Searching for Warmth

The school was closed again today due to the ice storm. I'm sure we will go back tomorrow. It is very sunny outside. Blindingly sunny due to the snow we got last night. It is so pretty! Ty decided yesterday that Nuts and I had spent way too much time on the couch. He made us bundle up and go outside. But first we had to stick the heater in front of the sliding glass doors because they were frozen shut. We only lasted a few minutes outside. Nuts wasn't very happy about being out there.

After spending some time outside I got motivated to make something: a rice pad. You know those things that are filled with rice and you can throw in the microwave for a minute and then it will warm you up. Kinda like an electric blanket. Well, I read about one on the Buzzings of a Queen Bee and decided to make one for Nuts. I thought it could go in his cage with him at night. Or that maybe he could use it instead of the heater.

I didn't have very much rice so it ended up being kind of small. But since we are iced in it will have to do.

The only problem is he isn't quite sure what it is. He thinks it might be a toy or food. Either way he really wants to rip it up! Good think I double layered the fabric. Hopefully he will get used to it. It doesn't help that the only rice I had was risotto rice, which is a lot more fragrant than white rice. If I was making one for a human I would add lavendar to it to make it smell good. I think I will go heat it up right now and put it on my tootsies!