The big chill returns.....

Good grief what has happened? Last week we were in the grip of a heatwave............this week it's like the weather has turned it's nose up and laughed at our foolish gullibility!!! It is freezing, let's make no bones about it. Indeed today I have had to turn my heating back on, let alone I have a woolly jumper tightly wrapped round my body ( with it's zip done right up to my chin!). In fact I have drunk so much coffee to make me warm, that I may just spend all evening in the littlest room of the house ('toilet' for those who are mystified by my cryptic musings).
So where are the cats, you may ask? I mean we all know cats are not daft! They will not suffer the cold unless they have no choice. My beautiful ageing moggies are also not stupid. Ripley is snuggled so far into my side that every time I type her head gets bashed a little. Has she moved? Heck no way! Why move from a warm body pumped full of hot coffee? Any time I shift my arm she chirps in protest, so I am now tapping away in the most ridiculous manner with one arm high so I don't bash her....and yes, it does ache...and no, Ripley does not appear to care. talk about a pampered animal. Peanut is sprawled out on the computer. Although it has a fan to cool it down, the top is actually mildly warm when the computer is being used. It's like having your own personal cat blanket, albeit a rather hard one! You would be amazed at how much hair and fluff you get with a wriggling cat on a computer? Does she wiggle much? Not really, unless she is dreaming. Peanut is not well right now and seems to struggle to get comfortable, so we let her lay around as she wishes. Right now, for some reason, the computer seems to be the place she is happiest. Who knows what goes on in a cat's mind?
Well I am on holiday next week and it looks suspiciously like I could be digging my recently pot planted shrubs out of frost and snow. As for my poor large house plants that I carefully, and joyously, placed around my patio in anticipation of an Easter weekend of alfresco dining...well all I can say is I may not have any left to bring back into my sun lounge after the autumn, unlike previous years. Frost bite may kill them all!
Right, I think I will act like my cats for the duration of today and snuggle right down between the cushions on my sofa. It's times like this I miss Jonesy on my lap as large tom cats work like furry, purring, hot water bottles! In fact I may even indulge in a bit of self preservation by digging out the hot water bottle from under the towels, in the airing cupboard (don't ask why it is there....it seemed a good idea at the time, when I thought spring had arrived). Oh, and before you mention namby pamby wuss southerners I am off to get my dinner, ha ha...........