cold weather

Isn’t cold weather wonderful?  Just kidding :) I don’t know anyone who is especially fond of all the bundling up, shoveling, and freezing wind chills! When you live in Wisconsin you have to get used to cold weather. This morning it was about 5 degrees above zero, but there was a –15 degree wind chill. I spent the morning helping Dad thaw out the waterers in our yearling heifer barn. In the process I froze my toes and my nose. The first attempt was to pour hot water on the pipes, when that didn’t work we brought the salamander (heater) out to try and get it thawed out. Finally we realized the problem was with the well, so Dad stuck the salamander on the well and called the well people to come and look at it. Hopefully they’ll be able to figure something out! I think it’s amazing that we can go from 90 plus degrees in the summer to below zero with bone-chilling winds in the winter. So enjoy the cold weather while we have it, it won’t be long till we’ll be sweating and wishing for cooler temperatures!