BRRRRRRRRRRR!

  Well, here in the upper mid west we are in the deep freeze. Our high today was 3 degrees and right now it is 7 below zero and dropping. The forecast is for 15 to 25 below in our area tonight.

  Living in a small cabin can be challenging when every one is confined to the house due to weather like this. Add to this the fact that we are off grid and right now experiencing some problems with our batteries and it does not leave much for entertainment if you don't use your imagination.

  Our first shot at amusing ourselves after our outside chores were done came from a picture I saw on the Internet. Frozen soap bubbles. You would think that a Wisconsin native would have thought of this long ago buy I never had. When it's 19 below zero as it was this morning,if you blow a soap bubble outside, they freeze before they hit the ground. It was definitely worth standing out in the cold for a little while to do it. I tried to get pics but it is hard to see the bubbles against the snow.It's suppose to be colder tomorrow morning so I will try getting some video if I can.

  After that we had our son Dane, whom we home school, read to us. He is reading Little House in the Big Woods, so it seemed especially appropriate. We took a road trip this summer that took us past a cabin modeled after the one Laura Ingals grew up in. It's on the original site of their cabin. I posted a picture of it here. It is located near Peppin WI.

  Ann spun some wool while Dane was reading and I did some whittling. It's amazing the things you have time to do if the television or game cube don't steal all your time.