Radiator Warmth

There's nothing quite like sliding your hand into the warmth of a mitten that's been sitting on a radiator.  Unless it's putting on a hat that's been sitting on a radiator.  Or maybe if it's the feeling of dipping your feet into the warmth of boots that have been sitting at the bottom of a radiator.

We've got two radiators by the back door and from November until mid-April they're constantly covered in hats, mittens, gloves and sometimes scarves.  Our radiator habit started at the old house when the kids were small.  After an afternoon of playing outside they'd come in with wet hats,mittens,scarves, coats and snowpants - and all that outside gear went right on top of the eight foot long radiator in the living room or the four foot one in the dining room.  In no time at all everything would be dry and ready to be hung up again.

But when we moved here four years ago things changed.  The longest radiator in the house measures only three feet and is in John's bedroom so coats and snowpants now go in the dryer to dry while the hats and gloves go on top of the two radiators by the back door.  It always looks like a mess in that back hall but all I need to do to take my mind off it is slide my cold hands into a pair of mittens and the mess is forgotten.