You know it's getting bad when you have to literally open your eyes with your fingers in the morning. Babies are fun. In other news...

Yesterday, it looked like A. stopping, unasked, in the middle of his 250-mile drive home from Blackrock to get me lettuce at the incredible...

The January thaw has commenced. It got above freezing yesterday for the first time in many, many weeks. Hooray! Except . . . I noticed ...

Cubby and Charlie spent some time this morning running around looking out of windows at the spectacular drifts of snow and whining about no...

Current outdoor temperature: 11 degrees below zero Current windspeed: 19 miles an hour Current windchill: 35 degrees below zero Curre...

Update: The furnace is currently working. Hooray! But not because the repair guy (who didn't show up until 7 p.m. yesterday) found anyt...

Short version: Our furnace stopped working consistently yesterday, and it got to 15 degrees below zero last night. Thankfully, there'...