Brrrr now that's cold

It was (0) zero degrees here this morning; windchill is minus fifteen. Geese! Everybody has on four layers of clothing. An exhibitionist would freeze all he owns before he got to his bare necessities. It takes a while to peel off all that stuff, ya know! But it would give a new meaning to "The Frozen Tundra," now wouldn't it???

I have a friend who teaches in Wales, Alaska...she is begging me to come there and live for a year and share the apartment. I visited there this SUMMER and it was in the 30s, with winds at 60 mph. Can you imagine their winters?

Nuff said

Actually, no I can't. And I don't want to. I just got back from
a walk in the park across from our house. I had on lots of winter
gear and I'm froze to the bone. I'm sitting here typing in my
longjohns: Gross, I know! I always thought I'd like to take an Alaskan cruise. But after this winter, the only place I want to go is S-O-U-T-H!!! I wanna hear the waves hitting the beach and feel sunshine on my face! I wanna see Mickey and Minnie! Kissimmee, I can't wait to see ya...!

Here is an example of how bone chilling cold its been here in Las vegas (the desert.) My furnace runs on gas and since I have lived here from 1985 my gas bills have ranged from $23.00 to $27.00 per month, becausre the furnace may have gone on once or twice plus my stove is gas...

WELL, last month the bill was $45.00 and I was shocked but the furnace had run more than usual. This bill that came today was $97.68, yee gads! I haven't cooked anymore than usual, but it has been soooo cold the furnace keeps going on and I keep it set on 66*. I just hope this cooling trend lasts long enough to include our usually so hot (you can literally fry an egg on the sidewalk) summers. That would be such a blessing.

Its 71* and in and out sunny today, so not at all bad.

I just got a 173.00 water bill for the busted pipe I had. So if you don't think it's gotten cold down here...think again! Yipes!

Guess the whole country is experiencing wild weather! Saw on
the news that Orlando and Miami are in the 30s and 40s. Yipes!
Is right!

These bills are crazy. chatty, When we received our BGE bill this month, I was trying to figure out what we'd done differently. Other than Christmas lights - nothing! ANd our bill was $495. Then we also have our oil bill becasue that's how our home is heated. How the heck could the BGE bill be that high? Everyone's screaming about it.

JJ, that's a year's worth of water. Ouch. Glad you got it fixed.

Today it's going to be 50 and sunny. Can't wait.

Got a photo from lionspaw who lives in Cape Coral, Florida. She took pictures of her car with ice on the windows. Said she used boiling water to get it off. I told her we used ice scrapers in the north and asked if she wanted me to mail her one.

Anyone heard how the crops are in Florida? SPeaking of prices, how about a $5.00 orange!

Now that's one expensive orange, there girl. Speaking of food
costs, Holy Hannah! I never get out the grocery store for less
a hundred dollars. Geese! And I buy meat in a separate location.
I often wonder how folks with four and five kids, feed those
little, hollow-legged people.

It's freezing here right now!