Top Things to Be Grateful for on a Cold Winter’s Night

5. Slippers. They keep your toes warm, but unlike socks they don’t get wet or pick up pokey things off the floor and stick to your feet. I like the slippers with a hard sole so you can wear them to the mailbox or to the grocery store (or to church, like I did on accident one Sunday). They look and feel like shoes so you can get away with going in public.

4. Hot Chocolate with Marshmallows. Makes a great night snack and marshmallows have no fat so you won’t feel AS guilty as some snacks. Also, it has less caffeine than a coffee so you don’t feel jittery but soothed by the warm milk.

3. A heating pad. I have a fear of electric blankets so I have this awesome heating pad with automatic shut off. If I fall asleep with it on I won’t die in a fire because the heating pad turns off after 30 minutes. I try not to use it every night because I don’t want it to hurt my back. I have a sister (who shall remain nameless) who uses hers everynight and it looks like she has giant red rectangle on her back. She has a heating pad outline tattoo.

2. Something to snuggle with. We all have our preferences with this one. I currently enjoy my Hillsdale College blanket. It is made out of material that feels like a big old sweatshirt. I also like to snuggle with my kitty, Fluffykins if he doesn’t do A.) Sleep directly on my head or B.) Bite my feet everytime I move. Otherwise he makes a great 2nd heating pad.

1. A good book. Hopefully your room has a comfortable enough temperature for you to be able to keep your hands outside of the blanket. Sometimes I have to use the flashlight under the covers strategy to read in bed. My current bedtime book is my new Quest Study Bible. I’m rockin’ it New Testament style and this Bible has all the notes and references of a regular study Bible but they place everything in question form. It is much easier to read and it doesn’t have 50 footnotes per page and then only 5 verses like the study Bibles.