Kolde dage / Cold days

Vi er lige kommet igennem de koldeste to dage i mange år her i Michigan. Bailey fik "sko" på når han skulle ud at gå lange ture, fordi de salter så meget. Han hader virkelig de sko og bliver utroligt ynkelig.
Bemærk lige den strikkede sweater! DEN elsker han til gengæld og sidder pænt og løfter benene for at få den på.

We just survived the most extremely cold days for years here in Michigan. Bailey had to wear "shoes" when going for long walks, due to all the salt. He really hates those shoes and looks like he looses the will to live.
But the knitted sweater! He LOVES that and sits very nicely, lifting his legs to have it put on.

Selvom det er så koldt, at man kan mærke indersiden af næsen fryse til is og man får små isklumper i øjenvipperne, generer det ikke denne vinterelskende hund. Jeg skulle ikke nyde noget af at rulle mig i sneen!

Although it is so freezing that you can feel the inside of your nose turn into ice and you get little icicles on the eye lashes, it doesn't bother this winter-loving dog. I wouldn't want to roll around in the snow!

Efter en hel, lang dag indenfor, trodsede vi kulden i går og gik en lang tur. Min nevø hoppede rundt og lagde sig ned og lavede sne-engle. Tror han trængte til at komme ud!
Det var dejligt at være ude, på trods af frossen næse og alt det der.

After spending a long day inside, we ignored the cold and went for a long walk. My nephew was jumping around and lay down to make snow angels. I do believe he needed to get out!
It was lovely being outside, in spite of the frozen nose and all. 

Vi gik op til Baileys yndlingsbutik. Det var vist heldigt han var i snor, når han gik rundt og kiggede på alle lækkerierne. Heldigvis begynder han ikke at spise derinde, for så var det blevet dyrt!
Det så næsten ud som mig i en garnbutik, bortset fra at han var lidt hurtigere til at bestemme sig for hvad han ville have. (Men derfor kan man jo godt kigge på alting et par gange til!)
Der er iøvrigt mange som kommenterer hans sweater. De har nok ikke set noget lignende! Han er nem at se i sneen med den på, og som sagt elsker han den. Det er lige før jeg får lyst til at strikke en til......

We walked to Baileys favorite store. I guess it was lucky he was on a line, walking around, looking at all the goodies. Fortunately, he doesn't eat anything, because that would have been expensive!
He looked like me in a yarn shop. Only difference is that he was quicker to decide what he wanted. (But that shouldn't keep you from checking out everything a couple more times!)
He gets a lot of comments on his sweater. I guess the people never saw anything like it! He is easily seen in the snow, wearing this, and as I mentioned, he loves it. I almost feel like knitting another one......

Vi gik over en lille sø. Det er heller ikke så tit man prøver det! Ihvertfald ikke i Danmark.
Nu er de kolde dage heldigvis overstået. I morgen, når jeg skal hjem, bliver det endda tøvejr! Det har været ret heldigt at jeg lige kom denne her uge, hvor skolerne har været lukkede hele 3 dage. Det var knap så heldigt at varmeværket havde en brand, så vi skulle skrue ned for temperaturen indendørs i går. Trods strikkede strømper, en ulden undertrøje, en langærmet ulden undertrøje, lange uldne underbukser under mine jeans og min varmeste uldne sweater var det KOLDT! Heldigt, at der findes tæpper!

We walked across a small lake. It is not a thing you try very often! Not in Denmark, at least.
By now, the cold days are over, fortunately. When I'm going home tomorrow, it will be above 0 degrees celsius! How lucky that I came this week, with schools being cancelled for 3 days. Less lucky when the gas-plant delivering our heat had a small fire, making us having to turn down the temperature inside yesterday. In spite of knitted socks, a woolen undershirt, a long-sleeved woolen undershirt, long-legged woolen underpants underneath my jeans, and my warmest woolen sweater, it was COLD! I was so grateful sitting under a blanket.....