Arctic Blast

Hmm, for some reason that title sounds like some kind of ice cream dish. And no, I'm not just hungry because I totally just had a bowl of ice cream. Anyway, the weather has been unseasonably cold here this past week. We had an 80 degree swing in temperatures in a five day period. It was 70 degrees one day and -10 degrees a few days later.

It's freakin' cold out there and I'm low to the ground, do NOT mess with me.

Normally this time of year the average temperatures are in the 50s, so 3 days straight with high temperatures under 20 degrees are not our norm. It's not unheard of to have a cold snap in maybe January or February, but this year we got our chilly weather early. I hope that this is not a sign of the winter to come, but I guess if it is, we'll get used to it. If it's humanly possible to get used to wind chills of -32 degrees (hint: it's not). We even broke a 130+ year old record low temperature for the date a few days ago.

It is literally 3 degrees out here, I feel like going for a swim (forgot to clean out the wading pool before it froze over)!

This is the type of weather where you spend as much time inside as possible. Short trips outside are possible, but anything exposed to the air will be feeling it quickly. I stepped out onto the patio and my eyelashes instantly had ice crystals on them. Anway, enough complaining about how cold it has been, at least we only had a few inches of snow to go along with it. The dogs end up getting cabin fever because they can't stay outside for very long, so when it gets a little warmer they really have a blast running around in the snow.

It's also important to have a buddy to cuddle up with. Here's hoping that it warms up again soon!