The Good, The Bad and the Cold

~The cold~

Howling winds and temperatures below freezing have returned to Northern Virginia. I've been trying to think of a few good things about the cold weather. All I could come up with is the wonder of  rich hot chocolate and the dogs not tracking mud in the house. We did notice yesterday while running errands the humorous array of interesting hats that have come out.  We even saw a teenager in shorts and flip-flops.  I'm sure if I had asked her if her feet were cold she would have told me she wasn't--Teenagers for some reason, never are!   

We did get just a light dusting of snow on Saturday morning.  The weathermen are promising us more by Tuesday.  I've found that living in Virginia, everyone gets excited and a little panicked about even the smallest amounts of snow.  So we'll just have to wait and see if they get it right this time.  I'm optimistic.  But even with just a little bit of snow, Charlie, looking a bit like a snowman, didn't want to come inside. When I called him, he just sat and looked at me and seemed to be reminding me that with his thick coat grown out, he's perfectly outfitted for the cold weather. 


~Charlie, the Good~



But we still have a couple of the dogs that would rather be inside where it's warm.  I sometimes wonder why I bother making up the bed at all--maybe this is the reason I've been looking for to not do it.  

~Josh, the Bad, okay not really~



~Hamlet & Toby~

I hope you're staying warm and having an enjoyable weekend!