Brrrrrrrr

This weekend we are experiencing some very cold temperatures, courtesy of an arctic front that is troubling much of the eastern half of the country. This weekends focus has been all about the weather. Things started getting interesting when the local weathermen began preparing us for snow. While not unheard of in this area, it is highly unusual for snow to fall in measurable amounts. A prediction of as much as 6" of snow set everyone in a tizzy. Television stations carried banners listing numerous cancellations well before the expected event. Because of the lack of equipment to deal with snow the caution is understandable I suppose. While we did see some snow in the state, I don't believe there was any location that saw more than about 2 to 3 inches. I had to laugh watching the evening news Saturday night. There was a child making a snow angel and while she was enjoying herself, there was hardly any snow laying on the ground. At the first movement of her arms and legs she managed to move all of the snow to expose the green grass beneath her. I guess if I had lived in this area all of my life my reaction might have been similar. However the amount of snow that fell here Saturday wouldn't have warranted much more than a casual mention in the weatherman's forecast in Connecticut.

We've been fortunate that the steps we've managed to take this time has so far kept us from having frozen pipes. I hope this is the last time this winter that we have temperatures going down into the teens. As long as it doesn't go down below about 25 we do okay. Much lower than that and we have to take precautions or the water lines will freeze.

Randy has been enjoying the football playoffs today. The game in New England was cold, but the one being played in Green Bay is something else. They have shown the people in the stand at this game and I don't care how many clothes the fans have on, there is no way they can really be warm as cold as it is there. I don't think you could pay me to go to a game under those conditions. We'll just watch from our comfortable couches and chairs and throw another piece of wood on the wood burning stove.