I woke this morning to the sound of my husband's voice stating, "It's f---ing cold outside." My reply was, "Yep."
We live in Minnesota. It's January 14th. It's not like we should expect sandy beaches and sunshine. Okay, well maybe sunshine. That's what typically makes these arctic blasts feel like hell has just frozen over. It has been 55 straight hours of sub-zero temperatures. The record is 186 hours set back in 1921. (Don't ask me why I know this.) They say history repeats itself. I think we just might break that record. The news this morning is stating that Anchorage Alaska is 42 degrees. And the Arctic Circle is 6 degrees. Are you kidding me? That's a 68 degree difference! Seriously...it's 26 degrees below zero - standing temp. With the wind chill it's 45 degrees below zero.
Staying warm is tricky. The key is layers. The more the better. Start with long underwear, add a dash of jeans, turtle necks and sweaters. Top it off by tossing in a woolen scarf, a stocking cap, mittens and a thermal jacket. Remember to not take too long putting this all together. The results are profuse sweating which causes immediate freezing upon stepping outside.
Why do we Minnesotans love the big freeze? Who knows. It is one of life's imponderables.
We live in Minnesota. It's January 14th. It's not like we should expect sandy beaches and sunshine. Okay, well maybe sunshine. That's what typically makes these arctic blasts feel like hell has just frozen over. It has been 55 straight hours of sub-zero temperatures. The record is 186 hours set back in 1921. (Don't ask me why I know this.) They say history repeats itself. I think we just might break that record. The news this morning is stating that Anchorage Alaska is 42 degrees. And the Arctic Circle is 6 degrees. Are you kidding me? That's a 68 degree difference! Seriously...it's 26 degrees below zero - standing temp. With the wind chill it's 45 degrees below zero.
Staying warm is tricky. The key is layers. The more the better. Start with long underwear, add a dash of jeans, turtle necks and sweaters. Top it off by tossing in a woolen scarf, a stocking cap, mittens and a thermal jacket. Remember to not take too long putting this all together. The results are profuse sweating which causes immediate freezing upon stepping outside.
Why do we Minnesotans love the big freeze? Who knows. It is one of life's imponderables.
Oh my gosh! Welcome to blogging! I love that you've begun this...and you know, since we share the same brain and all, it's funny that you would just start this today or last night or whenever it was...because as I'm walking to my car last night from work, a thought entered my pea brain that I needed to talk with you about collaborating on some blogging or maybe some type of writing project or something...and here you are, doing it all on your own...so I hope that doesn't mean you won't consider doing some writing with me!
ReplyDeleteI actually began a blog on this same site in 2006, wrote a few posts, and never did anything more with it...but then I saw you posted your blog link on Facebook and decided to check it out...which then inspired me to look at my blog...and I posted a new one! So, thanks for the inspiration!
Love ya!