Baby It's Cold Outside

23 Degrees to be exact. Now I'll admit, if you live in the Rockies or up North or Alaska, this is nothing! But people I live on the Gulf Coast. The song by Branded is not untrue:

"I’ve heard of winter carnivals in Aspen.
It looks just like a winter wonderland.
But remember while you’re freezin’ throughout this Christmas season
We’ll be down here with Christmas cheer and flip-flops in the sand."

And coming home to several hours of black out also not fun. We do admit we are much better off this year than we would have been in the old house. We have a gas stove, gas water heater and a gas log fire place. The old house was all electric with a cruddy wood burning fire place and tile floors. Our heater doesn't work with out electricity though! So it was down right chilly during our canned chili dinner. Kat did a little homework Laura Ingalls-Wilder style tonight - well . . . if Laura had had a fluorescent camping lantern.

The good news is no precipitation is predicted, so no icy roads tomorrow. School may be delayed and my office doesn't open until 10.

I haven't posted pictures in a while, so some pictures of different cold day (nowhere near the current extreme). Elena on her Christmas bike wearing her new helmet & pads:
Alex going for a ride in the wagon:

Old man winter is a bit confused

We had 70 + degree temps on the weekend and yesterday. It was 60+ at 6 AM and then came the Norther. It was 40 degree when I went to work at 7 AM and 33 degrees when I pulled out of my office parking garage at 4:30. Wow. That's cold for this joint and the HIGH for tomorrow is expected to barely get above freezing. Snow is possible on Friday! I am pathetic, I sooooo want a snow day. Hanging out around the house without the possibility of being able to run an errand sounds great. Sounds like Christmas! Which is actually true, since that was the last Saturday we had in which we didn't do laundry or go shopping or play taxi driver . . .