Right now we are hunkering down. We are in the midst of a polar vortex and the first of two waves is going through. However, we try and not let the cold and snow keep us from getting out. We went for a walk this afternoon at the "heat of the day" - 4pm. I took a photo of our weather station at the time and Mark just took a comparison, now at 10pm. The temp at 4pm, you can see was 1 degree, with a windchill of -14 degrees. By 10pm, it was -3 with a windchill of -17. The forecast says our high this week is 0 and this weather system will finally move out by this Sunday.
We bundled up because the wind was strong. I had the scarf my sister, Diane, made me for Christmas. I wore it the old fashioned way, over my head and wrapped around my face. By the time we returned, my breath had made the fleece wet and the wind was so strong, that it held itself together in front - frozen.
As Mark and I walked, I was reminded of the movie that Patti Warner, Karen Torretta, and I saw while we were in St Louis. We toured the Holocaust Museum and attended a showing of the documentary movie, As A Young Girl of Thirteen: Simone LaGrange Remembers Auschwitz Not to be a Debbie Downer, but we were walking in the cold by choice, for the length of time we wanted, we were going back to our warm and loving home, and to a hot dinner. We might be walking in the cold but we have choices and we live in a time of plenty and freedom. We are blessed!
Even though Mark is still somewhat recovering from being sick with an upper respiratory infection he had to go out and plow the driveway as the snow was piling up and drifting. In the process, he got stuck and it took the jeep and a tow strap to dislodge it from the snowbank. He will have to plow a few more times before this polar vortex takes a hike. I know we will see 40 degrees again, hopefully soon and then this round of snow will melt away as did all the others.
We wish you the best 2015 possible - may God bless you all!
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