You know it's cold when...

1. Your nose hairs freeze...and you can feel them freeze.

2. Your breath makes such a dense fog you worry it might obscure your vision.

3. You leave a water bottle in the car and it freezes solid.

4. EVERYONE you see is wearing about 6 layers of clothes, even those people who normally like to pretend they can wear just a skirt and shirt when it's 20 degrees out.

5. The news station recommends staying inside if you can.

Today. It is cold.

-7 with a windchill of -20.

I did NOT want to go outside. However, I survived my outside trip. I must say...-7 doesn't really feel that cold when the sun is out. Wisconsin winter you have not beaten me yet! Bring on the cold temps. (Or maybe not).

Catching Up

Funny. So often my blogs are posts about how busy I've been and how I need to catch up on blogging. And here's another one. Here's to catching up.

We went to Florida for Christmas break. It was wonderful. Full of relaxation, family time, and of course shopping with my mom and sis. My sister got ENGAGED, which is crazy...because even though I'm engaged...she's my LITTLE SISTER! Craziness aside...I am so happy for her and so glad that Jeffrey will be a part of our family now! We all love him! Christmas day was full of loveliness. Lots of wonderful and thoughtful presents (including a kitchen aid from Santa!!!!), and a day filled with family. We went to my uncle's and as per tradition had a crazy game of croquet. The trip felt way too short and I was sad to leave my family.

Since we got back to Madison we've been enjoying some fun winter activities (although the snow melted on an abnormally hot day for a Madison winter). Luckily there's still ice skating. This past weekend we went ice skating on Lake Monona. It was amazing! Conditions are rarely good enough to be able to go skating on the big lakes. It was magical. There were lots of people out there and you could see there tiny silhouettes all across the lake.

Ok...that's all the catching up I'm doing for now. Oh except I'm super excited about this. My friend, Connie, and I are doing this thing called Iron Cupcake. There's a theme (citrus this time) and you make a bunch of cupcakes. People come and judge who's are the best. I'll update you with what we come up with to make!

Where I've Been (A Quick Post)

Since Mark and I got back we've been BUSY! This week I'm swamped with grad school apps, but the light at the end of the tunnel is definitely getting closer. So I'll be back to post more soon.

Our new kitchen table...isn't it PERFECT?! Also...note red kitchen aid mixer in background (my present from santa...isn't santa the best?) As a reward after I finish my grad apps this week I'll be spending some quality time with my new mixer. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

I stayed up till midnight two nights ago finishing this for my grad app portfolio. I'm pretty happy with it. :-)