For those of you that left the great state of Minnesota or those that never had the privilege of living here, you missed a cold one! With low of temp of -20.3 °F and dew point low of -25.8 °F it was one of the “hot” topics of the day. Weather forecasters (if you are to believe them) say the coldest day will be this Thursday with a HIGH of -6 °F.

A little sample of our temps and dew points for today, the source of the data is my personal weather station in our yard (Davis Instruments Vantage Pro2 Plus).

Yowsers!

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Because we love Christmas (and because I’m a complete nerd), theVandermarks.com has been “decorated” for the Holidays!  We wish you a Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, and best wishes for whatever holidays you and your family celebrate.

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In order to make room for the boys, I need to move my office downstairs. Before that happens, we need a finished basement. Now that I have a good idea of what I need to do, I am working part-time on finishing the basement. I say part-time because I am lazy, so things don’t happen as quickly as Karen would like to see. I have 80% of the framing complete and should be done with the electrical in mid January.

Click the floorplan below for a larger image

If I manage to make any progress, you can check out photos here.

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