Funny Things People Say

Here are some funny things I have heard the last couple of days:
"What a heat wave, it's nearly freezing!"
"I can't believe how warm it is today, it must be about freezing."
Of course, these things are only heard during the winter time around here! But we've had a 53 degree warm-up since last Tuesday, so it really does feel warm!

Am I really out there?

Thanks a lot Jennifer!

HowManyOfMe.com

There are: 0 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

Well, if I take this at face value, I don't exist. But, I think I will defer to Descartes, because I know I think! And I know my cats think I exist, though the reason I exist at least in their view is quite selfish. :-)

Dreaming of wool

Days like today have me dreaming of wool: wool socks, wool mittens (double layered), wool hats, wool sweaters, woolen underwear. After nearly 2 months of above average temperatures, northwest Iowa has decided to be below normal! I don't think we made it above 0 degrees yesterday (and that is not celsius believe me). It was about -2 when I shoveled the drive yesterday afternoon, but at least the sun was shining!

Today on the way to school the kids and I played the "how low can it go" game with the thermometer in the van. The record lowest temperature this morning was -25! At least this blast of artic air isn't supposed to stick around very long!

We finally received a measureable amount of snow Sunday. I think we got around 6" maybe a little less. When the temperature is this cold the snow glistens like someone poured a bunch of glitter all over it! It will be quite a while before this snow is warm enough to try to make snowballs or a snowman out of it. Snow this dry doesn't pack unless you get it wet, and I wouldn't recommend spitting outside right now!

Maybe I will go and see if I have any wool yarn around!