It's getting hot again

February 7, 2007 (6:46am)
-5º F, Sun is up, NNW wind 5 mph, -17º F wind chill.

Good morning,

The hot weather has returned! The temperature rose above zero yesterday afternoon for the first time since Friday afternoon. It got close a couple of times earlier, but never made it. Both the weather survey points in Algoma and Kewaunee showed temperatures of -.02º F, but not higher. Walking out of a store yesterday, I mentioned to Margriet that the temperature must have risen as it felt warmer. I was right, it had. The high’s are supposed to rise for the rest of the week and into next week, but the lows will stay about the same or lower. Still, it is below "normal" for this time of year here.

We didn’t make a supply run yesterday, but rather just went to a lumber yard that was having a "bag sale" with everything one could put into a shopping bag at 17% off. We picked up a lot of little stuff that is nice to have on hand. Like electrical outlets/switches, pipe fittings, saber saw blades, and like that. The profit margin I am sure is less than 17%, so probably lost money one me. We just stayed with those kind of things, not what is expected for folks to buy. I think we came out on the good side of the deal.

Today we are making the supply trip, with a detour to the Amish store. That is the major reason we didn’t get supplies yesterday. It takes too much time to go there on a Bible study day. Makes for too long of a day. Margriet has been mentioning going to the Amish store everyday for several days, her list is long, so off we go. We are looking forward to the ride and the store. Looked up a different way to get there which should be some shorter. In the past we would go west to Shawano then back east some miles to the store. This time we will try to go to the store without going to Shawano first. We don’t have any reason to go to Shawano.

Bible study was different yesterday. For some reason, almost everyone was there on time, but we got started later than normal. Not sure what we all talked about, but the time went by quickly. Then the study actually took less time than it should have. I really don’t like this study and the format. It doesn’t really allow for any depth of study. There is too much of "I" and "me" in the study and not enough of God it seems. At least for Margriet and my taste. I do a lot of research on each lesson, so do get the depth, but sure do miss the discussion on each topic. Also what doesn’t help a great deal is the workbook is printed in small type and in a gray tone rather than black. The hard part of the study is reading the book, not the meaning of the unit.

Fooling around on the web, I came across a site listing weather records. Turns out that Marquette, Michigan had the lowest high on record Sunday, -17º F. The previous record was in 1994 at 5º F above!. Monday and yesterday, there were a lot of kids with a day off. In northeast Wisconsin there were about 125 school districts closed because of the cold weather. Seems strange to me, as I cannot remember more than one day of school closing for cold in the years I taught. That day was the third day of -40º F and the school district could not get enough buses running. I don’t think any activities were cancelled either, until the shortage of buses.

Time to shake a tower and get the day a-going.

In Christ My Saviour,

Chris <><