Wednesday, January 7th - Looks can be deceiving!

Conditions at 5:30 am: clear skies with a very bright moon shining and 18' but without those strong winds it only feels like -21' this morning
Expected later: -11' that will only feel like -16' , a definite improvement over yesterday!

Things are not always what they appear

As I sat looking out the window of the dealership yesterday, the sun was streaming in on my face, putting me in mind of warm summer days. But Mother Nature was indeed playing a very cruel joke on us.  While the sun was warm and bright appearing through the window, the temperature was actually -18' with a windchill of -30'.  It was mighty cold, let me tell you. The wind has since died down a little but yesterday it was howling all day and the night before.  So much so that traffic was restricted on the bridge for over 24 hours.  It was just bitterly cold and isn't going to get much better anytime soon.

Needless to say, that's the only thing most people have been concentrating on is the weather. By this time of year, we should be used to it and plenty able to cope but we had such a mild December that we just weren't ready. I have to say the remote starter I had put on my car on Monday morning has been a real treat in this cold.

We've finally gotten the living room back together although not everything electronic is working. We somehow managed to blow out the TV antennae when plugging things in. I suggested to Lloyd that perhaps we don't really need to replace it just yet. Pretty much the only thing we watch on live TV is the evening news. I do watch a couple of programs but most of them I watch online the next evening. I think he's just really glad he doesn't have to climb up to the top of that tall, cold tower in this weather, and certainly not in this wind!

I spent Monday evening sorting and tidying and part of Tuesday continuing.  I'm hopeful to have it all done by the weekend.  Other than our wicked cold weather, not a lot is going on, but that's to be expected at this time of year. We need to take this opportunity to chill out a bit (okay, not literally!) and enjoy a bit of down time after the busy holiday season.  We're back into our routine - I get home to a lovely prepared meal, then after Lloyd goes to bed, I clean up, although I occasionally leave it till morning, if there's not a great deal to do. Keeping warm seems to be our biggest challenge so far this week. The up side I suppose, is it's a little too cold to snow, so the roads are mostly bare and dry, all the better for commuting every day.