The Cold is Here

We are currently sitting at temperatures of -20 degrees…My feelings on the matter are: I am very happy that we have a warm house, and I tend to then take really hot showers. Because with it being that cold outside it only makes sense to turn that water up to just about scalding. Now, they say it like this:  "it's negative 20 degrees out with the windchill." and I guess the "wind chill" part needs to be stated, because they are saying, " oh hey guys, without the windchill it wouldn't be that cold…" maybe -10. I am no meteorologist per say, but my point is, it is still really really cold. 

Needless to say the snow has reminded me of Utah. It reminds of driving in Utah snow, and so far it is still powdery and as awesome as ever. However, they do not plow the roads here. I am not saying that sarcastically either, I mean that they really don't plow the streets here…at all. In Utah if a storm hits like clock work you can count on the roads getting paved right away in preparation for morning commuters. Here they throw down some gravel on some of the main roads, and then send you telepathic hugs and good luck wishes as you drive. It really hasn't been that bad yet even with a couple days of big storms. 

We are officially decorated as of today also. I did a lot of the decorating last weekend, but we got our tree today. Sam and I went back and forth a lot this year when it came to the tree. Fake or real? Getting a pass to pick one out ourselves? Or do we just get a lovely pre lit Christmas tree? Or just go pick out a tree at a tree farm? We went with the last choice. It was me who really wanted to go chop down our tree this year, just to start a tradition with the boys. Sam reminded me our kids are 3 and 1, and in a couple years it will be awesome, but it doesn't make a lot of sense right now. Which is totally true. It also didn't come up that I am also 32 weeks pregnant, and really? You want to hike around and look for a tree? But, he didn't say anything like that. Ha! Though I guess it was a weird desire for me to have at this point. I am happy we went with the real tree, it smells so wonderful in our house now!  A nostalgic Christmas tree smell that is filling every room in the house reminding me of childhood Christmases. Hmmm..I love it. We also have almost all of our Christmas shopping done, and now we can just enjoy the rest of the season.