It's not going to get above 0 degrees today.

[Deleted]

No clue. If temperatures are going to be that cold, it would at least be nice to have some mountains to ski down. Isn't Minnesota really flat?

[thedutchgirl]

I just checked the temp and thought the same thing. Why on earth did I move here?

[noodleskooze]

Ah! Stay warm up there! I always wonder what made people settle in TX when it's a bazillion degrees come August.

[eddy]

Our temps are rapidly going down today. Right now it is a 9 degrees. Tonight it will be -9.

And I have to go to class tonight so I get to be out in it. Yay!

[Deleted]

I am wearing long underwear underneath my pants today. And a flannel shirt.

On my way into work I saw some dumb bitch wearing leggings, ballet flats without socks, a cotton coat and no hat or mittens.

I judged her.

[nahoku]

She doesn't know it (although I'll probably tell her later), but I'm cursing my mother right now for moving us here from Hawaii. ::shakes fist::

[cleo29]

Feel free to blame my inlaws, I am sure MIL was wishing for tons of cold and snow. 

The last time we were out there for Christmas, my FIL commented that it was "warm". It was a balmy 13 degrees. Break out the shorts!

[Moe]

But I just checked for the weather this week, and it's going to be in the 20's for the next week.

WEEK OF 20 degrees.

I am seriously fucking emotionally happy. I am teary, TEARY.

TWIRLS!!!

[Deleted]

fuck that.

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Dec 11, 2013 9:22:12 GMT -5 calamity said:

fuck that.

I was also about to say this. It was 9 this morning here and I am about to throw things. I hate being cold.

[Deleted]

Yeah its like minus 10 or some shit here today. I don't even know. I just know that i'm miserable.

[fezzik]

I'm not sure what the real feel temp is right now, but this is the actual temp.  Blech.  

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Being cold is one of the worst feelings for me, so who knows why I live in MN.

[thedutchgirl]

Dec 11, 2013 9:21:32 GMT -5 Moe said:

But I just checked for the weather this week, and it's going to be in the 20's for the next week.

WEEK OF 20 degrees.

I am seriously fucking emotionally happy. I am teary, TEARY.

TWIRLS!!!

Next week I'll joke about not wearing a coat in the heat wave!

[looseseal]

Ugh, puddleofgrace, I feel you on the daycare thing. We don't really have any indoor places to take our kids so they can run around and wear themselves out. It's going to be a loong weekend again.

[circa1978]

And now I feel bad about complaining that it is going to be 6 here tomorrow. When I was a kid, they closed schools for that kind of cold!

[BAMFMrsB]

Doesn't the US military train in MN to mimic the weather conditions of SIBERIA?

Freaking cold. I don't know how you northerners do it. It hit 26* this morning and I'm like "WE NEED TO INSULATE THE GARAGE. I AM COLLLLLLLLD" (its below our MBR *-))

[looseseal]

Dec 11, 2013 10:17:50 GMT -5 puddleofgrace said:

@ooseseal, are you in MN?

No, I'm in SE Iowa. My weather is pretty much the same as eddy's. We're not nearly as cold as MN is now, but it's just frustrating. One day last week I didn't even need a coat. Now I need to search for my long underwear.

[keyslover]

I have been sending my husband jobs in FL I think he needs to apply, I cannot take this weather.  

I just took my girls out this morning to take DD1 to school, we go via sled because we are super close and it is more work to warm up the car.  It was -6 but felt like -23.  

I hate the isolation of the cold too. 

[keyslover]

Dec 11, 2013 10:35:22 GMT -5 puddleofgrace said:

Dec 11, 2013 10:29:13 GMT -5 keyslover said:

 

I just took my girls out this morning to take DD1 to school, we go via sled because we are super close and it is more work to warm up the car.  It was -6 but felt like -23.  

I don't know why, but that struck me as hysterical. 
It's just so fitting for MN living.

The question is whether I mean snowmobile or snow sled  The best part is we actually live in Minneapolis, not the sticks.  I do feel very Minnesooootan when I do this too 

[Moe]

Dec 11, 2013 10:12:35 GMT -5 thedutchgirl said:

Dec 11, 2013 9:21:32 GMT -5 Moe said:

But I just checked for the weather this week, and it's going to be in the 20's for the next week.

WEEK OF 20 degrees.

I am seriously fucking emotionally happy. I am teary, TEARY.

TWIRLS!!!

Next week I'll joke about not wearing a coat in the heat wave!

I'm bringing back my fall coat

Tiki Party at Moe's!

[tacocat]

Yeah, no. My 20 degrees this morning is plenty cold enough, thankyouverymuch. H knows someone who retired to MN, which I think is crazy.

[keyslover]

puddleofgrace this time of year sucks because the malls aren't a great outlet since they are filled with Christmas shoppers.

Since the kids are in daycare I assume you work so it is hard to get to the zoo(s) because of their short hours.

It isn't fresh air, but it is out- Science Museum has stuff for the little ones and we have been able to get enough out of the History Center too. I HATE the Children's Museum, I feel like we would get sick every time we went there.

Are you East,West,North or South or the cities?

[gault]

I have never been this grumpy before the holidays. I blame it on this bitchass weather.

[spindle92]

Dec 11, 2013 11:33:16 GMT -5 gault said:

I have never been this grumpy before the holidays. I blame it on this bitchass weather.

Bring on the cold and snow sister!

[shostakovich]

I hereby retract my complaint from earlier this morning, regarding the single digit temperatures here in Chicago. I wore jeggings with legwarmers over them this morning, and a knit cowl over my head like a babushka. Everything was fine.

Stay tough, Minnesotans, and know that the rest of the country thinks you are brave/hearty/crazy.

[cinderbella]

I work off site for the VA and had to go over to the hospital and park a bazillion fucking miles away. Fuck. This. Shit.

As a reward, I'm picking up Chipotle on the way back to my building.

[spindle92]

Am I the only one who partakes in winter fun? We snowmobile like crazy, ski, go sledding and tubing. Yeah it's cold but you just bundle up.

[nahoku]

Dec 11, 2013 12:02:56 GMT -5 spindle92 said:

Am I the only one who partakes in winter fun? We snowmobile like crazy, ski, go sledding and tubing. Yeah it's cold but you just bundle up.

[spindle92]

Dec 11, 2013 12:10:13 GMT -5 nahoku said:

Dec 11, 2013 12:02:56 GMT -5 spindle92 said:

Am I the only one who partakes in winter fun? We snowmobile like crazy, ski, go sledding and tubing. Yeah it's cold but you just bundle up.

I should add that we always add some Kaluha to our hot chocolate to help with the chills.

[nahoku]

I do wish we could find a good hill for sledding. There were a couple I could walk to in my neighborhood growing up and I don't know of any near us now. DH built an ice rink in the backyard. I don't mind the snow. It's the frigid temperatures that I really can't stand.

As I type this, I'm in my Ugg boots, sweater draped across my lap and an extra sweater across my shoulders. I'm a delicate flower in the cold!  (wilted)