Hey, thanks for the comment. Nice to hear from another Washingtonian. I don’t think we’re the only ones suffering, either — I feel like the locals complain a lot louder than I do.

Hey, you’re actually lucky in Pretoria. It’s like 2 or 3 degrees warmer there than in Jozi 🙂

Thank you for all the advice. See responses below.

1) I personally don’t know anyone in the Northern Hemisphere who sets their thermostat to 26 degrees. I used to set mine at about 20. And my guess is that if central heating were prevalent in South Africa, most South Africans would do the same. They would not “harden the f*&ck up” — they would turn on their heat to a reasonable temperature, get warm, and not give a single thought to their carbon footprint.

2) I actually do feed my cat Acana food from the shop in Greenside. It practically costs more than the food I buy for myself. And I hate the idea of buying pet food in South Africa that is imported from Canada — HUGE carbon footprint! (Just sayin’.) But I do it anyway because I know it’s good for him. He loves it but it does not slow down his hunting in the least. That cat is a natural-born killing machine — much like a leopard, actually. Except he’s not interested in eating the animals he catches, he only wants to kill them.

3) Why would you use an aircon unit to heat up a room? Doesn’t aircon meant air-conditioning?

Thanks for reading and commenting.

1) At least we are keeping it real on the carbon footprint side. We Jozi peeps also find it completely odd that in the Northern Hemisphere people want to bake themselves at 26 degrees inside in the missle of winter. I mean, do you REALLY need to plod around in shorts inside while it is snowing outside and is this sustainable? Shopping in London is like being pasteurised. Freezing outside and baking inside. Take the edge off, harden the f*&ck up a bit.

2) If your cat is catching mice he might be suffering from a low protein diet. Check out high protein cat food like Orijen or Acana at Canine and Co , Greenside. Cats are mini leopards and are total carnivores and most cat food is carb. You don’t feed lions bread. Just saying.

3) Best thing ever is an aircon unit. Cheapest best way to heat up a room quickly.

Only about 90 more sleeps and then it is warn again!

Oh but Jenna, the car is my favorite place when it’s cold, because I can crank the heat and it feels just like central heating!

Haha, yeah, I’ve heard that Europe isn’t have much of a summer yet this year. Believe it or not, I think this is the first time I’ve ever written about the cold here. I guess it was about time — this weekend was definitely a good motivator.

Haha. I had a feeling it would(n’t).

Thanks taxslave. Winters here definitely make you tough. I’ve never been to Cape Town in winter but I imagine it’s even worse, with the rain.

Thanks Kathy! I do feel a little bad complaining because outside it’s really not that bad. It’s just the unheated indoors that sucks.

Thanks so much, Lany Canyonero. (Great name, by the way.) Welcome to my blog 🙂