Elllie B aka Dogamous Pyle is cold on Tuesday morning in Syracuse, N.Y.
January 13, 2015 8:25 am
I heard the furnace running before I opened my eyes. I did not hear the furnance stop.
I heard my dear wife Karen open the door to the back porch to step out and open the back porch door so Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle could do her Tuesday morning thing and felt the dog bound back up on the bed next to me in what seemed to be a flash.
Time to get up and face reality in our cherished Little Bitty in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood.
Elllie B aka Dogamous Pyle is cold on Tuesday morning in Syracuse, N.Y.
Ellie B is back on the bed covers. She’s not stirring even after I poured her breakfast cup of food into her bowl.
Cold off the back porch.
Cold out the living room window.
It’s looking absolutely frigid no matter my vantage point. No steps were taken outside to capture these shots with my iPad Air.
OK, let’s get a sharper shot on the situation with the new LG.
“Today” tells me the temperature.
The true tale of the degree of this morning cold is seen on the bottom right. That’s minus-5 F at 7:51 a.m.
Don’t worry, it has to get better, right?
Keep looking at the bottom right corner.
Nope. Make it minus-7 F at 8:02 a.m. That’s straight temperature, mind you, not wind-chill. The local weather guy Peter just told me that’s 20-below.
Good morning from Syracuse, N.Y. I hear Karen stirring still as she gets ready to depart for her job at SMG. I’m again working from right here on my recliner in the living room. Better deal this day for me. I’ve already pulled out my new Syracuse hoodie as the shirt of the day anyway.
What’s the coldest it’s gotten this winter where you live? Did you have to go out in the cold, or did you get to stay home? What do you do to fight the cold?
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“What’s the coldest it’s gotten this winter where you live? Did you have to go out in the cold, or did you get to stay home? What do you do to fight the cold?”
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By Angie Mc on January 16, 2015 at 12:25 pm
While not the coldest weather I’ve experienced, it was the most memorable. On January 19, 2004, my kids and I left Scranton, PA early in the morning to catch a flight to our new home in Arizona. It was -9 degrees without chill factor, -109 with chill factor (that last part I made up but Dear Lord Have Mercy it felt THAT cold.) It was as if PA was kicking me in the tail out the door! When we arrived in Phoenix, my husband was very easy to spot in the crowd. He was wearing a T shirt and shorts 😀 Sending you, Karen, and Elli B warm sunshine ~~~~~~
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By Angie Mc on January 16, 2015 at 12:19 pm
Welcome to your new warm life, Angie McFly. Thank you for the rays of warmth back east.
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By markbialczak on January 16, 2015 at 3:14 pm
Gladly! And will you send me cool breezes come August? I’m not as upbeat about weather talk then 😀
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By Angie Mc on January 16, 2015 at 3:18 pm
The favor will be returned, Angie McFly. 🙂
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By markbialczak on January 16, 2015 at 5:20 pm
ha ha ha ha it is a sunny day of 32C ( apx.89F) but we do have unusually high humidity of 50 % +.. I live in a desert region so that is high for here. rug up all of you before you know it it will be spring..
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By Louise on January 16, 2015 at 9:03 am
Supposed to be a low of 36 tonight, which is chilly for Houston, Mark. My cold weather clothes are getting some serious use, which I enjoy. Stay warm, my friend.
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By Audrey Dawn - Oldest Daughter Redheaded Sister on January 15, 2015 at 6:20 pm
Woman of the plains states knows how to handle the chill, I know, Aud. 🙂
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By markbialczak on January 16, 2015 at 8:58 am
I won’t tease you with my Florida weather this time, Mark. When I lived in NY, I fought the cold by stapling a quadruple layer of thick plastic in my windows and sliding doors, and filling some panty hose with dry beans and putting them in the bottom of the doors and windows. That helped IMMENSELY with keeping the warm air in and the cold air out. Recently, I just heard about using large bubble wrap and misting your windows with water then sticking the flat side of the bubble wrap against the window to help insulate. Good luck to you, Karen and Ellie B, my friend! ❤
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By rachelcarrera on January 14, 2015 at 8:40 pm
We’re staying warm when we’re inside. Knock on wood. Hey, you had the insulating routines down warm, Rachel. Great job!
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By markbialczak on January 15, 2015 at 10:10 am
I get it, Mark! It’s been frigid in Chi-town too. And I thank God each and every morning that I telecommute. Drive my little guy to school and then I can hunker down. Wishing you a snuggie (ha:)) and cup of hot chocolate . . .
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By candidkay on January 14, 2015 at 3:11 pm
Those Snuggies did look good for working at home on days like these, didn’t they, Kay? I never gave in to the TV pitch. Did you? 🙂
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By markbialczak on January 14, 2015 at 4:50 pm
[…] morning I had things to do but I decided life is short and “things” can wait. I read Mark Bialczak’s blog post about sub-zero temperatures in Syracuse, New York and I thought, how lucky can I be living in […]
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By Spur of the moment beach walk | One Good Life in Los Angeles on January 14, 2015 at 12:58 am
Do not want you to feel worse because Southern California does not get anywhere as cold as you are describing. Occasional really cold mornings might get into 30 or 40s. But we have been in the 60s and 70s this week during the day. If it was as cold here as it is where you are I would probably find it about impossible to leave the house. 🙂 If I really want to see snow I can head up to the mountains in the winter.
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By Deborah Drucker on January 14, 2015 at 12:25 am
I think it’s great that you have snow you can drive to if you need it in the winter, Deborah. That’s close enough! Enjoy your 60s and 70s this week. That makes me feel happy for you, not bad for me.
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By markbialczak on January 14, 2015 at 9:26 am
Hope the thermometer starts going in the opposite direction for you soon there is Syracuse! ❤
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By Deborah Drucker on January 14, 2015 at 12:40 pm
It’s been about -38 here at the coldest, not unusual to tip into the -40s with wind chill. I hate the cold, but it’s part of living in the great white north. I have terrific seat warmers in my car (which is also a convertible, funnily), and a hot tub, and a fireplace. Warm mittens.
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By Jay on January 13, 2015 at 8:17 pm
You are armed for the winter in the great white north, Jay. Good for you. And the summer with your convertible. Long, sunny days, if you’re way north. Really good for you! Thanks for coming by to comment.
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By markbialczak on January 13, 2015 at 9:13 pm
Cool up here in Ottawa Mark. One day last week it was -25 C which is about -17 F plus windchill -34 C or about -30 F (celcius and fahrenheit are the same at -40) It warmed up a bit over the weekend (still well below freezing) but is now back down to -18 C (about -1 F) as I write this. A tad nippy. Keep warm my friend.
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By Paul on January 13, 2015 at 6:41 pm
You, too, keep warm, Paul. If you must take the rides to and from the dialysis, layer up to keep the cold out, my friend.
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By markbialczak on January 13, 2015 at 7:15 pm
I miss teaching school when snow days or cold days or fog days were the way we still got paid but didnt’ have to weather the storms or bad drives. I live closer to this job now, but would go back in a heartbeat to my 40 minute commute just to have some extra nice cozy days to stay at home in my little apt.
Mark, I have had very cold weather up on Lake Erie, so sometimes I will roll my eyes at people complaining about the cold. Also, they were starting right away in November. I wanted to say, “It is just the beginning, folks!” I don’t like freezing weather but when I put on layers including a scarf around my neck and over my nose, double warm gloves together, I could go on a nature walk like I used to when I dated Bill (or Mark). We would go for one hour sometimes, which is very invigorating. These days, minus the male motivation, I stay home after I blog or if I am not out going somewhere. The destination is what is all about lately… Thanks for showing us Ellie B’s response! Smiles!
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By reocochran on January 13, 2015 at 6:38 pm
Walking in the winter is fun sometimes, and invigorating always, but you like it better than I do, I think, Robin. I stick to the mall! Ellie B doesn’t want to walk outside when it gets this cold, either. You hang in there. I try not to complain, like you say, until it gets to this point. 🙂
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By markbialczak on January 13, 2015 at 7:18 pm
It is pretty darn cold out when Ellie B. doesn’t want to go exploring, sniffing or on a walk with ‘dad!’ smiles back at you, Mark!
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By reocochran on January 14, 2015 at 8:31 pm
That’s cold. I’ve never been anywhere that cold. We rarely go below 0 Centigrade during the day!
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By lundygirl on January 13, 2015 at 5:18 pm
That’s better, Rachel. 🙂
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By markbialczak on January 13, 2015 at 5:29 pm
We’ve gotten to about -5 or -7, with wind chills down to -25. Yes I have to go out in it. But work is pretty flexible. I do have home visits to do as part of my job. But unless it’s a desperate situation they don’t want us risking our safety either so caution is advised.
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By Chatter Master on January 13, 2015 at 5:16 pm
Smart flexibility there, Colleen. Thankfully. 🙂
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By markbialczak on January 13, 2015 at 5:30 pm
Blegh! The coldest it’s been was last Thursday when it got to like -1 or -2 with a wind chill up to -20 below. I stayed inside through the duration, of course!
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By Cheney on January 13, 2015 at 4:13 pm
I know you’re a smart woman, Cheney. 🙂
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By markbialczak on January 13, 2015 at 5:38 pm
Stay warm Mark and Karen! Our high today is about 52 degrees. Cloudy with a chance of fog… really scary wet fog. 🙂
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By Silver Threading on January 13, 2015 at 3:55 pm
I know where you’re going in the scary, wet fog, Colleen. 🙂
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By markbialczak on January 13, 2015 at 5:39 pm
😎Stay warm. Brrrr…
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By Silver Threading on January 13, 2015 at 6:19 pm
matching you degree for degree, Mark. Haven’t been above zero for days. Though I hear we’re going to hit 35 (them’s Texas temps!) over the weekend so that will be lovely. I don’t go out much for work, unless I am working at the client’s which is only maybe 20% of the time. I do get out to take my kids to the bus stop (overprotective perhaps, but I don’t let them walk even the 2 blocks to their stop in these temps. Especially the little one who likes to stop and play in the snow. Should be no stopping in this weather.) And I often pick the kids up at school to take them to lessons or whatnot and in the evening we have to leave the house for confirmation, basketball, gymnastics, whatnot. Tonight it’s a band concert. Ridiculous, really. Took the new kitty to the vets this morning and they had to de-worm him (again). So I’m going to meet you point-for-point in the negative contest. Which is hilarious as I think we’re both qualified optimists as Sagittarius. What gives? Thank goodness for hoodies and working at home and furnaces. Always a bright side.
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By Liz on January 13, 2015 at 2:15 pm
There is always a bight side for us Sag’s, Liz. Wait. I forgot what it is today for juuuuuust a second. Oh, yes, the furnace is hot and I am here reading your kind comments. 🙂
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By markbialczak on January 13, 2015 at 3:00 pm
Even Ellie B looks as though she has had it with that white blanket–more of a wet blanket–of snow. I braved the 37 degrees to get my hair did, and I look very Charlie’s Angels right now, so I feel better than you do. Don’t wear that hoodie where the wind comes sweeping down the plain; I think they’re passing laws against such articles of clothing. Dang, this used to be a really great country back in the day! Well, thank God for global warming at least.
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By kerbey on January 13, 2015 at 2:00 pm
I want to see you Angel-ized. Wings in your hair a la Farah or Jackyn or straight-Kate with a mere little flip? I was a Kate guy. There. I said it. Not even John Forsyth ever said that in public, I don’t think, Kerbey.
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By markbialczak on January 13, 2015 at 3:04 pm
You were a Kate guy? I read that the show was supposed to be her vehicle, but others stole her thunder. Really, Kate? What about Kate is superior to Jacklyn?
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By kerbey on January 13, 2015 at 4:16 pm
Kate had more depth to her, Kerbey. She appealed to my intellectual side. And the heart wants what the heart wants. 🙂
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By markbialczak on January 13, 2015 at 5:37 pm
We hit -3 a few times last week. The average high in January is 43 and we have remained well below that. Very little in the way of sun. It’s quite cold today but they are predicting 55 this weekend and sunshine. The car washes and golf courses will be full.
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By Apple Pie & Napalm on January 13, 2015 at 1:01 pm
I hope you get to walk outside and feel the 55 on your face, Apple Pie, if not the brushes on your car or the sun on your clubs. 🙂
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By markbialczak on January 13, 2015 at 3:08 pm
Mark you were giving me a hardtime about our hot temps when your complaining about it also…wats that in the celsius…is it colder than -10 c?
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By Louise on January 13, 2015 at 12:34 pm
Freezing here is 32 F. So negative is mighty much below your 0, Louise.
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By markbialczak on January 13, 2015 at 3:11 pm
its ok i got an app that says it is -20c which is our winter, at coldest, here. or my last worksite which was pick and pack in a chill freezer warehouse for a supermarket.
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By Louise on January 14, 2015 at 9:15 pm
That’s a darn cold worksite, Louse. I hope you were able to layer up for your freezer tasks.
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By markbialczak on January 15, 2015 at 10:07 am
yes you layer up and spend 90 minutes at a time in the freezer. how do you think all those gods get to you ‘fresh’? some of our warehouses are massive and have freezer depts within the main ones. Anyway it is interesting to read about the diferent weather.
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By Louise on January 15, 2015 at 6:13 pm
I’ll give you more weather stories, don’t you worry. 🙂
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By markbialczak on January 16, 2015 at 8:54 am
I can’t compete with this one. Anything below 70F (21C) and I start shivering!
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By RMW on January 13, 2015 at 12:32 pm
Yeah, the LA weather has thinned your blood, Ros. 🙂
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By markbialczak on January 13, 2015 at 3:11 pm
Compared to you it has been balmy here in NYC but being retired It would seem that way any way. 29 degrees in sunny downstate
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By Gale A. Molinari on January 13, 2015 at 12:25 pm
Lucky you, Gale. Retired and t-shirt weather. 🙂
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By markbialczak on January 13, 2015 at 3:12 pm
Yep need to take out the shirts!
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By Gale A. Molinari on January 13, 2015 at 5:13 pm
My thermometer bottomed out at four above last Thursday morning. I’d like that to be low for the season, but I’m not going to bet on that just yet…
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By evilsquirrel13 on January 13, 2015 at 11:29 am
Too much winter left for a bottom-out, Bill. Unfortunately. Dagnabbit.
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By markbialczak on January 13, 2015 at 3:14 pm
AY, Dios Mio! Que frio! I am under my covers as I write this, Mr. B. It’s 11:21 and I can’t get up. The house is freezing and I am too cold to get up to turn the heat up. 🙂 We are experiencing a heat wave though compared to Syracuse. We are at 14 right now.
The only thing getting me through, is knowing that I will be in my little island in less than a month. I had already accepted the fact that it wasn’t in the cards for this year…due to the 2 tuition payments we are making but my wonderful Mama would not hear it. She booked the flight for me and is waiting for me with open (and warm) arms. There is a God…and a great mom. 🙂
Stay cozy in your hoodie!
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By brickhousechick on January 13, 2015 at 11:27 am
I am trying to think warm, Mrs. B.
You have one wonderful Mama waiting for you to get off the plain down there in Puerto Rico. Dios Mia! Muy Verdad!
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By markbialczak on January 13, 2015 at 3:16 pm
Si Senor, es verdad! 🙂
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By brickhousechick on January 13, 2015 at 6:15 pm
We’re having another Chinook at the moment, so we’re warmer here than you are down there. Hardly seems fair considering we’re in Canada. (sorry) The good news is that the days are getting longer, right?
As for your question, our coldest days are yet to come. The hardest, coldest, most depressing part of winter occurs from late January to early March. I’m bracing myself! ❤
Stay warm Mark! ❤
Diana xo
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By dianasschwenk on January 13, 2015 at 11:18 am
I’m bracing myself, too, Diana, for that same stretch, when it seems winter will never end. ❤ xo
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By markbialczak on January 13, 2015 at 3:18 pm
North Alabama got to about 7 degrees so far this winter. It’s at times like that where I miss living near Orlando – the coldest it ever got was one day spent at 30. At any rate, in Alabama it does get below freezing at times, but rarely below 0.
Fortunately my parents are originally from Wisconsin. They love the “warm winters” down here. If it gets too cold, we just throw a log on the fire and put on an extra layer.
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By siriusbizinus on January 13, 2015 at 11:04 am
That is toasty compared to Wisconsin, sirius. Because as we know, it’s all relative. 🙂
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By markbialczak on January 13, 2015 at 3:21 pm
It really is. My face hurt watching the negative number on your TV screen.
I need to go find a sweater…
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By siriusbizinus on January 13, 2015 at 3:46 pm
Yeah, that’s too low.
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By markbialczak on January 13, 2015 at 5:40 pm
We got down to 7 last week, so on the flipside of your weather forecast.
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By NotAPunkRocker on January 13, 2015 at 11:00 am
7 above in Richmond is dang cold, Sheena. 😮
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By markbialczak on January 13, 2015 at 3:22 pm
The most cold I tried was in Denmark, where we had around -25 C which is -12 in F.
Great post Mark 😉
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By irenedesign2011 on January 13, 2015 at 10:25 am
That’s too cold, Irene. 🙂 Thank you. Be warm in Spain, my friend.
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By markbialczak on January 13, 2015 at 3:23 pm
Also too cold for me Mark 😉
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By irenedesign2011 on January 13, 2015 at 5:05 pm
I don’t think it’s quite as cold in the metro area as it is out in Syracuse so I don’t remember ever experiencing less than single digits without wind chill factor. Poor Dogamus. I hope it warms up.
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By Marissa Bergen on January 13, 2015 at 10:00 am
I ran an errand at noon and my car dash thermometer read plus-9, Marissa. Dogamous Pyle has gone outside three times, out-and-right-back-in each time. Smart dog, she is.
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By markbialczak on January 13, 2015 at 3:25 pm
Oh no! Poor you, poor dog!
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By Marissa Bergen on January 13, 2015 at 3:28 pm
Oh, man, that’s cold. Take your breath away cold. I officially will not complain about 30ish degree temps in Richmond in sympathy. Yikes, Mark.
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By Silver in the Barn on January 13, 2015 at 9:48 am
Thanks, Barbara. Yes, I am going to venture outside to bring the garbage can and recycling bin in from streetside soon. Oh, boy.
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By markbialczak on January 13, 2015 at 9:51 am
I’m in NC (Charlotte area)…I think we’ve managed to keep it 12 or above this year. 🙂 Thank goodness for thick socks and such. We’re all “at home” people (even John works from home most days), so we just stay in and try to pretend it isn’t happening. 🙂 Of course, last week, our heater broke…that got our attention. Fortunately, the lovely heater repair people had it fixed within less than an hour of me calling. 😀 Stay warm!
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By nerdinthebrain on January 13, 2015 at 9:36 am
That’s fast furnace work, Nerdy. Thank you, repair folks! It’s great that you have the teaching-Grace gig and John works mostly from home, too. Very comfortable winter environment. Be warm and safe when you venture into store parking lots. 😮
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By markbialczak on January 13, 2015 at 9:53 am
tough way to begin a day. and yes, i’m a cold weather inhabitant myself. i tend to hibernate into my cave during the winter months, expect for school, and with my grandies, where i embrace playing out in the midst of all of it. making it a special time for me.
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By ksbeth on January 13, 2015 at 9:22 am
The grandies warm everything, don’t they, Beth? Lucky you. ))
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By markbialczak on January 13, 2015 at 9:25 am
yes, and you’ll have them warming you as well one day, mark. i’m sure of that )
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By ksbeth on January 13, 2015 at 10:41 am
Me, hoping. 🙂
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By markbialczak on January 13, 2015 at 3:23 pm
Would you believe I picked TODAY to get up and go back to the gym? I nearly couldn’t get out of the car, what with its bunwarmer (yes, I know it’s a seat warmer, but we both know what it’s function is) and my scarf wrapped around my face like I was wearing a burka or else I was on safari with Lawrence of Arabia.
And we’re currently only at -3°F (without windchill, of course).
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By Helena Hann-Basquiat on January 13, 2015 at 8:42 am
Yes, Helena. A bunwarmer is the best description. Karen’s CX7 had that feature, and it was like a winter magnet. Alas that’s now owned by son Daryl, and the new CX5 leaves the bun warming up to individuality and achievement. As for your gym trip, darling, your hammies may have been oh-so-tight but your glutes were ready to roll at the start! On safari with Larry in the sand was a nice thought, though, wasn’t it? Keep warm, my friend,
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By markbialczak on January 13, 2015 at 9:28 am
Down South (NC), we are preparing for a “Winter Storm” set to arrive tonight or early morning. For us Southerners, that means a glaze of ice possible on the roadways. Currently it is 39 degrees but the temps are dropping today to below freezing (but Thank God, not below ZERO). I had to take my three sons to school this morning, so the cold was unavoidable. What do I do to fight the cold? Complain, mostly. Pout and hibernate socially. And read WP blogs. Stay warm!! 😉
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By Dana Renee on January 13, 2015 at 8:36 am
Pouting raises the body temperature at least a degree, I find, Dana. 😦 Three. Typing a frownie face counts. I hope you do not get the glazed-donut roads today. Thanks for stopping by and commenting this cold morning.
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By markbialczak on January 13, 2015 at 9:30 am
Brrr.
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By Boeta on January 13, 2015 at 8:36 am
Yupppppppp. Thanks for the commmmmment, Boeta by the sea.
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By markbialczak on January 13, 2015 at 9:31 am
He he good luck. 300 and humid here…
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By Boeta on January 13, 2015 at 11:25 am
30 C not 300
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By Boeta on January 13, 2015 at 11:26 am
300 we’d all be boiling on our Earth, right?
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By markbialczak on January 13, 2015 at 3:17 pm
I wish i could experience winter soon! 😀
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By Glaiza Binayas on January 13, 2015 at 8:33 am
Be careful what you wish for, Glaiza … Just kidding. I hope you get a chance to see some snow and feel a bite in the air. Be prepared, though, with warm coats, gloves and a hat. Frost-bite is dangerous. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by to comment from your warm place.
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By markbialczak on January 13, 2015 at 9:32 am
Haha! Maybe I could just go to a country with winter for vacation just so I could experience it in a few days or weeks. 😀 and yeah, I’ll prepare my wardrobe.
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By Glaiza Binayas on January 13, 2015 at 11:13 am
Baby steps on the winter starts. Perfect plan, Glaiza. 🙂
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By markbialczak on January 13, 2015 at 3:19 pm