Wow Lynsey! That is some cold temps you guys have there. I guess you just get used to it like the people way down south get used to the heat lol!

It's rainy and crappy here but the temp right now is 47..

Well gee....I must not be much good for nothing...lol...I don't like it really cold, but I don't like it too hot either. How about mid 70's with a very light breeze and plenty of sunshine? That I can handle.

Sounds like perfection, Janet! A sweet ocean breeze wouldn't hurt either!

I have also gotten much more comfortable in the cold Linds. We are all so excited if it's in the high 20's, low 30's, and anything above 32 (Fahrenheit), is like summer! I would have to adjust a lot to your temps though!

What I don't like up here is that the sun doesn't shine in winter much. I have one of those lamps...maybe I'll use it. The good news is that it's already mid-January. Winter is over some time in April usually, with some sunny days earlier.

I am really confused about the weather all over the country. I listen to local TV, and it seems that it has been snowing all over the United States. I should listen better!

Spring will come, spring will come, spring will come:)

Winter here is usually over around the end of April. Last year we had two blizzards in April, but it warmed up a lot in May. Our May long weekend (around the 20th) is the unofficial "go to the lake and open your cabin for the season" weekend. Usually the ice isn't completely off the lakes until the end of May.

I was surprised when our Arizona people at work were asking how much sunlight we have in the winter because I didn't realize it was so different! In the winter it gets light around 9 am, and dark again by around 5 pm. I spend all my daylight hours at work :rolleyes: It's dark when I come to work, dark when I leave work, and I have no windows! We don't have daylight savings in my province.

We are under a winter storm watch for tonight and tomorrow I think it is...plus the temps are suppose to drop to the single digits. Just checked again and it's a winter weather advisory starting tomorrow and ending on Friday. Just great....just in time for the weekend...okay...that's all I'm going to complain about it...lol.

We're finally breaking the -40 mark for a windchill of -41 tomorrow morning. I hate January! It's supposed to get above freezing on Sunday, and back down again after that. Oh yeah, -41 C = about -42 F

If it's going to be cold, I'd rather it just stay cold. When it warms up and starts to melt, it freezes again into ice :(

This morning it was -25 C (-13 F) and I was trying to pack the car while Scott was shovelling, but the doors were locked so I had to go find him. I am just wearing some knit leggings and it really didn't feel too cold out! I guess colder than -30 for a week really got me acclimatized lol!

Janet, at least if the winter weather happens on the weekend, you hopefully won't have to go anywhere!

Our weather advisory is for tomorrow night and into Friday..1-3 inches of snow they say.......

Frid and Sat is suppose to be 30 degrees here :(

That's too cold for me.

You know....I love being at home....except when I'm stuck at home.
We are suppose to get 4-5 inches, but we'll see.

I wish I was stuck at home :( it was -40 this morning with windchill, and between the car and the office, my toes got numb!

Now Lynsey..that is C-O-L-D!!!! I think I would have stayed home lol.

I wish that we had cold without humidity. I know from going skiing in Colorado that there are different colds..........having a humid cold is a lot colder!!

We were suppose to get a lot of snow last night but didn't end up with much more than a couple of inches. The driveway is bad......thank goodness for 4 wheel drive......but the other streets are pretty much cleared off already!!

We are under a wind chill advisory this morning. So darn cold out that my knees are really aching this morning. Not real thrilled about going out in it so hopefully this 2-hour delay the school called will turn into a cancellation. Our temp is 0 and the windchill is -15.

62 sunny and beautiful today. Wish I could share it with you all up north!!!

That's how our weather was yesterday, Gayle. A perfect day:) You are so right about humid cold Diana! It's nasty.

It was so nice yesterday and today it rained :(

It was BEAUTIFUL here yesterday too! It got up to about 5 degrees (41 F) and everything was melting! Unfortunately, we drove home around 7 pm when everything was freezing again! There were at least 6 cars freshly in the ditch in our 20 minute drive. One truck passed us, and not even 5 minutes later, we passed him, spun out in a ditch. It was GLARE ice! The ride to work this morning was really icy too, and most of the vehicles were still sitting abandoned in the ditches!

Like I said before, it's usually better if it just STAYS cold!!! The melting temperatures are nice for the time, but it makes things so much worse later :(

We are under a winter snowstorm watch. Monday evening a major storm is predicted for us with ice and upwards of 10 inches. Mom doesn't want to be stuck in a hospital alone so it looks like I'm going to have plenty of time on the computer...I'll be staying with her if we get the storm. Also...IF something were to happen to her....I wouldn't want her to be alone.

We have a windchill warning in effect today. It's flippin cold out there! The windchill right now is -44 degrees Celsius, and exposed skin will be frostbitten within 10 minutes. It's definitely an inside day! I kind of feel sorry for my brother, who works outside, but when he makes tons of money and buys nice things, I will just remember days like today :D:D:D

We're getting snow, snow, and more snow!!!! I'm not sure how much we have but it's enough that Jazzi and Reuger can't go out. I'm going to have to figure out how to let them go potty.......I guess in the garage. It's also blowing so we're going to have some good sized drifts when this is all done. Glen has one of the tractors up here by the house in case one of the kids or someone needs to go somewhere!!!

The sleet hitting the hospital window is loud!!!! Frankfort was just on the news and they said their were white-out conditions because of the sleet and that there was 3 inches of it on the ground so far.....yuk!

Colleges and Universities don't usually cancel classes around her but all of them her Laf. and Indy are.


Where in the heck is spring?

electricity has gone off 2X now, came right back on, lets hope it stays on. It's ugly out there. Hope you are staying put there at the hospital.

Lynne, where are you? I hope you are HOME and not at work!!!

Yes....I stayed at the hospital, but I want to go home. I've spent 2 nights in a row here and that is enough for me. I think for the first time....I'm not going to like Mom's nurse today. He is kind of a cocky SOB. All the others....male and female...have been absolutely wonderful. Still early...so I'll give him a chance.

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Yes Gayle i am at home and the power is staying on, will update on the weather thread.

Janet, I'm sorry that your day is not getting off to a good start with the nurse. You DO have the right to demand a different nurse if you problems with one, same with Dr's if you have problems with them you can request (not demand, I should have put that instead of demand) a different one or that the Dr only see the patient when a family member is present if you are not comfortable with the way they are doing things. Remember they are working for you, and sometimes you have to shop around for the right one.

He's doing okay now.....my first impression just wasn't good.

I'm glad that things are better with the nurse. I'm sure that you're more than ready to go home after 2 days in the hospital!! Can you even get home? Is the snow cleared from the roads yet?

I hope everyone up north is warm and safe! It is butt cold down here (for us). Lots of frozen pipes around town, none for us, thankfully. People down here are just not used to this kind of cold weather. I've seen people walking around in sweatshirt hoodies as a coat. I imagine that's all they've got - it just rarely gets this cold for this long down here.

We actually had to buy Gary a new down coat. His was 25 years old (rarely worn so in good shape) but (ahem) it wouldn't zip. LOL! We stopped at a western shop and they had ONE black down jacket in extra large and it fit and it was on SALE! We were lucky because Gary has monkey arms (long arms) and sometimes shirts and jacket sleeves are too short for him. This jacket fit perfectly though.

We are supposed to have snow tonight and tomorrow - again, pretty unusual for us, although we had a dusting last winter too.

Everyone bundle up and stay warm!

Oh Gayle, it's BEAUTIFUL up here :D It was -3 degrees C (26.6 F) and the highways were muddy and melting on our way into the city this morning. My coworker from Arizona said it was -8C in Arizona this morning when he checked the weather. I can't believe it's February and warmer in Saskatchewan than Arizona lol!

What I wore to school today:

Knit pantyhose, knee highs, socks, pajama pants and jeans.

Muscle shirt, shirt, turtleneck, turtleneck sweater, hood sweater and long jacket.

Gloves on top of gloves and ear covers.

No joke, I can't stand the cold.

LOL! Jessica, that's the way I feel - I can't get enough clothes on!

I just talked to my daughter and she is in Houston for the weekend. She said sleet was coming down and when I looked at the radar, sure enough, you can see sleet/snow in the Houston area. None yet here in Austin (fingers crossed).

Lindsay, that is too funny! My friend in Denver, Colorado said their high temp was higher than ours here in Austin and they don't have any chance of snow where we have a 50% chance! Go figure!

Oh Jessica, be glad you live where you do because I don't think you could survive here :D

It's now +3 degrees C which is about 37 degrees F. I'm wearing a sleeveless knit sweaterdress with thin black knit leggings and boots... and this isn't even jacket weather! In just ONE DAY the temperature difference was about 40 degrees Celsius, and so about 77 degrees Fahrenheit. That temperature change is crazy!

We're supposed to dip back down way below freezing on Sunday... back to below normal temperatures.

Your weather is interesting Linds! I remember you wearing summer clothes and getting snow in the same day!

My weather is pretty much always the same. Snow, either in the morning, or all day. It has warmed up though, and the sun has been out for the past 3 days. That's the clincher up here. When days are dreary and grey for a week or so, everyone is miserable. When it is sunny out, you can see big smiles! I don't go out when it is below 15 - 16 degrees anyway, unless I absolutely have to.

Our roads are clear too, unless it is snowing heavily. I don't go out in that either, unless I must.

It is also so pretty up here, except that the snow has gotten that dirty look because it's just laying there for so many weeks. I do have to get my roof cleaned off again. I just had it done, but it can cause leaks down the walls!

Keep warm everyone, and stay safe!

We haven't had school for 3 days but today we did...2-hour delay too. There is so much ice...3-6 inches of the stuff. Can't break it so everyone has to be very careful. Suppose to get more snow starting tomorrow....just what we need. I do not like snow or winter. I'm really ready for spring.

I was suppose to see snow at midnight and nothing :(

It was very cold today when I woke up, there was ice everywhere. But no white snow. I'm pretty sure some parts of Houston did but not my area.

I just heard sleet, snow and some freezing rain. I am not going out! But..it will be in the low 30's, high 20's for the rest of the week, snow, snow and so on. That's fine! I think I have gotten used to winter here. People are talking about it being so snowy this January. I guess???? The thing is, it doesn't hinder us that many days. The roads are clean, and having the Subaru is wonderful!

Of course, the fact that I don't have to go out if the weather is bad, makes the whole situation so different. It's like I'm in a different movie than if I had to go to work!

Could you move, Jessica? I picture you looking like the Michelin Man!!!

We were out of school for three days too and I really didn't think the kids should have gone back when they did. The roads are still not very clear to have the school buses out running. We're suppose to get more snow next week. I haven't heard if we're suppose to get much or not so I guess we'll see. We ARE having some really cold weather though......bbbbrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!

We were out 3 days last week too. When we went back on Friday...the roads were bad, but the buses handle it so much better than being in a car. Today...Rick and went to town. I needed to get the rest of Mom's meds and get a few groceries. We couldn't hard see all the way to town because of whiteout conditions. Even in town there were whiteouts.

We were suppose to get 2-4 inches of snow, but we got more like 6 on top of the 3 inches of ice/sleet and 3 inches of snow we already had. Monday they are calling for 1-3 more inches of snow. This has really got to stop....I'm not a snow fan as most of you know. I love being at home....but not being stuck at home.

Hopefully the roads will be cleared off quickly.

We are having a very cold period...in the single and double digits, but this weekend.......it's predicted to be in the 40's......yay!!!! gotta do a happy dance!!!

We've been nice and warm all weekend but are going into the deep freeze (for us) for a couple of days, then it is supposed to be nice by the weekend again. Our only problem is that we may have freezing rain tomorrow -hope not, as the Austin drivers are NUTS in the snow and ice!