<p>My hands are almost always cold, unless I’ve been active
(say, after the first mile of the 3-mile walk to work).</p>
<p>I find that a thin glove liner (tucked inside the jacket)
inside a mitten works well, and inside a (slightly loose)
glove works adequately.</p>
<p>Was a balmy 35+ in Boston yesterday – now it’s in the teens
again. Tolerable in the sunshine, if active.</p>
<p>I just got some fur lined suede gloves for driving, and they take the edge off enough that driving is bearable, but I really need something better. Cold hands are the worst and the steering wheel is like a block of ice. I’ve never liked mittens and the the thought of trying to drive in them is strange to me, but maybe it’s easier than I think and would be much warmer…</p>
<p>I used to have a great pair of knit gloves that were fleece lined and had leather pads for working in the barn, I wish I knew what happened to those.</p>
<p>That’s it- I am officially just DONE. I just took a friend to work and at some point, a runaway snow blower left the hands of the person who was using it and went right in front of me on a main road. I swerved to avoid it and almost hit another car head-on. Luckily, that person saw it and hit the brakes. (Yes, I shouldn’t have swerved, but it was instinct as I didn’t realize the person had let go of it.) I thought the stupid things were supposed to stop when you let go of them. Maybe the handle froze -.-
C’mon now. Between this and the ditch, I think my luck is running out on how many near-catastrophes I can have in any given winter. </p>
<p>Also, I’m going to a dear friend’s funeral tomorrow. I wonder how those work in sub-zero temperatures. I can’t imagine they’ll do the ceremony at the grave like they typically do. </p>
<p>Glad you are safe. Hopefully, February will be mildest on record. Thinking warm thoughts! </p>
<p>I was lucky when I was here last weekend that it was cold but not terrible, with a low of 1 degree. I have literally no idea how you are coping. I would probably be drinking hot toddies and getting nothing done. </p>
<p>My D sent me a message that she had a dream where she got frostbite on her fingers and had to cut them off with scissors. Not a good dream! </p>
<p>Glad the catastrophe was avoided, romani. The cemetaries usually have a building with heat where they do that part of the ceremony (if they choose to go to the cemetary at all- I’ve been to more funerals that DON’T lately). I’m very sorry for your loss. </p>
<p>Thank you, Barnard.
I haven’t been to a funeral in a long time- I usually just go to the viewing/religious service but rarely to the actual cemetery. I’ve been doing the memorial stuff (he was one of those pillar of the community types and had no family so I’ve been doing a lot of media and social network contact stuff) and honestly know none of the funeral details. </p>
<p>Sorry for your loss, romani.</p>
<p>Can those of us suffering through this winter promise to revive this thread in July, or start a new one, while the lower half of the country is sweltering in the stifling heat?</p>
<p>I actually tried to adjust my attitude a bit yesterday and took a long walk to run an errand. It was nice in the sun, even though the temp was only about 10 degrees. I was not excited about the fresh 2-3 inches of snow on my car this morning but at least it looks pretty. Trying very hard to not complain too much.</p>
<p>@romanigypsyeyes, I’m unsure how they’ll do it at your friend funeral. Clearly, it’s too cold to stay out there for extended times, but I’m sure those closest to your friend will stay out until he’s set to rest as long as they can. </p>
<p>@sally305, sweltering in stifling heat? Stifling? Well…ok. At least it’ll give me a chance to complain about something. 
But I will update this thread on my wonderful Florida “glow” in July. I don’t have a beach as my avatar for nothin’!</p>
<p>EDIT: Might as well make use of the new features!</p>
<p>We’ve gone to Florida in July every year since I was a baby. It is pretty darn hot but I am okay with it since I don’t have to wear anything but beach wear… But we won’t stay anywhere that doesn’t have a pool. When it’s 90 degrees and you’re frying on the sand, and the ocean water is warm and not remotely refreshing, and you have no pool, I have no idea how you cool off… I guess you just die. I spend most of the vacation in the pool. </p>
<p>I have lived in 100 degree, 100% humidity weather and I honestly loved it. I will never, ever complain about it being too hot.
I’m a tropical weather woman born in a cold weather climate. </p>
<p>I enjoy “frying” on the beach. There’s just something refreshing being on the beach in the hot sun. You can sweat all you want, play all you want, and then hop in the ocean and have even more fun. Although…whenever I go into the ocean it is cold at first. I’ve never experienced the water when it’s too warm to be in. But then again, that’s just me. I’d rather be too hot than too cold. :)</p>
<p>I haven’t enjoyed frying on beaches since my grandmother got her first skin cancer lesion removed. Since then, I cover up, use high SPF and find shade. </p>
<p>I do remember those lovely days, though! </p>
<p>What’s the highest SPF you’ve found, Samurai?</p>
<p>I do not like being sunburned and luckily I don’t very often. I cover up, tan slowly, and use a lot of sunscreen.
I get bored incredibly easily and do not just “lay out” and tan. If I’m in the sun, I’m either swimming or wearing a t-shirt because I’m enjoying doing something.
Even my ginger fiance tans better than I do though… it’s sad 
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<p>I love to lay out but Florida in July with no shade is too much for me! Especially when the ocean is like bath water. The humidity does me in, I think. I have to remember to use my inhaler right before we walk out of the airport because the switch from the air conditioned airport to the hot blacktop parking lot gives me an asthma attack every time. </p>
<p>Here’s a fun one for you, intense sunlight actually gives me hives. Horrible, horrible hives that get worse and worse the more times they are exposed to sun. In MI I only get a faint rash on the most intense of days, but in FL it happens every day. I go out anyway but I have to do like three days at the beach, then two at the condo, then I can go to the beach again… or else the itching is miserable. I am allergic to FL. </p>
<p>I LIVE for it. There’s nothing like just laying out on a huge towel with friends and just talking. This is how I’m going to spend my summer (among other things). That and lots and lots of sunrise watches. :)</p>
<p>The humidity does take some getting used to. Luckily, the ocean isn’t my trigger. Cold air triggers my breathing problems. It’s funny how you mention the hives, Ema, because when I’m out in the sun too long with no sunscreen, I get large blocks of red patches on my legs. I don’t know why I have that reaction. It also happen when I’m in the shower to long…so it might just be more temperature related but it’s always my legs…</p>
<p>I just can’t wait for spring to get here. These gloomy skies are really affecting me. Florida has spoiled me. I’ve lived in a cold state before and I have handled cold temperatures. Now that I’m in Florida I’m a big baby!</p>
<p>It’s almost always the backs of my legs that get the rash. My issue is called solar urticaria. I call it vampirism. 
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<p>I do hope we get to go to Florida this year. I am using up most of my vacation time for my honeymoon but if we can swing it I still really want to go. We have been staying in the same place forever and it’s like our second home.</p>
<p>75 SPF seems to work as well as 50 SPF.</p>
<p>As a teen, I used 8 SPF. Still remember the time I got heat stroke. Never could tolerate sun much, since. </p>
<p>Hm it appears that CC ate one of my posts. Thank you for the condolences</p>
<p>Ema, some people – my son included – get hives from the cold. Go figure.</p>