Y’all… it’s miserable cold here in the Ville. How cold is it?
Let me show you how cold it is!
That’s the inside handle of the storm door. If that’s not enough to convince you it’s cold, how about you take a close look at the photo below…
See that little yellow spot in the snow? Dharma may have a heavy coat of hair, but she is still using the deck to pee instead of going out in the yard. Can’t say that I blame her.
TIL (Today I Learned): In the movie, Die Hard, Bruce Willis wears 34 different undershirts each with a different level of grime.
Everything predicted so far regarding the winter storm has become reality. It’s dropped 40° and the wind is howling. Seriously… HOWLING, you guys. Currently, it’s FOUR DEGREES and snowing.
My weather app says the wind is holding steady around 28mph with gusts reaching 46mph. At almost midnight, my app also says the snow will be stopping soon.
And then it’s going to drop to -4° with wind chills in the negative 30’s or so. 🥶
Hard to believe it’s 75° in the office right now even though I’m opening the door every 30 minutes to let a certain girl outside.
Dharma LOVES snow!
TIL (Today I Learned): Astronauts eat steak and eggs before a flight because it’s filling and low on dietary fiber so they won’t have to poop during the mission.
As of right now (around 9:00 AM ET), it’s still snowing. I’m currently on my first cup of coffee so I haven’t ventured outside yet, but captured the above photo by sticking my phone out the door. Looking out the window, I can barely see the Pesky’s house. It’s a white out! 😉
I’m thrilled to be here… even if I am a little chilly.
We’ve yet to fire up the outside wood burning furnace to enjoy the radiant floor heat. It was 70 degrees yesterday, after all. Still not a fan of the split units, but it’s a comfortable — albeit a tad chilly — 68° in the office this morning.
When living in Seymour, the only snow photos I took included a privacy fence or other neighboring homes. That’s because that’s all I could see. This view might not be any better to some people… but it sure is to me!
It’s certainly warm enough to paint inside.
I started painting yesterday in the kitchen. So much trim! I didn’t make a whole lot of progress but will be back at it today. Ben showed up last night for a few and told me the new color is boring. Thanks so much, asshole.
I love me some dark paint colors but for some reason I don’t like them here. I’m the one that had a purple living room before the move, remember? 😉 This time, I choose a really light green (and typically I hate green) for the kitchen area.
Bye, bye, beige!
I’ll be getting my dark color fix with an accent wall. Let’s see if Ben thinks it’s still boring when I finish. More photos to come tomorrow. I stayed away from the Chip and Joanna castle colors. I liked the show, Fixer Upper, much better when they weren’t doing their own business projects. Their tagline, “Welcome Home,” doesn’t even fit anymore.
TIL (Today I Learned): In the event of a battery fire, Tesla’s electric door latches will not open and there are only manual latch overrides for the front doors, not the rear.
Anonymous — formed in 2003 and the collective known for cyberattacks against several governments (and the Church of Scientology) — with its varied Twitter handles shared the following early this morning:
“Ukraine is a democratic country being invaded by a fascist dictatorship, the battle isn’t NATO vs Russia, the battle is democracy vs fascism.”
Not long afterward, the Russian Ministry of Defense’s website went down. 🙂
Dontcha’ wonder if that got Putin’s attention more than the sanctions imposed yesterday? Maybe… maybe not. Do you see the correlation between the sanctions outlined and southern Indiana’s weather this morning?
It’s like Mother Nature saying, “Yo. I could snow but I’m not feeling it today so I’ll just remind you of what I could do if I really wanted to.”
And everyone responding, “Pfft. No big deal.“
TIL (Today I Learned): In World War II, British spies plotted to spike Hitler’s food with estrogen to make him less aggressive.
Still using the Android phone so I’m also using my Windows desktop exclusively. One of the most annoying things EVAH is the lack of hot corners. Rather than bask in the glow of a lit monitor, on an Apple, you can just move your mouse to the corner and the screensaver comes on (thus called hot corners). WTH, Windows?
Also lacking hot corners is my city where it snowed yet again last night…
19°F this morning and it’s forecasted to be 65°F by Wednesday. Crazy, right?
Super Bowl Incoming
Although Perry is working, he’ll make it in front of a TV prior to kick-off. He’s so excited and wants his Bengals to win so badly. He was off yesterday and I don’t think he moved from in front of the computer… reading everything “football” he could find… wearing a Bengals t-shirt. 🙄
Sometimes, he’ll yack about statistics and for the most part, I listen. Like… the last time the Rams won was 1999. They were in the Super Bowl in 2019 and were defeated by the Patriots. The Bengals have made it to two Super Bowl playoffs — 1981 and 1988 — and the 49ers took the win both times. (For the record, I’ll forget all this stuff by tomorrow.)
Having no football team at my high school, I’m lost quite a bit when it comes to the rules and what each call means. I know what a touchdown is and even a field goal — everything else is gray to me. I’ll say, “Was that good?” at least 100 times during the game, I’m sure.
The Rams are favored to win this year, but I’ll be rooting for the Bengals. WHO DEY! Was that good? 😉
TIL (Today I Learned): The Bengals are one of 12 teams currently in the league that do not have any Super Bowl victories in their franchise’s history.
