Baby, Its Cold outside

My first winter here, apart from Pillsbury, Beth and I bought a ton of pop that was on sale. You know the sale, something ridiculous like 10 cases for $15. So we bring them home and I just wanted to leave them in the trunk because we lived on the 3rd floor. Luckily Beth, being a seasoned Minnesotan, told me we had to bring them up to the apartment because they would explode. This concept was strange to me. Of course I've left can in the freezer before, but I never thought about the fact it's -20 outside with the wind chill. So we brought them in the house safe and sound. Of course the lesson wasn't learned though. Every year I seem to leave some McDonald's cup or as this picture shows this year it was a glass of water I had after a long night of closing at work. Luckily it had enough room to expand.

Look, it's Mittens the Christmas Kitty!

Mittens love this time of year. The real tree is like catnip. It's not always fun to deal with her messing with ornaments and eating pine nettles, but she's just so cute!