Well, if you've seen any news at all, you know that the weather has been crazy lately. If it has been this cold for this long before, I definitely don't remember - mind you, it has been a nice change. I've actually enjoyed the cold weather...well, for the most part. I did happen to notice that I don't own any casual shoes that aren't flip flops or summer type shoes. That has got to change. Of course, any excuse to buy new shoes is fine by me, too. Books and shoes - that pretty much sums it up.
I digress....
This morning JD and I were running a few minutes behind. Isn't that how all your problems usually start - because you're not on time? We get out the door and my car looked like it was frozen. I sighed - which somehow caused my nose to feel like it was going to fall off from frost bite. We get in the car and the defrost goes on full force - and buddy that felt like Arctic air coming out of the vents. We sit there - of course all bundled up like Eskimos - and nothing happens. I still can't see out of my windows. Then I remember these words of wisdom:
"If ever you need to defrost your windshield, just pour water on it" No problem. I actually have bottled water in the car. So, what do I do at 6:45 in the morning? I jump out of the car armed with two bottles of water and proceed to dump water on the windshield.....that's when I noticed that the water in the bottle was partially frozen. Nice. I'm still thinking it's going to work. After all, the water has to be warmer than the outside.
Yeah, no, it didn't. I pretty much turned my windshield into a huge block of ice. We sat in the car for 25 minutes waiting for it to defrost. Of course JD was laughing at me - and honestly I was laughing, too. Who wouldn't be? I get to work where one of my co-workers informs me that only people in the South say to put water on your window - which I remind him is where we live. Needless to say, we'll just let it defrost - that way I'm not standing outside the car with gloved hands trying to get ice off the window. =)
Thankfully the rest of the day went well. Now, we are home and I've made the carrot cake for tomorrow's birthday celebration at work, baked some cookies for JD, and we are relaxing. So nice.
