Well, we had quite a snowstorm this weekend.  Ten inches of snow, followed by a windstorm, which blowed the powdery snow around like mad. And it is bitterly, frighteningly, brutally cold. The moon is as bright as a spotlight tonight, shining on the snow and making the night glow. I would love to go for a walk in the woods, but it is far too low below zero to stay outside for very long.

The wrestling tournament was cancelled on Saturday due to snow. So I ended up having a very quiet weekend at home with the kids. Even managed to fit in a hot bath.

This coming week will be brutal. On Tuesday the high school has a makeup meet for one that got snowed out. Wednesday marks the official beginning of the middle school wrestling season (all of the tournaments they have been going to have not been sanctioned by the state high school sports association). Thursday is another meet for the high school. On Friday is the makeup tournament for Monroe County Sheriff's Tournament. On Saturday the varsity wrestlers are going to a huge tournament in Lincoln Park, while we are hosting a junior varsity tournament at our high school, and the parents will have to help as much as we can. On Sunday our high school hosts a tournament for little kids, and again, we must all help out as much as we can. Hopefully, we will get no more snow storms!!!!

Since it became so cold and snowy, untold numbers of birds have been coming to our feeders. Sometimes there will be 6-8 birds hanging off of each feeder at the same time, while others wait their turn in our neighbor's lilac bushes. Its pretty amazing! The cats love watching them, and I would love to have a bit more time, so I could get out a bird book and figure out which kinds they are. I only know the very distinctive ones like cardinals and blue jays.

The children were charming today. They sat by the fireplace with their books and talked quietly for quite a long time. I always love to see how well they get along.