heat wave

  get ready to dance in the streets ... it's above zero ... first time in days and the future is looking warmer by the minute.

  might be able to skip the long underwear by the weekend. 

  thank you, mother nature!


M
 

baby, it's cold.

 

 I covered the drafty windows in my office with rugs/quilts ... I was trying to avoid the "pile syndrome" ... not winning that war.

 

 

front window covered with quilt

 

 

door too.

 

yep, that's a -22' on the truck this morning.

 



 

covering the doors and windows might not have been the best idea ...

all frosted over this morning ... these are the only two that don't have a plastic insulation kit installed....

 

took these with my iPhone ... it's not light outside yet (although I slept in an hour) ... the flash and window combination are doing wacky things to the picture.

 

stay warm peeps.

 

M



polar vortex ...

+

 

the weather geeks are having a field day with the weather again ... labeling our current event as a "polar vortex" ... and then proceed to tell us it's warmer at the North Pole and the South Pole.  Wonderful, freeking wonderful.  it's bad peeps, just bad.

 

Monday's forecasted low temperatures

 

I remember some cheesy movie about the "polar vortex" ... it had better not be on TV today. 

 

to quote elder #1 -- "it's just f.....ing cold" ... as he sits in his chair and watches yet another football/basketball/hockey game.   arrrgghhh.

 

just keep thinking

  warm thoughts ....

 

nope, not warm enough

 

ah, warmer

 

 

the deep freeeeezzzeee is moving in ..... the wind is howling (or maybe it is the furnace on overdrive).  I'm going with the mind over matter theory this time around. 

 

so, 1) showered; 2) laundry load #2 is ready to go; 3) bed made; 4) blog post almost finished; 5) web crawling done; 6) a spot of sewing done.  waiting for daylight to make the morning commute ... freezing rain overnight has made it a bit slick (per the TV weather geek)

 

topped off the gas in Bessie's tank and bought salt and ice melt it was a slippery trek over the hill this morning.  temperature has already dropped 20' from when I got up with laundry ... so, here we go!

 

stay warm and safe peeps!

 

M



 

pansies ...

  the human variety ...

  listen up east coasters -- quit whining about the weather ... see resolution #10 ....

  okay, our forecast calls for the deep freeze -- from midnight tonight thru Tuesday we won't be above ZERO ....

   freeking awful.

   the end

 

after all -- blooming flower beds are a mere six months away!

(this was in Temple Square - July - Salt Lake City)

 

holy cats -- this weather gig is getting worse !!!

 

 To protect Minnesota schoolchildren from forecasted dangerously cold weather, Gov. Mark Dayton announced today that all of the state’s K-12 public schools will be closed next Monday, Jan. 6. The National Weather Service predicts that most of the state will experience the coldest temperatures in a decade next Monday, with lows reaching -30 degrees and wind chills predicted to reach as low as -50 degrees. High temperatures from International Falls to Rochester are forecasted to be only -15 degrees.

“The safety of Minnesota’s schoolchildren must be our first priority,” said Governor Dayton. “I have made this decision to protect all our children from the dangerously cold temperatures now forecasted for next Monday. I encourage Minnesotans of all ages to exercise caution in these extreme weather conditions.”

2013 Statistics

3,258 1/2 hours over 52 weeks or ...
62.67 hours per week...

hummm....

(I did a better job of documenting hours this year, I'm not sure if that was wise or not so wise).


337 blog posts and well, I didn't track the hits ..
6,277 miles on the truck

noticing a trend ....



bone chilling cold.  see Resolution #10 .... and the upcoming forecast is not looking very balmy.   (mind over matter --- mind over matter).

 

Treasures

So I lost something and was forced to clean my office desk looking for the missing ....

I found some treasures .... in a mini tin box.

 

 

 

wise words

 

so evidently I was at the ball game on June 29, 1991 -- and thought it important to keep the ticket stub -- and notice how inexpensive my ticket was ... $9 --- wouldn't buy a beverage today ...

 

this was a hoot -- my library card from 1983 -- note the metal plate with my "number" that they used to run thru a gizmo on the ticket .. ah, the good old days

 

and mid-afternoon I heard a buzz.  it snowed all day.  this guy rode up and parked at the neighbors walked across the street to the bank and used their cash machine.  several decades back ... pre 1998 (when I sold my snowmobile)  and I worked in the blue building in the background ... I occasionally rode my snowmobile to work and parked it out front ... those were the days.