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How Can this Happen?

How can we go from 43 degrees one day to -14 below the next? You have got to love Minnesota's ever so predictable weather! Temps dropped more than 40 degrees in one day, falling an average of 3 degrees and hour overnight on Monday.

Here is a blurb form out local Kare 11 news:

The Twin Cities Metro area and the rest of Minnesota is under a WIND-CHILL WARNING until noon for Wind-Chill temperatures down to -45 below which means frostbite is possible in just a matter of minutes to exposed skin. Winds in the Metro will be from the Northwest at 10 to 20 mph this morning then decrease to less than 15 mph this afternoon producing Wind-Chill temperatures of -20 below. Skies will be sunny today with increasing clouds late this afternoon. Temperatures will be near -14 below ( Wind-Chill -38 below ) at 8 A.M. then -8 below ( Wind-Chill -30 below ) at noon and 0 degrees ( Wind-Chill -18 below ) at 5 P.M

Lets just say, bundle up rugged Minnesotans.

*ETA: I uploaded some recent photos to Flickr. I am going to get back on the Photo-a-Day horse.

Lots to Report from a Productive Day

Got a lot to share today. It was a somewhat productive day. I am back to school again. Had a great winter break, but have to get back to the book work. We started last Tuesday with classes again. I love all the classes I have this semester, but am not a huge fan of how my schedule is laid out. I end up having 3 and 4 hours breaks in between a few courses. Its not enough time to go and do something, but it's too long to just sit around and wait. I am sure I will find someway to fill the time.

Today I just had one class and it didn't start until 3 pm. My morning was fairly productive. A good friend of mine, Gina, and I met for lunch at my favorite coffee shop. They make the best Chai Latte around! Great soup and sandwiches, too. It's delicious! Can't you tell? There's not much left.

After lunch I went and got my car washed! That was a must for the day! If you are from the Midwest or anywhere that gets snow...You know about the salt issue. You can't leave it on your car or it will rust faster but up where it's cold out you can't always wash your car or your doors will freeze shut! The weather today was perfect for car washing!

While I was out, I picked up a little something for myself. I have been trying to keep up with a Photo-a-Day. I have not been the best at it. I want to document the everyday and just plain old take more photos. I decided the reason I was not doing it, was that I don't bring my camera with me enough places. Here is my solution. A nice small camera bag...not too big. Perfect to just hold my camera and able to grab and go!

Last I want to show a little peak of my miniBOOK class for February. I teach a monthly miniBOOK class at The Scrapbook Shop in Saint Paul. For February I went with a Cupid's Arrow theme.

Trial Two.

I am going to give this blogging thing another go around. Hopefully this time I will be more apt to keep it updated. I like the features and look of TypePad. I look forward to sharing projects, photos, and random bits about my life.

So here is to a fresh start.