Chicago is closed down. Public schools, universities...so we are here, at home. Days with severe inclement weather say to me: "Cook! Cook all the things!"

I made a scramble this morning with onion, mushrooms, spinach, and cheese. It was AWESOME!


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So...the air temp at 10:30 am is -18F. The wind chill is -42F ( Read more... )

It is cold.

When we left the house this morning it was, I think, -2F (-19C).  I think the warmest it got today was 6 or 7F (-14C).  I work downtown, near the Lake.  It's warmer here than out west of the city.

Our area has a wind chill advisory.  Because, well, yeah.


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We are back from a good and productive weekend at Mom's. Husband sawed slats, retrieved box spring and mattress, hung blinds, changed knobs and locks, disposed of the massive collection of keys, and generally was VERY HELPFUL. He's the best son-in-law ever ( Read more... )

Yesterday and the day before were awesome weather...sunny but breezy and low humidity and COOL out. Gorgeous. I missed it the day before yesterday, but yesterday Elf and I rode bikes to the post office and then around the park and to the library and around another park and just AROUND. It was lovely. The streets we were on were quiet so we ( Read more... )

We made it safely to cheekygal's last night, where she fed us AMAZING homemade pizza ( Read more... )

Qi is here! She seems to prefer to be called Olive. Her English is AMAZING! She's sweet and LOVES kids and animals and is thrilled with the pets. She is coming to school with me today to get her ID and such. I got her schedule on Tuesday and REALLY have enjoyed going up to her teachers (my colleagues) and "introducing" myself and letting them ( Read more... )

I haven't had a problem with the weather in Chicago and have found the warmer weather to be delightful ( Read more... )

I got to show "School Reunion" to our host and evil_overlord and then SJA (THANK YOU bentleywgThey felt the love ( Read more... )

The day before yesterday, as I walked in to the school, it was the first day that the breeze held that first nip of autumn ( Read more... )