• Outside My Window

    Outside My Window ~ 1.16.11

    Outside My Window…is cold and dark.  At 8:45 p.m. it is 34°F but feels like 29°F.  Cold….cold….cold….every day….Cold.  I shouldn’t complain too much because we aren’t buried under snow and ice…we have had lots of sunshine and our temperatures are hovering around average….Cold.  It doesn’t help that I got my sticker shock electric bill a few days ago for the last month.  I literally gasped when I saw how much it was.  I keep my house a little cooler than most….my youngest complains about being cold all the time….we put on sweat pants and long sleeves.  I can’t even imagine how much it would have been if I had the…

  • Outside My Window

    Outside My Window ~ 1.9.2011

    Outside My Window…is cold and dark at 7:15 p.m..  The temperature right now is about 30°F with a wind chill of 24°F.  We had a beautiful day today albeit cold and windy…my wind chimes sang to me the entire day.  Tonight will be clear and cold…a low of 23°F actual temperature, I’m not sure if there will be much wind to lower it that much more.   If you read the post yesterday you are aware of the very weird weather we were having.  It was so odd…sunshine, clouds, snow, sunshine….all in a matter of a couple of hours.  There is another winter storm forecast to move through our area Monday night and…

  • Outside My Window

    Outside My Window ~ 1.3.10

    Outside My Window…is a beautiful morning.  There are blue skies, sun shine and oh yea, it’s freezing cold!!  The temperature at 8:00 this morning is 24F, the wind is blowing at 21 mph with gusts up to 30 mph which is creating a wind chill of about 10F.  Our high today is suppose to be around 34F.  Fortunately the sun is out so it may not seem that cold when you walk outside……who am I kidding, it is going to be freezing cold no matter what!!  🙂 I am thinking…the fresh water I put in the bird bath yesterday is now a solid block of ice.  It was a block of…