Hotties

With all this cold weather and the daunting price of hydro these days, we have been trying to heat our home and office with alternative solutions. Aside from adding on more layers of clothing, buying woolly insulated socks, weatherstripping all the windows and doors, making soup for lunch, lighting fires at night, and dipping in a hot tub at the end of the day- what else can one do?

My favorite quick warm-me-up-its-so-cold trick, is a Hot Water Bottle. I swear this is the best method for super instant warmth. I have to admit this idea originated when I was visiting some family friends in England. They live on a beautiful country estate in a cottage house with very old heating. Their daily ritual when they get home is to put on the kettle, enough water for tea (of course!) and their individual hot water bottles- which they jokingly refer to as their "Hotties".

For a great weekend project find some soft vintage fabric or an old cashmere sweater and sew or knit a cover. It did however take me a while to find one- apparently other people in the city had the same idea, but now that I have it, the snowy cold days aren't feeling so bad after all.