Polar Vortex 2019 has come and gone, and all I can say is “Good riddance!” I never want to be someplace colder than Antarctica (or Mars!) ever again. It was a very long two days.

But I am happy to report:

• we bundled up and hunkered down.

• my furnace worked like a champ.

• my walls are much better insulated than at my last place.

• we never lost power.

• two small dogs on a queen-size bed generate a whole lot of body heat.

Except for cabin fever and world-record potty times for the dogs, both days went by pretty much like normal.

Today, we were all itching to get out for a walk, but with temps in the teens, we didn’t get farther than the end of the driveway. But even that felt good after the deep freeze.