As much as I *love* the cold weather and the snow, it does present a few challenges. For instance, the heated garage that I spend quite a bit of time in (my smoking lounge) is much LESS heated these last few days…when the temp outside is -12, there’s only so much that the heater can do, after all. And Elder Daughter’s vehicle is being balky…I told her to start it up every few hours during the weekend, but did she listen…? So I have to head over to Home Depot to buy a long extension cord to plug into her block heater, which I am told will give it enough “juice” to start. And my car…well, it runs fine, but the heater is spotty at best. Blows hot air for about two or three minutes, then begins blowing progressively colder air. Turn it off. Wait for about four or five minutes, then turn it on again, and it blows hot air for another few minutes, and then turns cold again. Grrrrrr… So off to the service station tomorrow — the consensus among my car-savvy friends is that the thermostat needs to be replaced. Sigh. So, there are challenges involved with sub-zero weather, but I still wouldn’t trade the cold & the snow! Oh — and some big, fluffy flakes have been falling during the last couple of hours…got my fingers crossed!