ARE YOU READY FOR COLD?

I AM ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT HOW TO GRACEFULLY MAKE IT THROUGH ANOTHER SEASON OF COLD...I PRIDE MYSELF IN THE ABILITY TO LAYER EVERYTHING FROM CLOTHES TO HOME DECOR...WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED...SO FAR...WITH A WONDERFUL BEGINNINGS OF AUTUMN.   IT'S BEEN COOL AND CLEAR,  JUST THE SORT OF NEW ENGLAND FALL YOU ALWAYS HOPE FOR.
THEN THE REALITY OF WINTER CAME.  I FORGET (AS WE ALL DO) HOW COLD AND MISERABLE THE GREAT WHITE NORTH CAN BE.   I WISH I HAD GOTTEN THE PELLET STOVE HOOKED UP FIRST.  I KNOW THEN I WOULD BE HOT.   THE NEW YEAR JUST TURNED OVER.  RESOLUTIONS ABOUND.  I THINK THAT BY