great freezing point batman!

today we were hit by a very cold wind from .. somewhere else that's cold. we awoke to no school (for once) due to the temp being at -35ish. to which i can remember mom telling us years ago to dress warm because it was -40 (without wind). so i finished homework that was "already done" and slept in for a while. the problem with it being so cold out, is that the house gave up staying warm. most of the house just refused to be warmer than 40 degrees. so , and i wish i had a picture of this, we got hay from the barn and as quickly as our numb limbs could make it happen, we constructed a wall of the stuff around the perimeter of our house. so with our little hay barrier we stayed inside where i found we were out of hot chocolate and lived in agony ><