It was mid-afternoon and I was looking out the window into our sun-dappled yard with longing. “Brenna?” I called up the stairs. As she hurried down, I continued, “Could you come watch Tommy for a few minutes so I can go tend the animals? The weather’s gorgeous and I don’t want to waste it.”
She reached out her arms for the baby and peeked around the corner at the thermometer on the wall. “Okay,” she said doubtfully, “but it’s only 37 degrees out. I wouldn’t exactly call that ‘gorgeous’.”
I grinned at her. “Hey. It’s not 28 with a biting wind. Compared to the last two days, it’s gorgeous!” And I grabbed my fur-lined hat and my leather gloves and took off.
I was right, too. The weather was lovely. Relatively speaking. Even the chickens thought so.
Yep, good old relativity. That’s why we welcome 48 and 50 degree spring days but shiver at the same temperature when fall arrives!
I remember a February day in Chicago that the temps made it to about 34 and we were all walking around coatless planning our gardens, and another 45 degree April afternoon in Germany that we were all complaining about the heat and considering the merits if digging out the shorts. Those days still make me laugh to think about!
Jennie, I had one child who overheated in her diapers like nobody’s business, and so I had to keep her in cloth — but then the next baby got a bad rash in cloth, and was only okay in disposables (which I hated) — until I realized that he could not process the dairy or citrus I was eating. He still doesn’t do too well with dairy or citrus. You might need an elimination diet for yourself to ferret this one out. Perhaps only fermented dairy, like yogurt?
Oh, Stephanie, that would be a bitter pill for this dairy lover to swallow! I’ll keep it in mind, though, if the washing doesn’t work. Honestly, I wouldn’t have thought of my diet being a culprit.
Yes, my oldest son walked outside to get some wood for the fire this morning, and came back inside saying, “It’s a beautiful day! Definitely an outdoor day!” LOL
The winter we lived in Maine, it didn’t get above 19 degrees for three months. I was 8 months pregnant when it suddenly got to 45 degrees. I immediately pulled out my shorts and put them on. I was boiling!
Oops!! My comments don’t even belong to this post, do they!
Well, hope you see this — there is a skin pH restoring trick I used, and it works like a charm. A tiny little bit of vinegar (organic, cider vinegar if you’ve got it) puts the water to the right pH, and a child sitting in it is instantly relieved of the pain of a rash.
And it might not be dairy — it could just as easily be something else. Wheat sometimes makes issues. All the common allergens – I’m sure you know them. I’d look at dairy if hay fever is common in your families.