It’s fucking freezing! Yesterday morning and this morning everything froze and steam was emanating from the pool. There was a thin sheet of ice on the lounge out back which is normally just wet morning dew. The grass was also frozen stiff.

Today I’m gonna dust, vacuum, wash kitchen appliances and clean the bathroom.

I finally got the TV to turn off yesterday, but Tom’s been dropping hints to his folks. They’ve been mentioning getting a new TV and maybe we’ll get theirs.

Tom says there is hope for us financially and that we may even be able to go to California this year. He says our tax return will help, then he also went on to tell me his ideas for a second mortgage and refinancing the house. This will allow us to fix the leaky roof over the back room. Luckily, though, the roof over the rest of the house is fine.