It stayed below freezing all yesterday and all night, and...

It stayed below freezing all yesterday and all night, and I'm afraid to look at what's left of my backyard. At least our pipes didn't burst like a lot of other people's did. It's supposed to get up to 40 today, which sounds very warm at the moment.

I made a big pot of butternut squash soup again last night, and marycrawford 's suggestion about baking it for a little first to make it easier to cut up worked great. We're going to a potluck dinner tonight and I'm still deciding what to make. M...