Brrrr... It's cold INSIDE!

As many of you know, it has been very cold recently. In Chicago wind chills have reached 3o degrees below zero. I hate winter - snow, cold, etc. I have no problem with driving to church, which door to door can't be longer than a football field - purely for Charis right? At least I know I can hibernate indoors to escape it all. But this year winter has come back with a vengence. It is now coming INSIDE!
Now, I love my house. I am amazed that I live in the "apartment" which has 3 bedrooms, large rooms, hard wood floor and is fully furnished. But I should have been a little more suspicious when I found outlet covers everywhere in the house, but I merely thought that they had already baby-proofed it for me. As the months began to grow cloder I found freezing air bursting through these little holes in the wall. And the windows too. So I simply covered every window in the place with window saran wrap stuff. Meanwhile I was attributing it to the fact that the house is basically in the middle of a field with nothing to block the wind.
But today things just went a little too far. I currently have my house between 72 -74 degrees, which is very high for our typical 68 degrees. Monday's are my cleaning days and while cleaning I found how winter had invaded my snug little house. See for yourself...

The is the thermometer on the elliptical. It is currently kept in the guestroom with the door closed. So I would understand that the room would be colder, but 20 degrees colder? I mean the vents are open in there!

And this is the door to our walk-in fridge - literally - we keep our soda in there and it is almost frozen. Josh was brilliant enough to put a blanket under the door to keep the cold air out. We don't think that there is any insulation through those walls.


And finally, FROST HAS COME THROUGH MY WALLS! At first I thought it was paint that I had never noticed, but as I reached out to touch it I saw it was frost.

Simply remarkable. Even in my own home I am not safe from the dreaded cold of winter!