Cold feet seem to be a theme around here these days. With temperatures dropping (snow in the Bay Area?!) and the rain pouring down, we're trying to avoid turning up the heat to save a little energy. We've already run through our stack of extra blankets and treated ourselves to new flannel and our cold little tootsies are still losing the battle. But we've got a secret weapon on the way...
sometimes the oldest, cheapest solution is the best solution.
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french bulldogs make the best hot water bottles
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My dog likes to lie on top of my hot water bottle! This is the first winter we've used it almost every night--most excellent.
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Sigg water bottle wrapped in sock. Tried, tested, true, and stays warm until morning. :)
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Yeah - is it just me, or is it a lot colder a lot longer this year in SF? I'm not used to using my heater this much...
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Forgive me, I'm an interloper from the Gulf Coast and I've always wanted to know: what do you do with a hot water bottle?
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What do you do with a hot water bottle? Ooooh, mamacita, what you're missing! You fill it up with hot water and put it in your bed to warm up the spot you'll sleep in. You wrap your PJs round it to warm them up, too. When you get into bed, you push it right down to the bottom of the bed to warm your toes on. Your cat always finds it and sits on top of the covers right where the hottie is, thus doubling the effect.
You always ask your Mum to fill it with boiling water from the kettle, rather than hot water from the tap, because even though that will make the rubber perish faster, it will stay warm until morning. You ask your Nana to knit a cover for your hot water bottle in your favourite colour. When you hit puberty, you clutch that hot water bottle to your anguished midriff once a month. And when you grow up and you're feeling sad, you take your hottie to bed and dream of childhood.
In the morning, you empty it out and hang it on the hook next to the bath.
Really, there's nothing like a hottie to cheer you up in winter. Until the dread day the rubber perishes and you wake up in a, ahem, wet spot. Talk about your loss of innocence.
Then there's Walter Hottle Bottle, who actually comes alive and takes you on magic adventures... but honestly, he's a bit freaky, with his flapping rubber ears and all:
http://www.lookandlearn.com/characters/index.php?c=walterhottlebottle
http://www.lookandlearn.com/cgi-bin/if.cgi?img=0&cat=all&search=Walter%20Hottle%20Bottle hot%20water%20bottle &bool=and
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