CHILL OUT!

Or should we say, we've been chilled out.  For those of you that are not living in this polar vortex, let me try to explain.  It's cold.  That's it; it is just plain cold, very cold, really cold, extremely cold.  Right now, it is colder in Wisconsin than Alaska; the current temperature is -18 deg F with -45 deg windcills and Anchorage, Alaska is 37 deg F and overcast.  Basically, it is so cold, that the thermometers give up and builder's freeze.  All of this to say that no progress was made last week and no progress this week.  Actually, no progress will be made until we thaw out (usually no wind chill and double digit temperatures -- 10 deg F is okay).  So, for now, we will just keep chilling.

JEFF FOXWORTHY ON WISCONSIN WINTERS:
1) If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 38 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by, you might live in Wisconsin.
2) If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights each year because Park Falls is the coldest spot in the nation, you might live in Wisconsin.
3) If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March, you might live in Wisconsin.
4) If you instinctively walk like a penguin for five months out of the year, you might live in Wisconsin.
5) If you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you might live in Wisconsin.
YOU KNOW YOU ARE A TRUE WISCONSINITE WHEN:
1) You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.
2) You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
3) Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
4) You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction.
5) You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
6) You find minus twenty degrees "a little chilly."