Winter in Chicago

Today's chilly weather has shattered records and 12 noon today was marked as the 7th coldest noon time EVER recorded here in Chicago.  We're at -13 (yes negative thirteen) with a wind chill of -40 (yes negative forty).

Home

Home is....

• ...where the heart is.
• ...not where you live, but where they understand you.
• ...a place you grow up wanting to leave, and where you grow old wanting to get back to.
• ...sweet home Chicago.

• ...lonely when you are a single person who goes home to an empty home every night.
• ...a lot of work to maintain when you own it on your own.
• ...where I thought I'd be living with a husband by the age I am now.
• ...still only a condo instead of the house I hoped I'd have by my age.

Missing Those Chicago Winters

Often I get grief for the fact that I actually LIKE Chicago winters.  Throw on a few extra layers and you're good to go is my motto.  Days like we've had this week with the actual temps nearing 100 degrees and the heat index well exceeding 100 degrees makes me especially appreciate those colder winter days as well as my working air conditioning!  That the thermostat in my car read approx. 90 degrees at 8:30 pm tonight seems especially wrong!

While I think that San Diego has the ideal, year-round weather, I suppose it is weather like what we're having now that especially makes me appreciate the colder weather that we in Chicago get to experience a better part of the year.

Now if only we could feel those winds that Chicago is known for start to blow we might just have a chance at a bit of a break!