Fashion

Yes, yes, I've been a bit whiny about the cold.  That's because I love my kitties so!  However, I also took some time for myself...shopping!

Front

Back (wrinkled because I left it in the bag too long)

Another cat pin!  But look how cute!

Found a few fun cat items!  Crazy women with cats need to keep up their standards, you know!  Cannot always look like the photo below...

Crazy lady with cats gear for the winter: scruffy hat (chew holes), multiple scarves,
cat fur-lined fleece shirt, old puffy coat, double layer of sweat pants,
the hubby's snow boots...and that's just for the inside!  LOL!

I CANNOT show you what I wear to go outside in the bitter cold, because it includes TWO, count 'em, two winter coats, a scarf tied around my face, and various and sundry other items so my teeth won't chatter...much.

Brrrr....

Patty and Sweetie yesterday, around 2:30 pm

Patty

Patty once again photobombs Sweetie

Yep, 3 degrees was our high temperature!

Patty and Sweetie enjoyed the bright sunshine yesterday, and I was glad that they appeared to be okay.  This frigid air is supposed to last for another couple of days, so you know I'll be watching them carefully. Sweetie had frost on her whiskers this morning!  Couldn't take a photo, with mittens on.

And then:

Temp at home, just before I left the office

ALASKA IS WARMER THAN MICHIGAN!!!!!

Last year was the coldest and snowiest for Metro Detroit.  So why is it colder NOW than last year?  I mean, I feel for the folks out east getting buckets of snow, and down south getting ice and all kinds of nastiness weather.  But c'mon now, Mother Nature!  Ease up on us...please!  My 'o' cats may be hardy, and healthy, and have a nice Cat Hotel, but I'm just beside myself until the overnight temps get into positive territory.  It may be March by the time the jet stream patterns or arctic blasts or Storm Ophelia or Stormin' Norman move along.  Sheesh...

Devoted...

...to worry!  It's bitterly cold, with sub-zero temperatures, and wind-chills in the negative double-digits.  Patty and Sweetie came out for some fresh kibble 30 minutes ago, and I poured fresh water for them.  But now the sun is setting, and I will pray and remain anxious for them all night long. Sure, we built them an insulated shelter, with a warming pad and wind-blocks, and straw...but it's sub-zero out there!  My peace-of-mind for Patty and Sweetie will probably not return until the end of March.  You've heard about the crazy cat lady, well...I'm going crazy because of the cats! I am devoted to their little furry hides, but I can DO NOTHING ELSE now.  Grace under pressure?  Not me!  Just wait and see?  Forget that...I'm pacing the floor.  Hearing the wind howl in the bare tree branches...in fact, the whole house is creaking and groaning in the gusts...and I'm close to hyperventilating.  Everything I planned for the 'o' cats was for this scenario; when the weather is too brutal.  How did I do? Only the next few days will tell.

Happy Valentine's Day to all; my heart is outside in The Cat Hotel.