Tonight, our low is supposed to be 14 and feel like 4. I know that some of you live in areas where that’s considered warm but I do think we get acclimated to our temps. I’ve mentioned before that when we moved here from MO, we laughed at people wearing coats when it was 40° and now, that’s us!
When we were in Louisiana, it was in the upper 40’s and the neighbor was outside with a jacket, a hat and gloves. Vince and I were out with Rita and we were wearing short sleeves – no jacket, no gloves. He walked over and said “You folks must be Yankees! Are you not cold?” We laughed and he then saw our Texas plates and he said “Really? You live in Texas and you aren’t cold?”
Let me tell you . . right now it’s 32°, feels like 21°, is drizzling and it feels COLD. We had about 20 – 12 packs of soda (not all Dr. Pepper!) in the shop and it will probably freeze in there tonight so we bundled up with our coats, gloves and hats and moved all those into the sewing room. There were some old sodas that we’re not going to drink (not Dr. Pepper!) so we threw those out . . kinda did a little cleaning while freezing our back sides off.
We turned the heater on in Cat’s house but I think she’s decided she’ll just sleep upstairs in the shop. It isn’t heated and the only heater we have has as blower on it and I think that would scare her but at least the wind isn’t hitting her. We put down some old rugs and blankets and then took a big box and put old towels in there so hopefully she can find a place to curl up and stay warm for the next three nights.
The heat is on in the greenhouse and in all the chicken coops. I don’t even want to think about how much propane we’re going through out there.
Three days of serious (for us) cold . . I’m thankful because I know some places have months and months of it.
Marie Gilkey says
Judy right now temp says 14with wind chill temp of -1. It’s not quite 430 in the afternoon so that tells you what will happen this evening. Setting in chair with quilt on is mandatory as far as I am concerned. Stay warm and Happy New Year to both you and Vince.
Linda in NE says
The temp got up to -4 here today but felt colder because of wind chill. Supposed to be -18 tonight plus wind chill. We brought the kitties in on Tuesday. They’d been doing alright in the garage at night, but it just kept getting colder. I am so ready for Spring.
Wanda says
How did cat and Boots do while you were gone?
Liz (in OK) says
It is cold here and here is a link to a wind chill map…http://www.mesonet.org/index.php/weather/map/wind_chill_heat_index1/air_temperature
I’ve been checking a map for the ice on the Great Lakes (I grew up in Michigan) but it’s frozen! https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/res/glcfs/glcfs.php?lake=l&ext=ice&type=N&hr=00
But, the lake I grew up by (Lake St. Clair) was 93% frozen at the last report and the entire GL system was 15% covered. I know it’s weird, but I like to check out the old stomping grounds., just like Judy likes to go back to LA…
As I say every year… I hope I get to do more sewing this year and actually have a finished quilt or two to show off.
Dar in MO says
We too are experiencing colder than normal temps today/tonight. It is 11:30 pm now and it says it’s 6 outside that feels like -4. It is supposed to go down to -12 by tomorrow night. Even as cold as it is now, there are some hardy folks outside shooting off fireworks that are spraying all over our front yard.
Janice says
At the moment it is -42C and yes it is COLD!! We went to friends for a fondue and the roads were pretty icy. The temps have been below -25C for over 2 weeks but it is supposed to warm up to -10 by Tuesday-balmy!!! It’s all about what you are used to.
Rebecca Muir MacKellar says
Minus 22 here without the wind chill. It is supposed to be 2 today for the high
Rebecca in SoCal says
It’s a good thing you are back to turn on the heaters and rescue the sodas (I shudder to think what it would have been like if they had frozen) and accommodate Cat. I’ll bet the chickens stay inside for a while!