Today’s forecast was a high of 10 degrees.
This afternoon I was stir crazy
so bundled up and went outside to shovel.
I shoveled for just over an hour.
It felt good to get air and exercise.
I was very grateful for my mask.
But then I looked in the mirror
and noticed my cheeks are red.
A different kind of red.
Oh no!
Frostnip?
Frostbite?
I did a Google images search.
Ewww.
And whew.
I absolutely do not have frostbite.
Trust me on this one.
Tracy Abell 
Brr, girlfriend, you’re made of much tougher stuff than I am! Can I offer you some hot tea, to help warm you up a little?
I’m glad you absolutely do not have frostbite. But frozen nostril hairs? At 10 degrees, that seems a likely possibility.
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Could you pour that hot tea over my entire body? Or maybe just fill a vat with it and let me soak?
Frozen nostril hairs? Who told you I had nose hairs?!
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Could you pour that hot tea over my entire body? Or maybe just fill a vat with it and let me soak?
Frozen nostril hairs? Who told you I had nose hairs?!
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Brr, girlfriend, you’re made of much tougher stuff than I am! Can I offer you some hot tea, to help warm you up a little?
I’m glad you absolutely do not have frostbite. But frozen nostril hairs? At 10 degrees, that seems a likely possibility.
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Brr, girlfriend, you’re made of much tougher stuff than I am! Can I offer you some hot tea, to help warm you up a little?
I’m glad you absolutely do not have frostbite. But frozen nostril hairs? At 10 degrees, that seems a likely possibility.
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Irritation from your face mask thing? And it never made it to ten around here. Five was the highest I saw it…
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You could be right about the mask. My cheeks look better now but I need to be careful about getting them too cold in the future. Maybe when I get stir crazy I need to shun the outdoors and use the treadmill.
Did you see it’s supposed to be 30-some degrees this weekend? Yeehaw!!
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You could be right about the mask. My cheeks look better now but I need to be careful about getting them too cold in the future. Maybe when I get stir crazy I need to shun the outdoors and use the treadmill.
Did you see it’s supposed to be 30-some degrees this weekend? Yeehaw!!
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Irritation from your face mask thing? And it never made it to ten around here. Five was the highest I saw it…
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Could you pour that hot tea over my entire body? Or maybe just fill a vat with it and let me soak?
Frozen nostril hairs? Who told you I had nose hairs?!
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You could be right about the mask. My cheeks look better now but I need to be careful about getting them too cold in the future. Maybe when I get stir crazy I need to shun the outdoors and use the treadmill.
Did you see it’s supposed to be 30-some degrees this weekend? Yeehaw!!
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Take care of yourself and your poor skin!
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My skin seems to be okay. I just need to be careful not exposing it to really low temps, I think. Thanks for the good dermatological thoughts!
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Take care of yourself and your poor skin!
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