Baby, It's Cold Outside

Update: By 5:00 this evening, school had already been canceled for tomorrow.  My district rarely makes the decision to cancel school (remember our big snow fall in early January? - we went to school), and never before 4:00 or so in the morning.  I don't think I've ever had two snow days in a row (not sure we even had two total growing up in MN).   I know many of you in other states are experiencing this same phenomenon.  Truly crazy weather!  As far as making up the days, it's no skin off my back since I have to work through June anyway ... so I'll just stay home, bundle up, and enjoy another lazy day with my girl!

Today Sara and I are home enjoying our first - and likely only - snow day of the school year.  I think the better term for it is cold day.  Last night around 9:00 it started raining to the west of us.  That spread, the temps dropped, and the rain became sleet and then snow.  Of course the roads have taken a beating.  But we've had snow here before, as you know, so the precipitation is not the crazy part.  Right now it's about 20 degrees outside, and getting colder.  The low over the next couple of days is hovering around zero, and with 40+ mph winds, the wind chill is negative.  We're not supposed to be above freezing until maybe Friday.  We are used to snow that disappears within twenty-four hours of falling because the temps hover in the high 30s or low 40s ... a week of what we have today may just put some North Texans over the edge.  Let me put this in perspective by reminding you that it was 65 on Saturday.  We went to the park in t-shirts.  That's crazy.  As Sara keeps telling me, "It's yucky outside." 

In addition to the weather, the other big news around town is the fact that athletes, fans, reporters, celebrities, and others are arriving by the thousands for Sunday's Big Game, which is taking place at The House that Jerry Built.  Of course Packer and Steeler fans won't have problems dealing with this week's weather, though I'm sure they were hoping for slightly nicer temps during this break from their much colder homelands.  It is supposed to warm up for the game on Sunday, but I heard on the news that there are roughly 220 different Super Bowl related parties happening between now and then, and these conditions could potentially hinder party-goers.  Not that any of that matters to us.  Steve did throw out the idea of paying our way into a party in Addison being hosted by The Situation, but after weighing the value of our time, we decided we might rather just stay at home.

This morning after sleeping in (!), Sara and I enjoyed a leisurely breakfast of raisin toast and clementines.  We watched Cat in the Hat on public television, started some laundry, and then I weighed whether I should use this day off to do some cleaning.  I'm still undecided on the cleaning, though I have found better things to put on the list ahead of it ... so we'll see if I actually get to a point today when nothing better remains to be done than to pull out the vacuum cleaner.  There has been a box of pink (strawberry) cake mix hanging around for a couple of months that Sara begs me to make nearly every time I open the pantry door. We made it this morning in a heart-shaped pan my mom gave me a while back.  I don't have any frosting on hand, so we'll make some from scratch (which always tastes better anyway) and then decorate drown the top of the cake with sprinkles after nap time.  In a little while, I plan to put together a pot of French Onion Soup for us to enjoy tonight after Steve makes what is sure to be a very slow trek home from work.  Other than that, Sara and I are hanging out in sweats, listening to the wind whip and ice pellets make *tinking* noises the windows. 

It goes without saying that today we're staying inside 'cause, baby, it's cold outside! Brrrrrrrr........