Winter!

On January 21st, we woke ups to 7 degree temps and for that entire week we had the most frigid temperatures since 2014!! It hasn't snowed or been cold in almost 10 years and I wasn't here for it! I stayed indoors and the only reason I went out is to take Noah to and from school and that's it! As I get older I'm not big on cold weather except when I'm having a hot flash. (that's the only time I'll thank menopause) but it is nice to see the first snow of the season fall onto the ground. I do miss those days when my kids were were little when we'd go out and play in the snow. Noah does have a soft spot for winter still and even though we don't ski or snowboard he does like the snow. I personally would love to have learned to ski but at my age I'm afraid I'll twist an ankle with how my joints are. Not that I'm old but man did I feel stiff during that frigid cold week we had! Now we are at the tail end of January and the sun has been shining and we are lucky to have a few trails in our area where we can go for a walk. It has been nice being back in 30-40 degree temps. I'll take that over single digit temps! It's been one heck of a January and I'm feeling those long days but luckily it ends in two days and there are only have 49 days left until spring!