhouse door of the bedroom and then hang the drapes in that room. They help to keep drafts out. Didn't buy a storm door for the front door again this year as I had promised myself I would. During summer's 90 degree weather, I just couldn't see spending the $700 for the custom sized one I'll need. Money went to other projects so it's my own fault.

Lot of green foliage and even some blooms still in my garden, so I'm putting off the task of cutting back. The phlox I normally leave standing because I like to see the dried stalks with snow in winter, plus they help to shield other more tender perennials.

I sure hope that part for our heat pump comes in soon. Our heat/air will work but has a leak so we've had it off. I closed the house up early yesterday because we had those awful winds all day. It sounded like a hurricane does--that swishy, windy sound followed by silence then the swish again. It's still windy today, but not like yesterday, thank goodness.

Glenda, I can't believe your feet actually got cold!! You must be having some major cold nights. But for sure it won't last. Today our high is supposed to be 69 and low in the morning 43. But by early next week it'll be normal again.

LOL, Jodi! We don't put our white clothes away until December. The snowbirds have started to come back and they think it's the middle of summer! (Well, maybe not today.)

Keep warm everyone!

It's been from 32 to 50 in the mornings this week. heats up in the afternoon but my house cooled down a lot. no a/c on right now. put my little floor heater on and this morning the oven. I'm gratef that my house in "tight" and will cozy up soon here in NE Tex We had one really good downpour on Monday night but that wa it rain wise
I don't think my heating blanket is heating up enough

Right now it is 59ð, sunny and breezy. I am very cold natured, and even have the heat on.

I always sleep in sox, summer and winter. I've tried to find footed 2 piece flannel pjs but no luck.

Late last winter my electric blanket died and I added a blanket which was okay. Now I am looking for a new blanket, and see so many changes in the descriptions. Alternate, alternative, fleece, microfiber etc.

And the prices are sky-high from when I bought my last one.

Bigack, what kind of blanket did you get?

Pammyfay, where do you get the SmartWool sox? I'd like to know more about them.

I have brought my 2 Hibiscus plants into the garage already. I hope they will be okay all winter there. They have gotten too big to bring into the house.

I just hope we don't have another 2 feet of snow this winter!

Sue

Going down to 37 tonite and 38 tomorrow, and it's the winds that getcha! warmup after that

Almost built a fire last nite.

if it stops raining we might get the yard done..thanks to the wind, dh doesn't have to climb on the roof to blow them off (thank goodness)...heard we might have a lot of show this winter, so probaly will put up the shrink film on the kitchen window...it's about the only one we havn't replaced...i may do it on the outside..noticed the trim is in poor shape...

Sue -- You can buy SmartWool socks online, but there is a variety of types, so it's best to look for them first in a brick-and-mortar store to see the difference in weight and in padding as well as in colors and patterns.

Dick's Sporting Goods, REI sports store, Eastern Mountain Sports are 3 places I've seen them.

I think if you go to Smart Wool's website there'd probably be a store-finder.

(For what it's worth, I'm wearing a "PhD Outdoor Mid-Crew" with "medium cushion." There was a woman also shopping for socks at Eastern Mountain Sports and I asked her for her advice--she said the lower cushioning level didn't do much for her, so I went with the medium cushion. It's like a little pillow for your feet!)

Full disclosure: The price was $22. Am I tossing all my old socks and replacing them with many pairs of these? Nope, I'm not rich! But I can justify a few pairs to use on days that it's really cold out or to slip on when I need to take the dog out for a walk or when I know I'll be out walking a lot. They also have 3-for-2 sales.

We filled the wood shed with firewood.

The only other things to do are put the hoses away and insulate the outdoor faucets, and I'll put some cedar boughs over the flower pots on the deck to insulate them and make them pretty for the winter.

It's still lovely here--50's-70's during the day. A few nights down into the 40's, but that doesn't last.

No, haven't winterized yet. Did grab a blanket for the bed in each house, but it won't be time to put in the storm windows for at least another month. Not until it's too cold to open windows during the day. Yes, we do still have the old-fashioned wooden storm sash and screens. We like the look on our 90 year old home, and the fact that if they're well-maintained, nothing insulates better. They're worth the work to us.

Thanks for the info on the SmartWool socks. I just ordered 2 pair on line for $12.71/pair. They should arrive next week. I got the PhD Outdoor Mid Crew with medium cushion.

All the patio furniture is now safe and snug in the shed. My planters and gardens have been emptied and winterized, the rain barrel is empty and turned up side down. Flannel sheets went on the bed last night! The thermostat has been programmed for cold weather too. Now just waiting for all the leaves to fall so we can rake them up and clean the eaves before snow! Seems like an awful lot of work when you list it all! But I do enjoy this time of year. There will still be some very nice, sunny, cold days ahead.

Our lawn maintence are fighting an endless battle right now. They blew the entire complex, including porches, steps, etc, yesterday, and TODAY looks like they didn't do anything.

Leaves are falling as fast as they can clean them up.

I have an electric mattress pad somewhere. I haven't used it for a few years. I did like it better than an electric blanket. I find I stay pretty warm with the foam topper my son gave me.

Sue

Smart wool socks are often "on sale" at Sierra Trading Post. I have found them locally, at Academy. But the Sierra ones are priced lower.

I own a bunch of them. I am lucky enough to get some from my daughter almost every Christmas.

Moni

It sure has been windy here in Kansas the last 2 days. I put my woven blanket and heavy bedspread on a couple of weeks ago. Last night I disconnected my garden hoses, but I leave them out all winter, always have, no harm. I don't like sleeping in socks but put them on last night until I got up at 3. There was ice on my morning paper, but none of plants were frozen.

Pammyfay, Thanks, I will definitely check out those Smart Wool's websites. Sounds like something I would wear around the house most of the time in cold weather. Last winter I bought a pair of calf-length warm and cozy house slippers to wear when I am at the computer. My feet get cold under the desk. I call them my computer boots.

Sue