Friday

Today it was sunny and cold. It was minus 2 degrees. I baby sat while Sharon and Amanda went shopping. Brennen did not go to sleep and got up from nap after one hour. I fed Payton a bottle and then we all snuggled on the couch. Payton loves to cuddle and Brennen always has. The shoppers came home after picking up Taylor after school and then we left to go pick up Adam at work and then was off to buy a Christmas tree. When we got to the store Brennen was a sleep and Sharon opted to stay in car with him and Payton so I could go in with Adam, Amanda and Taylor.
Well, where the trees are was inside, or at least inside walls but no heat. In the 5-10 minutes it took for them to find a good tree, I quickly became numb. I finally understood what Amanda meant when she says your snot freezes. I had no recognition that there was anything in my nose until I felt it freezing in my nose. A weird feeling. I had my hood up, gloves on and coat zipped up. To say it is freezing does not mean anything here. If it makes it above zero it is a warm day. By the time we got to the car, I was complaining once again about the cold. I honestly do not understand how people ever get used to this cold. We came home and once again we waited for supper. It is just like Christmas, waiting for supper and guessing what it will be. The lady brought an excellent pasta dish, garlic toast and home made cookies. I can't eat any of it but they said it was good. I ate leftovers and goodness knows we have some awesome leftovers. Then we loaded up the car to go to look at Christmas lights. Grand Forks has a lot of beautiful homes and driving around looking at the lights reminded me of my childhood when we used to go dive around. I am still cold but the rest of car was hot. Right now Adam is putting the lights on the Christmas tree and we are listening to Christmas music. Life is good, but it is cold, very cold......I will never think that 20 degrees is cold again. I would give anything for double digit temps...11 or 12 sounds heavenly. Tomorrow, Brian and his friend Oliver start home for Christmas break, hope they do not encounter any bad weather. The children were asking if we could go ice skating, and something tells me that would not be in a heated place. Hard to vote against the kids but while I would love to see them skate, I do not want my nose to freeze again. Maybe I could watch from the car....