Frozen Dishes

Heidi and I had our Sunday dinner and a movie tonight, which consisted of burgers and "Lost Season 1: Disc 7: The Essential Lost: Bonus Features." It has been a restful weekend and we are looking forward to the short school week and then the trip down to be with my parents in Wasilla for Thanksgiving. The last time I had Thanksgiving with my parents and Alaskan family was when I was a senior in highschool, back in fall 1997. I am really pumped. My mom is an incredible cook, and Thanksgiving has always been one of the most important holidays of the year. I can't wait.

An interesting thing happened tonight. The burgers I cooked made the house a little smoky, so we opened the kitchen window which is directly above the sink. Of course, we forgot about it and left it open while we ate and watched our movie. When we returned to the kitchen to do the dishes we found the area around the window completely frozen.

Below: The water in this glass was frozen solid.


Above: utensils froze together.

Below: Even the plant froze solid. It looked fine until Heidi watered it, and after she did we couldn't do anything to save it. We helplessly watched it melt.

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