Yep, that's cold!

We may well be having an ice storm tonight, followed by an inch of snow in the early morning hours. I remembered to lift up the wipers on my car, which should help with the necessary clearing tomorrow, if needed, but there really isn't much I can do, aside from curse my unemployed status that made me turn down a much more pricey garage space when it because available this year. I'd still rather be in school, but it's still tempting....

Kat, sent.

msbelle, shit. Your boy is beautiful (I wanna hug) and you rock!

I'm lucky as I was the first kid, so lots of pix. Even in the 70s. I don't honestly distinguish between film and digital, thought I have to admit, the nephs got all the crappy pix deleted. It's just a convenience. My parents were more careful not to take a stupid pic, whereas now, I take it anyway and delete it later.

Kat, my mom did some scrapbooks that were a mixture of notes, little bits and pieces, and a few pics. Those have always been my favorites. As I got older, she made me sit down and draw pictures of special events for them, or maybe write up a paragraph or two. I hated it at the time, I think mostly because she was looking for more than I wanted to do, but it might be nice to have Noah participate, as he wants to, as he grows older.

Um, my brother's scrapbook is still a work in progress. He's 29.

You have many more pix of the kids (thanks to you and lori and K) that will endure for a while. If not 29 years.

I just saw the statewide weather forecast, and they're predicting -70F in Tok tonight.

Yep. Cold.

Years ago I read about vehicles in AK. At temperatures of -40F (or thereabouts, IIRC) the flat part of car and truck tires (i.e. the part deformed by its contact with the ground) gets frozen in place, so when you drive a car you have to go about 5 mph until the friction of driving heats up the tires enough so the flat part is no longer frozen in place (and banging as it goes around) but instead stays in contact with the ground.

That made me really want to live in AK....

I looked through the family albums this holiday. I just don't recall baby me pix. The time the tent collapsed, sure. Baby, no.

What a great picture, msbelle!

That made me really want to live in AK....

That's the adventure! Actually, this isn't usually that bad with modern tires. I had family in the interior in the 40s and 50s, though, and they could tell some pretty amazing stories. I was there in the 80s, and despite being there for the coldest month on record, we had it easy.

-70F in Tok tonight. And the high today near there (Brien's Creek, or something like that) was -67F. I have been in colder

Did it hurt to breathe?

Aww! Mac's so damn cute.