Walking in Freezer cold.. and Africa Hot

Today is one of those dreadfully cold days. I got up an the mercury registered ZERO F! (-18C for my friends across the ocean) and it was windy.. so we start talking about wind chill. It has warmed up some it is now 14F (-10 C). I ventured out today, I went to walmart. I was shopping for an easel couldn't find one. My 3 year old has resorted to wrting on the walls, i figured an easel will keep her busy. SO now I am watching a couple on ebay.

People always ask me how I survive the winter... being from Africa and all. February is one of the hotest months in Nairobi but it has been a while since I was home but there are some thing I remember.. I remember the dry noon heat. The sun directly over head, you look down and you barely cast a shadow. It used to get so hot that sometimes the tarmac melted and my rubber slippers stuck to it. The dusty dusty playing fields spotted with mini dust tornades. I remember hand washing the family laundry in the morning and the clothes drying in an hour.