I had no idea I lived in the Artic Circle.  This morning, as I stumbled out of bed grabbing my plush, warm robe with my eyes still half shut, I had no idea that serious arctic temperatures were upon my house.  I made way to the door to let Toto, our little dog, out to potty… and as soon as I opened the door I got smacked in the face by a 25 degree wind.  Talk about a wake up call!  What’s more is that with the windchill factor it felt like 12.  Yes, TWELVE!!  That doesn’t happen all that often in my little corner of the world…   Actually, come to think of it, this entire winter season seems like it’s been very atypical, being one of the most consistantly cold winters we’ve seen in a while.  Typically, our winters comprise of a string of short lived cold fronts… but the cold weather this winter has been unchanging with only a few warm days here and there.  And, to top it off, the weather actually yeilded a day of snow at the beginning of December.  Now, I don’t know if it will snow today, but I do know that it was cold enough to freeze the standing water on my driveway this morning (Aw man!   I missed my chance to go driveway iceskating!).  Tonight it’s supposed to be in the teens…  pretty awesome, if you ask me!  

So.  Houston and surrounding areas:  Be sure to drink some hot cocoa, make some s’mores, and put those heaters on high tonight!  

And because no post is complete without a photo… Here are a couple of my two youngest and a friend of ours from the beginning of December when it snowed.

A3 being frightened of the curiously cold white flakes falling from the sky:

xox, reata

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