January 30

Our internet and cable services were down for about 6 hours thanks to the cold. Right now it is -15F and that is an improvement of close to -20 early this morning. The windchill is -41. I finished a new doily, explored the technique warping of a little pin loom, read some on three books. Now I will be able to finish my e-mail. This article at ABC gives details. We may have mail delivery here but we won't go outside to retrieve it until Friday at the earliest. I don't think the city trash pick up came by yesterday and we didn't bother putting our trash tote out. We only have one small trash bag in it anyway.

So #45 promised that the tax cut would boost GDP and boost jobs, hugely. Evidently not so much. The results were weak and are fading.

February 1

Well things are somewhat back to normal. The internet is no longer excruciatingly slow or non-existent. It is still cold but at least the temperature was above 0F when we woke this morning. The weather predictions say we should be in the 40s by the Sunday and have 40s and 50s early next week with rain. Mind boggling.