ICY WEATHER!
So it is currently 23* down here in the middle of TX. We had freezing rain/sleet off and on yesterday, but mostly during the night. The am news reported 40 accidents overnight! Here in TX, there is no salt for the roads...they use sand...just sand... Bridges are closed, as is the highway that loops around the city.

Doug, being the New Yorker that he is, got up this am, turned on the van to run for a while, then went in to work (it's a holiday for some, not Doug's co). His boss (a Texan) called at 6:50 am - 30 minutes AFTER Doug left - to tell him not to go into work b/c of the road conditions. I laughed and told him that as New Yorkers, all roads would have to be closed and our city under a state of emergency for Doug to stay home from work LOL. Needless to say, when Doug arrived at his first stop, the Air Force Base, he was refused at the gate. Apparently when things get icy down here, the MILITARY even shuts down ;-) So Doug is now home for a day off...unless he gets a call from his boss stating he should return to work.

It's not likely...the temps aren't to go above freezing for another day or so...so we'll stay on ice until at least Wednesday, wishing we had NY salt for the first time in 2 years LOL.

Knowing yesterday that we'd be hunkered down for a while...we finally took down the Christmas decorations, and Doug helped the kids reorganize their dresser drawers...now if only I had a knitting project I'd be set. Might need to go through my yarn stash and think of something to make ;-)