Cold, cold, cold here!

There's been a north wind blowing!  We skied over the weekend and also took a walk Sunday morning to our favorite bakery for coffee and a scone - just a couple of blocks.  And . . . the Anchorage Symphony in the afternoon for a little Bach, Tchaikovsky (Sleeping Beauty), and then a really great second half with Step Afrika, a unique dancing phenomenon set to music that premiered here with the composer as conductor.  We're able to walk to the Performing Arts Center from our house, so that's easy and fun (even bundled up from the cold.)  We've had more snow since the picture below, so the piles and the cold seem more like January than November, even here!

All of this week, it's been so cold and windy that we've been pretty wimpy -- haven't gone out to ski at all!  Brian's been busy with a few home remodeling jobs, I've been busy at work into the evening every day (including tonight - guest teaching a public administration class!), and the big challenge this week has been to make dinner by the time we get home (and also keep warm!).  It was supposed to be below zero last night, and it may be a high of single digits today.  We haven't even seen any moose around this week!  They must be hunkered down someplace to keep warm themselves!

Jessica is coming to visit tomorrow night and staying through Thanksgiving.  We're going to Sheep Mountain Lodge for a couple of nights over Thanksgiving with the couple that we rent our apt. from and his brother and his wife.  We each have a cabin and will fix Thanksgiving dinner there.  http://www.sheepmountain.com/.  It is about a 2 hour drive from here.  Hopefully getting Jessica some rental skis and snowshoes to take with us.  Also hoping to see the Dall sheep that they are famous for.  They usually come down lower from the mountains when the snow comes.

Brian's waiting for the scores on his residential contractor's test - thought he'd get them yesterday so maybe today!  This will enable him to get a contractor's license rather than the handyman's business license that he has now, if he wants to.  And . . .  we may have our house taken care of again on a lease to purchase agreement - will find out tomorrow for sure!  Enjoy winter, whatever it is where you are!