This is how we do it.

I feel like the whole country is frozen down. We went outside today for about 2 minutes. Scott had the great idea of watching bubbles freeze in the sub-zero temps, but the wind was too gusty and they all blew away. On top of that, we have just come off a couple massive snow storms.

Grace was a little cold.

Let's zoom out for context. This is on our front sidewalk. That huge pile of snow on the left is the exit to our driveway. Luckily we're neighbors to a small business parking lot so we can maneuver, kind of.

School was cancelled today for snow and tomorrow for wind chills at -40 below or colder. Scott went in to work today for six hours and only two patients showed up. There was only one staff member who made it to the office besides him and the doctor.

We're kind of going stir-crazy. The phrase from the Christmas song keeps going through my head: "...and Mom and Dad can hardly wait for school to start again." I miss my routine.

However, we are managing to keep our sanity. On a cold, snowy, homebound day, it's really refreshing to create a terrarium. We made a little home for Venus Fly Trap Peterson, as Grace has named it. It's recommended for VFTs to be in indirect light so the terrarium doesn't heat up too much. However, today it was so cold it made me happy to leave it in the sun for a little while, then open it up, hover my face over the top, and smell the humid, warm dirt.

Isn't that yellow bench in the sun just so warm and happy? I think VFT Peterson enjoyed it, too.