Life Without Gray

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Song(s) of the week

I received lots of iTunes cash for Christmas (thank you!!) and have some great new playlists. The song I currently can't get out of my head is Bring Me to Life by Evanescence. It's not a current song (released in '03) but it was recommended by a friend and I'm glad I checked it out!

Close seconds:
Right Here by Staind (slightly newer '06)
Into the Night by Santana/Chad Kroeger (whoo '07! I'm getting more current!)

Not kidding

This is not a joke - I sat down at my computer and checked the weather. Here are the current stats; it's 9:05 am and the sun is out.

Saint Paul, MN

-20°F (yes, that's a minus sign!!)
Current: Sunny
Wind: N at 0 mph
Humidity: 67%

Sun 7° | -10°
Mon 9° | -8°
Tue 9° | -4°

I am literally too afraid to check the wind chill reading.

edit: ok, I noticed that the wind is listed as 0 mph, so I guess that there's not really a wind chill.

Friday, January 1, 2010

Sledding Fun

Since Santa brought the girls new sleds for Christmas, we had to go and try them out. We headed out on New Year's day, and because of the temperature (6) and negative wind chills, we had the hill to ourselves for most of the time. A middle-aged woman and her beagle did join us for a while, and gave us a new twist on dog-sledding - she held the dog on her lap while going down the hill in a saucer sled. It didn't end well, but both left with only their pride injured...

Here are some pics from the adventure. Sorry we didn't get one of the dog sled...

Madilyn and her new inflatable sled. It lasted for 3 runs before tearing beyond hope of repair.

Sarah, always watching. She doesn't participate in all the craziness. Later she headed off to a nearby playground, and got her workout swinging on the swings.