Well the snow has finally graced us with it's presence, and so has the cold.

Today it was -30C, that's -22F for you American folks. Yes, it's a wee bit chilly.

So we're all stuck indoors during the evening, no way to go for a walk, or even run to the mail box. It's too darn cold.

Since this snow and cold is depressing the snot out of me, I figured I'd try to cheer myself up by searching for pictures of people that may have it worse than we do right now.

So enjoy and add whatever you like to the mix. :)

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Very funny.

Actually we had severe rain storms and tornado warnings here but the temp was almost 70 degrees today. By Thanksgiving the high is supposed to be about 29 degrees and some snow.

I'm throwing a snow ball at you Stringer.

70 degrees! I wish. I'm so cold right now that I can hear my toes chattering. I'm all bundled up, the heater is going strong, and I'm making hot chocolate. :)

This morning when I went to start the car I swear I heard the engine say "Screw you, I'm not going anywhere".

Ours is coming soon hon.

Hey I worked on the displays in the yard today and plan to put in a few hours tomorrow too. I still have to do the patio and the gazebo in the back yard... Christmas is coming!!

Good night, tomorrow hon, I have a few things to take care of now... :)

It was 27c here today, it's still nearly 19c, I don't like leaving the window open at night because our bedroom looks straight out to the road and I don't trust people :(

On a good note I'm going to dig out the Christmas lights tonight so I can start planning the garden invasion.

Ooooh and I love this video, so cute:
Simons Cat in - "Snow Business" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tuf61OjvoPQ)

We got dumped on a bit yesterday. My kids are ecstatic, they love playing in the snow. Once the wife and I both get our snowtires installed we'll breathe a little easier.

It was 27c here today, it's still nearly 19c, I don't like leaving the window open at night because our bedroom looks straight out to the road and I don't trust people :(

On a good note I'm going to dig out the Christmas lights tonight so I can start planning the garden invasion.

Ooooh and I love this video, so cute:
Simons Cat in - "Snow Business" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tuf61OjvoPQ)

That was cute.

Brrrr! I was running between the post office and work in short sleeves today. Keep the cold up there, please.

It is summer where I am :)

NK and I are going to put a snow curse on all of you. ;)

The kids stayed home today, not because they're sick, not because it's too cold, but because my darn car won't start. I guess it's not fond of -30. I even plugged it in, still no go. I need a sled and a team of dogs.

I'm holding out for Thursday, supposed to be 0 then. I'll be running around in shorts and a t-shirt. From -30 to 0 is quite a drop.

Of course that's only going to last a day or two. By Saturday we're supposed to be at -19, which is still a lot better than -30.

Someone hold me. I'm cold!

Yeah our 70 degrees yesterday turned into about 25 degrees today... BBbbbrrrrrrrrr... My grandson and I worked on the displays for a couple hours but had to quit as the wind kicked up a bit and it got even colder. I'm done for the day, going to sit by the fireplace with some hot chocolate now (with marshmallows of course).

A few more pictures for all the winter buffs.

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I like the first few days of winter then I am tired of it... :rolleyes:

Same here Stringer.

You have to have snow for Christmas, but after that it can all melt and go directly to spring.

Yep and we haven't had snow on the ground ( like even two or three inches ) for Christmas for as long as I can remember.

The temperature dropped last night. It's in the low 60s today. Had to put on a long sleeve t-shirt.

You guys have my sympathies. I can't imagine ever living where the temp goes into the negatives!

Happy Thanksgiving!

The temperature is dropping, sleet expected tomorrow, snow by Friday. Sure you're not sending it this way Alty? I can't even imagine -30 though...

Son's gradutation on Saturday, hope the snow doesn't get too drastic and put the mockers on it. I got a nice warm skirt suit at a real bargain price and even some new boots though. :)

I'll try to keep the snow here until Sunday, after your sons graduation. ;)

-30 is cold but we've had worse. I remember going to work during a -44 week. Going outside was not recommended, you'd freeze within seconds. It was horrible, but work must be done. Thank Dog I could park in the garage back then, and had my car plugged in both at home and at work, otherwise I would have been stranded.

Tomorrow it's supposed to warm up. I'm longing for tomorrow. :)

Geeze... this wind has blown over 4 of my displays even though I pounded ground pegs in all of them. It is too wet, cold and windy to go out there now, maybe tomorrow if they are still there... Man... or as my granddaughter would say... 'whatever.'

Aww, I'm sorry Stringer.

This is why we don't do anything big on our lawn. We have Christmas lights on the house, and I've wanted a display (our yard is too small for much) for years, but everyone that has them here is wasting their time. Any lawn displays are covered in snow, the blow up ones don't look good because of the cold and the snow pushes them down.

I would like to make some wooden elves and a Santa and reindeer one year, but not this year. You couldn't pay me to go outside and put them up anyway, at least not right now. ;)

I think that I will be OK Alty, I just checked outside and they are still attached to the ground but blown over. I guess I will have to just use more ground spikes.

Like I said earlier, two years ago I learned a lesson, my grandson and I laid net lights all over the front lawns, it looked especially beautiful. Three days later it snowed and then froze for the next few weeks all those lights, hundreds of them, were covered in ice/snow 8 inches deep. All that work, and no one even saw them... I won't try that again.

I'll send some pics later, this Saturday grandson and I are going to do the back patio and gazebo with lights and some displays in that yard also... I love it!! :)


- Me

This is going to sound cheesy, but it really makes me happy that you and your grandson are spending the time together to get ready for Christmas. It also makes me jealous. If my parents were still alive I know that my dad and Jared would be doing their house this year. My mom and Sydney would be making cookies and the gingerbread house. We'd have family time together.

Damn, I miss them so much, especially this time of year.

Sorry, I'm having a moment.

This is going to sound cheesy, but it really makes me happy that you and your grandson are spending the time together to get ready for Christmas. It also makes me jealous. If my parents were still alive I know that my dad and Jared would be doing their house this year. My mom and Sydney would be making cookies and the gingerbread house. We'd have family time together.

Damn, I miss them so much, especially this time of year.

Sorry, I'm having a moment.

That's OK hon... I am sure that they would be spending time together and enjoying every minute of it.

I understand, this time of the year it is especially difficult as we always went back home to Western Pennsylvania to have Christmas with mom and family... miss her a lot too. She loved my decorating though and maybe that is a little as to why I enjoy it so much.

We still keep to most of our traditions on Christmas, the traditions my parents set out.

Every Christmas eve we'd go to my parents house, drink some bailey's, sing carols, open presents, just be a family. When Jared came along it was even better. My parents loved having a grandchild. Then Christmas day was a day of family, enjoying a meal, and being together. The weeks before that were fun too. Ice skating, baking, wrapping, being together. We saw each other almost every day. Their absence is a huge void.

Now it's just Rod and me and the kids, and I have to say, even though my Aunt and Uncle invite us for Christmas dinner every year, it just isn't the same. I feel like it's a pity invite, the poor girl who lost both her parents within 6 months. They care, I know they do, and the fact that they invite us, I appreciate it so much, but no one will ever love Rod, me and the kids like my parents did.

Christmas eve is spent at home, and I try my hardest to make it like the Christmas's I remember as a child, and an adult, but something is missing. My mom and dad.

January 12 will be the 10th anniversary of my fathers death. Ten years already. My son is 12, my daughter 8. Time is just going by so fast, and yet it all feels like just yesterday. It's all etched into my mind forever.

My goodness I'm bringing down the mood.

More pictures? I think we both need a smile.

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:) :) :)

Night now... Thanksgiving tomorrow here, I can't wait. After buying so many more displays now it is slim wallet, big heart...

I don't have pictures but it officially snowed for the first time today. I hate it! I will update pictures tomorrow!

Night Stringer and Happy Thanksgiving.

IT, it just snowed? How cold is it? I bet I can top you. My yard isn't visible. If my beagle goes outside he's covered in snow. Ya, it's winter in Canada. ;)

I'm honestly too drunk to type much more then this. It's about 0 degrees Celsius (sp)

Im going to bed (the room is spinning)! Happt Thanksgiving andddddd goodnight ;)

You're drunk too. Cheers! :)

It's around -20C right now. A lot better than the -30 we had yesterday and the day before. For you Americans, -30C is around -22 F. Can you shiver? I can!

It's around zero here now, although it's 1pm so expect it will drop a fair bit by tonight. Coldest I remember was -18, although a bit of checking revealed it has been down to -26 in England, glad I don't remember that one. I really CAN'T imagine the -30s and -40s. Ok, I couldn't resist checking and my Google came up with a lowest recorded temp in Canada of -63. My mind is truly boggled now. I read once that the only reason we don't have weather the same as Canada is because of the gulf stream. I've been silently cheeering it on ever since. Sorry Alty.

We had record snows last year which brought most of the country to a halt for a few spells, and of course had everyone scratching their heads as to how places like Canada actually cope lol. Hope we're not in for a repeat.

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LOL! I love the pictures. Poor kitty's.

I've never had to experience -63 and I hope I never do. I can't imagine it, -30 is bad enough, but twice that plus 3? No thanks.

Today it's actually nice, a balmy -5. I didn't even wear my winter jacket, just a sweater. It's nice. It's not supposed to last though. By Saturday we're supposed to be in the high teens, -19. Still better than -30. ;)

I loved your winter sucks squirrel. It's on my new desktop slideshow with lots of other wintry and xmas things to make me feel friendlier towards winter. Yeah, right, lol.

You must be a hardy lot in Canada. Anything with a minus means a coat and hat for me. Especially the hat; I get the most evil earache and headache if I get so much as a whisp of cold wind in my earholes.

Do you get the kind of snow that makes snowballs and snowmen Alty, or is it the really powdery stuff that never sticks?

Most Canadians are pretty hardy, there's one kid in Jared's class that wears shorts all year. He was wearing them this week during our cold snap. Just looking at him made me colder.

I'm German, and I have to say, even though I've lived here most of my life (moved here when I was 3 1/2) I've still never adjusted to this cold. I really hate winter. I hibernate. I don't go outside unless I absolutely have to, which I do every day because I drive the kids to school and pick them up.

We get lots of snow, but the quality depends on the temperature. When it's -30 it won't stick, it's not soft enough. At around 0 it's snow man building snow. A few years back we had a freak snow fall in April, that was perfect snow for building. We made a fort. I have a picture.

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Aww that's so cute.

Oh my... I can't move... I ate WAY too much turkey & ham...

I am so sleepy... BUT football is on TV!

-30 is not really that cold. The cold out here feels a lot warmer then the cold out east.

I was out walking around without my jacket and quite enjoyed it. Until last night the temp went up but the wind picked up and started blowing everything around. I was not so brave then.

Merry Christmas everyone,

Joe

By the way there are signs in nature, if you are curious how I know will fill you guys in later.

The animals are saying it is going to be a long cold winter. They are fattening themselves up to survive.

By the way there are signs in nature, if you are curious how I know will fill you guys in later.

The animals are saying it is going to be a long cold winter. They are fattening themselves up to survive.

Ah good, now I have an excuse.. :p I'd like to know about the other signs, apart from me munching too many mince pies heh heh. I remember someone telling me lots of berries is something to do with it but don't know if there's any fact in that.

Actually the thermometer says it is slightly colder today than yesterday but it feels warmer so I kind of get what you mean JH. We do tend to get a lot of wind on cold days and that freezes your marrow something rotten. On the rare still, cold days it's quite nice.

Heading off to Oxford for a couple of days shortly for the graduation. Not much snow about yet yipee. Have a good weekend all.

Well I know a hunter. Last year there was no fat in the meat whatsoever. This year there is tons of fat in them. So he said to me that they are preparing themselves for a long winter. Makes sense.

It does make sense, except for the fact that last winter was hard too. ;)

Last winter was awesome, where I was anyway. I thought it was a good winter.

Last winter was awesome, where I was anyway. I thought it was a good winter.

We had okay moments, but not enough that I'd call it a good winter.

The only reason it is so cold down here is because Canada is BLOWING AGAIN! Artic wind from Canada just killed my Baby Achoa vine in my greenhouse. Just when my Baby Achoas were almost ready to eat. If it ain't Mexico, it's Canada. Why in the hell do we have to be sandwiched between those two? That's all I want to know.

The only reason it is so cold down here is because Canada is BLOWING AGAIN! Artic wind from Canada just killed my Baby Achoa vine in my greenhouse. Just when my Baby Achoas were almost ready to eat. If it ain't Mexico, it's Canada. Why in the hell do we have to be sandwiched between those two? That's all I wanna know.

I would feel sorry for you Mag, but I'm in Canada getting the full brunt of the cold crap, so no sorrow for you. ;)

Bring out the violin.

We got home to snow and a temperature last night of -14, which is a record low for November here. Brrrr. It's snowing again now.

We got home to snow and a temperature last night of -14, which is a record low for November here. brrrr. It's snowing again now.

Wow. We must have sent our cold to you. It's actually been okay here for the last few days. On Friday it was 5 degrees.

I'll pass you a blanket. Sit by the fire and drink rum, you'll warm up. :)

Very kind, Alty, thanks. Now if you could just send the cold somewhere else... All the whiteness does look quite festive though. Started seeing the little red-breasted robins hopping around the garden which is a very christmassy thing here in England.

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Here red breasted robins are a sign of spring. We get giddy when they finally show up.

Shazzy, I love it. I wonder what the mean snowman wants? The hat? The carrot? His snow balls? Um what? ;)

Bit off topic, but here's my baby all grown up:
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Graduation day was lovely, the traffic and weather less so lol.
Still snowing here but not quite as cold phew.

Scotland has minus l5 C I hear, extreme icy weather conditions and lots of snow for all of England. Nothing much here in Ontario except a smattering on Sunday that disappeared quickly in the rain. More rain today and mild temps.

I feel for you over there. Know what its like to have those kind of weather conditions and having to drive around in it as well.

Safe driving !

Wonderful pic, what a proud time.

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Great picture QLP. He looks like royalty. :)

Alty... help me! My Wedding Chapel is empty and I need my guests! :)

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Hello everyone!

Weather is freezing at the moment,work was crazy plus exams.

Not to mention the 'war' but how is everything on the site now?

Hi Red!

I've missed you! Where have you been? Oh, I guess it was work and exams. ;)

I think things are going well here. A few people left, but that was to be expected. But all in all things are running okay now. Still a few glitches with the new skin, but they won't be changing their minds about that so I guess we just have to lump it.

How are you? Other than cold. ;)

Why yes that is a 5'8" snowman, almost taller than me :D

That is an adorable snowman Bear. Um... why is his head so small? Did you run out of snow? ;)

Thanks Alty, ill take that as a compliment from you experts of snow craft up there :)

Plenty of snow left but by the time I got round to making the head the snow just wouldn't stick togeather, it was all powder :(

So I had to do with what id managed to do and make the best of it :D

Well it's an uber cool snow guy. I like it, small head an all. :)

Our snow isn't sticky enough for snowmen yet. :(

Well it's an uber cool snow guy. I like it, small head an all. :)

Our snow isn't sticky enough for snowmen yet. :(

Thanks :)

Yeah that's how the snow got during the making of the torso, it just stopped sticking :(

Ah well its aptly placed on the end of the driveway to watch people drive past in the morning :D

Hello bear. Love the snowman. Glad he can watch people drive by.
The roads seem to have ground to a halt here pretty much this morning and it's still snowing heavily. Glad I got most of my christmas shopping done as it looks like we're going nowhere for a while. Just hoping there is some let up before christmas as I want my family to be able to get home.

Hubby is pacing around on the phone trying to find out if work is going to become feasible today, not happening yet.

As I hold a newborn babe in my arms...

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Very nice.

Hello bear. Love the snowman. Glad he can watch people drive by.
The roads seem to have ground to a halt here pretty much this morning and it's still snowing heavily. Glad I got most of my christmas shopping done as it looks like we're going nowhere for a while. Just hoping there is some let up before christmas as I want my family to be able to get home.

Hubby is pacing around on the phone trying to find out if work is going to become feasible today, not happening yet.

Same here, no chance I'm getting to work today

But with the amount of snow that's still falling I'm thinking the snowman might have some work done :D

Yeah I hope the snow lets up as well so that ill be able to go home and see my family for christmas

Love that song J, thanks for reminding me of it :)

YouTube - Rebecca Ferguson sings Make You Feel My Love - The X Factor Live show 5 - itv.com/xfactor (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFAZ6TvK-3c&feature=related)

This girls voice makes my spine tingle.

Snow, what is snow?

The temp plummeted to 40 (F) today. Monday it was almost 70 (F).

We might see a light dusting of snow for the weekend. (Virginia Beach, Virginia). My sister lives in Alaska and she says it still snowing there from last winter!

However, my son did start on the Christmas outdoor lights yesterday.

It was 72F here last night, and around 82F during the day... urgh, summer has barely started.

Go Auzzies!

My nephew Sean (5) is an avid watcher of The Weather Channel.
Yesterday morning,they cut to a segment of snow falling in Chicago and Sean got so excited to see it actually snowing.

Any of you that want snow, I have plenty, I'll send you a whole yard worth of snow, front and back. ;)

It's chilly today. For all of you 72F people it would be freezing, but us it's just chilly at -9C or 15.8F.

I don't have enough snow yet, hmmm maybe I'm being greedy :o

Not that cold here but -4C, so almost as cold :)

-4 is spring Bear. ;)

Actually -9 is spring too.

We're really lucky right now, considering how cold it was when I started this thread. I'll take -9C over -30C any day.

I'll pack up my snow and send it your way Bear. Merry Christmas, go make a snow village. ;)

-4 is spring Bear. ;)

Actually -9 is spring too.

We're really lucky right now, considering how cold it was when I started this thread. I'll take -9C over -30C any day.

I'll pack up my snow and send it your way Bear. Merry Christmas, go make a snow village. ;)

Awesome, ill keep an eye on the post :)

If I get enough free time ill make a start on my snow village :D
Unfortunately my snowman has been assassinated :( so ill need to build some villagers as well

It just got above freezing here yay! But.. the forecast is for a brief melt with rain/sleet then a major freeze, plummeting temperatures, and a lot more snow. Gee, that lot will make the roads even more fun. Our local shop has run out of nearly everything, hope they get a few deliveries before the next big freeze or we will be living on rice and pasta soon. We hit -14 early yesterday morning so 1c feels positively pleasant. Bracing myself for the next drop. Cooking up big batches of carrot and lentil soup to keep us warm. :)

It just got above freezing here yay! But.. the forecast is for a brief melt with rain/sleet then a major freeze, plummeting temperatures, and a lot more snow. Gee, that lot will make the roads even more fun. Our local shop has run out of nearly everything, hope they get a few deliveries before the next big freeze or we will be living on rice and pasta soon. We hit -14 early yesterday morning so 1c feels positively pleasant. Bracing myself for the next drop. Cooking up big batches of carrot and lentil soup to keep us warm. :)

Yep the roads are going to be fun fun fun :D

That soup sounds nice QP might see if I have any in
Lucky for me I have a massive sainsburies just round the corner for me if I need anything so I don't have to brave the roads unless I have to.

Keep warm :)