Fell Asleep in El Paso Woke Up in the Arctic

Although our weather pales in comparison to the amount of weather experienced by all you up North, even South in poor Dallas, we are none-the-less shocked by our recent weather.  Head on over to my Mum's for some lovely pics. www.floursandfleurs.wordpress.com  It's frozen outside and with that comes lack of water and lack of electricity.  (Not sure exactly how that works but apparently that is what happens here in El Paso)  UTEP has shut down as well.  Which means work i cancelled this evening!  I lived in the freezing cold of the North all my life and can say that work was never ever cancelled due to weather.  Then I move here, we get 1 inch and -10 windchill and bam!  Day off!  I LOVE IT!!!!!  In all honesty though no one down here has snow plows, salt, or portable heaters.  So hope you are all staying warm and cozying up with some hot cocoa in front of a fire place.