Baby, it's cold outside... and INSIDE!

In all of my years of living in El Paso, I'd never experienced single digit degrees with a "feels" like negative double digits. Those types of temps belong up north! Last night's 10 o'clock news showed us at 8° F while both Chicago, IL and Buffalo, NY were at higher temps. El Paso is known to experience all sorts of weird weather all in a single day, though. We can go from sunny and hot, to cool and breezy, to rainy and snowy with a chance of dust sandwiches. What's not normal, is reaching a high of 7°! lol

Yesterday, we had "Rolling Blackouts" that were supposed to last 30-45 minutes. Ours lasted 9 hours beginning at 9:30 in the morning. Schools and most places of employments were closed for the day, including today, in order to conserve energy. A lot of folks in the surrounding areas were also without water and gas. We were out of electricity, which controls our heat and stove, so after a while we opted to hang out at Walmart for a few hours. Not only was I able to charge my phone, but I got to spend my day off at Wally World!!! **sarcasm completely intended**

My mini me and my roomie's son spent the day building forts with cushions and blankets pretending to be attacked by humans (mainly me). After a while, they both began to watch the snow fall outside and were quickly hypnotized. The snow kept beckoning for them to, "Come out... come out wherever you are....". And so, after not believing their mommies that the temperatures outside were too low, they dressed themselves for the best fun they could have outdoors. After 15 minutes of being out in the fun 9° weather, they came trucking back indoors full of ICE and wanting to take a warm bath. Muah ha ha... no baths for you cuz we told you there was NO electricity! Sometimes, they have to learn on their own, right?



Anyhow, despite the lack of electricity, it was memerizing to watch the snow fall from the comfort of out own lil home. ♥

Oh yeah! I forgot to mention. Since we didn't have electricity for so long, we stuck our fridge essentials into an ice chest and left it outside in the cold. lol Things froze!