Jan 17 2009
Frozen kidcicles
Well, it’s been a few days since my last post. Let’s just say things have been quite hectic here, and leave it at that. Right at this moment, we are frozen again here. The temperature is 1 degree, add in the wind chill and its -14. Of course with the temps the way they are, there go our water pipes yet again. I can honestly say thank goodness the kids are going with their father this weekend. It will give me time to hopefully unfreeze the pipes.
I am irritated at the schools as well as I sit here. It’s funny how when the temperature was 4 and 8 degrees, my kids still had school, and yet they had Friday off for that teacher in-service. Funny how that works isn’t it? I kept the boys home, but unfortunately my daughter had mid terms and had to go. We have weatherman on the news warning us if you don’t need to go out, stay home. Yet there I am, arguing with the school about the fact that I kept my boys home. Nice job Mr. Administrators for dropping the ball.
I wonder at what point the schools here decide its simply too dangerous for a child to walk, yes I said walk to school. They close when there is a heavy heavy snowfall, but apparently negative degree windchill does not count. I heard another parent comment that we should expect and be used to the frigid temperatures. Yes we should, but we also should expect the schools to be concerned about a child’s health as well. All children walk or are driven to the schools in our town. Granted its a small town, one mile wide, one mile long, but it’s still a walk in horrible coldness for some.
I am sure the schools will be full of sick children in the next few weeks. I’ve started pumping the Vitamin C in now, hopefully I can ward off some of those germs for my children. Well, that’s enough cold talk for now, I’m off to the basement armed with my hair dryer to try and get this water running again.
Wow, I really have to stop complaining about the cold here - we’re down to about zero overnight, but nowhere near as bad as that!
I can’t believe the schools are expecting the kids in while it’s so cold. I think you absolutely did the right thing keeping them home. x
I can feel your pain. Growing up in a small town it had to be so cold a child could risk getting his feet frozen to the ground before they would cancel school. Like the others have said, good for you to keep your children home. As to your water pipe problems, one way to prevent them from freezing is to insulate them. Depending on how thick they are will depend on the expense, you can use normal insulation and cut it and tape it with duck tape, or if they are small enough get some cheep foam covers for them. Also if your pocket book allows let some water run on a continual basis, not the cold water but the hot water for the house because that tends to freeze the fastest. If you need any other helpful tips for next to no money for keeping your pipes moving feel free to email me, currently live in Wyoming.