Illinois

We were at -9 when I woke up, this morning. Ended up at 25 degrees, which felt absolutely balmy.

Looks like tomorrow we're out of the deep freeze, and no significant snow in the 10 day forecast.

I was pleasantly surprised that my relatively low-key snow blower was able to handle the snow. Normally my neighbor takes care of my driveway when the snow is this deep, but he had someone stop by to take care of his driveway, so his monster snow blower must be out of repair.

BTW, I used to LOVE taking the train to Chicago to visit my aunt. She lived on Clarendon at the Boardwalk. Her boss was old Mayor Daily's ex-son in law, Bill Thompson. She knew some really interesting people.