Cut it out Michigan!

Well, it has been hovering around 0 degrees for the last couple of days. My poor little car heater is not able to keep up, so I can see through my windshield and that is about it. We're supposed to get another 3 to 6 inches of snow. The snow doesn't bother me as much as the bitter cold. Wind chill that is well below zero feels like a knife cutting any skin that is exposed. I'll put a plug in for Eddie Bauer here... I bought a down coat from Eddie Bauer this year... why? Well, last spring I told my wife, "I won't need any of my winter things anymore, just sell it in the garage sale." So, I spent about a week in the mid 40's in which I didn't have a good winter coat. Bethany took mercy on me and let me buy the Eddie Bauer coat (which wasn't expensive compared to North Face or other name brand stuff). So, I have the huge, heavy coat from Eddie Bauer and it is supposed to be good to -20 degrees. I find that it is very comfortable from both -20 to around 40 degrees. It hasn't failed me yet and Bethany said that I haven't complained nearly as much about the weather as I used to. If I had bought this jacket ten years ago maybe I wouldn't be so angry all winter.

Well, Michigan appears to heading for more economic disaster. The big three got their bailout money which means that they should be asking for a second bailout in the next few weeks. Since it doesn't appear that we will be able to leave Michigan (and we don't particularly want to leave) we are trying to refinance our home. This should help give us a little breathing room when Bethany is on maternity leave.

No new baby news. It is just floating around growing skin, or whatever a baby is doing at this point.

Bethany's parents are coming to visit this weekend and we're going to paint the nursery. I think after painting a nursery we will need to do something manly, so we'll probably see the new Clint Eastwood movie. I plan on ringing a cow bell every time Clint scowls at someone. It is probably good that there isn't a drinking game involving shots everytime he does something awesome, because everyone would be dead. I'm fairly certain that Clint Eastwood is Chuck Norris' father.

Take care.