It is cold. It has been cold for three weeks. As I type, there are no degrees F - it's 0.
When it gets this cold and stays this cold, strange things begin to happen. For example, this morning I was in the midst of a dream. In the dream, I was in a different house (one from my childhood) and I was baking cookies. I was by myself - except for "Jasper" my cat (who in real life has been dead for four years and I still miss him!). Anyhoo, I was reaching into the cupboard for chocolate chips when I heard a K-Bam!!!! A loud noise came from the second floor above me. Well, Jasper was with me so I knew that he didn't make that big noise. It was clear a scary someone or something was in the house. Don't you love these kinds of dreams?
I grabbed a broom from the broom closet as a weapon (hah!) and Jasper and I started up the stairs. As we made our way up the stairs, I became pretty scared - so scared in fact, that I woke up. Whew!!!!
As I was lying there awake and recovering, there was a another huge K-Bam!!!!!!
Ah Ha!!!!! Our roof contracts and then expands during cold weather. As a part of that process, the huge K-Bam noise is made!!! The roof had been K-Bamming off and on all night. And the loud noise I heard in my dream, was on of those K-Bams.
Major Relief! There was no scary intruder that Jasper and I needed to track down and slay with our trusty broom.
11:18:10 AM 
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