I was naive to think that a "mild winter" wouldn't be sub-arctic...

I will admit, I never knew what cold was until I moved to Colorado. Yes yes, it IS a "different" cold. It is dryer-humidity wise, so 30 is an okay temperature, It is Christmas Eve, we are returning to Colorado after our trip to Cali for the pre-holiday rush around..currently we are somewhere in the middle of the state of Utah, it is snowing (hello snowplow-men... where the F are you!?!?) Mr. Wonderful is doing an amazing job driving, and here I sit, updating you fine people on our adventures. Every time I look up, all I see is white- we can hardly see the car in front of us. This is a little scary, but i have faith that Mr. Wonderful will get us through this mess and home safe.
We had a lovely trip home & spent lots of quality time with our nearest & dearest & crammed them all into 4 days, next time we will take more time- we have learned. To everyone we didn't get to see, we will see you when we return.. not sure when exactly that will be, but I've got a pretty good idea. During our visit to Cali we had chillier than usual weather (last Christmas we were on the beach in summer attire) and it rained for a few of the days we were in town, everyone was telling us how cold it was there, we agreed! With 90% humidity it is freezing at 40. But mark my words, 26 in Utah will make you shake like you're being electrocuted until your muscles figure out that you are in fact NOT going to die. I'm sure it sounds a bit dramatic, but lets be serious, I'm a 100% Cali girl who migrated to a state with "weather" and to me, this might as well be the frozen tundra of Antarctica!

Right now, I'm very thankful for our Patagonia cold weather gear and a good heater in the car.