Chicago Temperature Conversion Chart

60° F: Arizonans shiver uncontrollably; people in Chicago sunbathe.

50° F: New Yorkers try to turn on the heat; people in Chicago plant gardens.

40° F: Italian & English cars won't start; people in Chicago drive with the windows down.

32° F: Distilled water freezes; Lake Michigan's water gets thicker.

20° F: Floridians don coats, thermal underwear, gloves and wool hats; people in Chicago throw on a flannel shirt.

15° F: New York landlords finally turn up the heat; people in Chicago have the last cookout before it gets cold.

0° F: All the people in Phoenix die. Chicagoans close the windows.

10° below zero: Californians fly away to Mexico. The Girl Scouts in Chicago are selling cookies door to door.

25° below zero: Hollywood disintegrates; people in Chicago get out their winter coats.

40° below zero: Washington DC runs out of hot air; people in Chicago let the dogs sleep indoors.

100° below zero: Santa Claus abandons the North Pole. Chicagoans get frustrated because they can't start 'da car.'

460° below zero: All atomic motion stops (absolute zero on the Kelvin scale); people in Chicago start saying, 'cold 'nuff for ya?'

500° below zero: Hell freezes over. The Cubs win the World Series.

Hard to believe

A few days ago I was looking at the weather forecast on weather.com and was disappointed to see that heavy rains, high winds, and even snow storms, were in the prediction for the next few days. While yesterday was a rainy, dreary day - it still wasn't as bad as they had predicted. I woke up this morning to take the dogs outside and it's bright and sunny and already 57 degrees! Hmmmmm. I thought for sure they would have changed the forecast. I just looked it up again and it actually says that there is a blizzard warning today for the upper midwest (not us) with 50 mph winds and 12 inches of snow! By us they are predicting violent thunderstorms for today, rain all day Satruday, snow Saturday night and snow on Sunday. With it being so beautiful out right now, that's just hard to believe. We'll see. I am still keeping my fingers crossed for another beautiful weekend like last week.