Happy New Year! Brrr...

Baby New Year is shivering. I hope he's wearing more than just that banner and his diaper. Look at this temperature:

It might not look like much to those of you in the frozen northland (Afton, Wyo: -18 at 9:00 A.M.) or (Salt Lake City, UT: 13 degrees, 10:00 A.M.).

But this is the desert. We're more accustomed to this sort of temperature:

Yes, more whining...And the whining will continue until the temperatures return to a more moderate region. However, the five day forecast is for a high of 42 and lows in the 20's. We'll be shivering for another week. I actually feel bad for the tourists who came here to escape whatever frozen climes in which they live. I'm sure they were hoping for warmth.

Last night, we perched ourselves on the roof to watch the New Year's Eve fireworks show on the Strip, and it didn't disappoint. The Stratosphere look like it was launching for outer space...cool. But we were seriously cold up there. When CoolGuy was skimming leaves from the hot tub prior to heating it up for our nightly soak, the water that puddled on the pool deck froze. Yeah. It was chilly. Remember---I don't whine about the hot.