We Are DEFINITELY In The Middle Of The Winter Season Here!

It has definitely been cold for the last few weeks here in the Philadelphia area! In my own local area which is just outside the Philadelphia city limits, our temperatures tend to be a little bit more colder than what the temperatures are in the city.

We have just had a bout with some snow but mostly the problem is the ice! It is thick! And I even remember hearing on the news that many people have had accidents slipping on the ice! The ice outside my front door is more treacherous than it is in the street!

The temperatures haven't gone above freezing in the last few days so the ice is still there. While we had some sun during the day, when the temperatures dropped and the sun went down, the ice became a problem again!

For Sunday and Monday we're supposed to have temperatures in the 40's so hopefully that will melt all of the ice!

I mean I know that we are in the middle of the winter season but that ice is just something!

I think that this is one of the colder winters that we have had!

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Here is a list of what is opened and closed on this day

What's open and closed today, the holiday honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.:

• Most schools and government offices will be closed, but many businesses will be open. Many workers do not have the day off as a holiday.

• Most Metro buses will operate with a reduced weekday schedule, featuring more services than on weekends but somewhat less than normal weekdays, with some route or individual trip cancellations.

• State ferries will be on regular weekday schedules.

• Some basic services, such as garbage pickup, will be on regular schedules, and some transfer and recycling stations will be open.

• Most banks and credit unions will be closed.

• Post offices will be closed; no home delivery except for express mail.

• Public libraries and state-owned liquor stores will be closed.

January - Cervical Cancer Awareness Month

"Governor Blagojevich (Illinois)Urges Women to get Screened During January - Cervical Cancer Awareness Month.

Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today declared January Cervical Cancer Awareness Month in Illinois and is urging all women, especially women who smoke, to get screened regularly for cervical cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, women who smoke are almost twice as likely as non-smokers to develop cervical cancer."