It's too cold in Nebraska for human life to exist, but here we are. . . .The old furnace in this house can't keep up with the wind blowing through the windows and even with the thermostat set on 60, it is running nearly constantly (and there isn't even any heat vent in this room!). . .tonight the thermometer will be in the single digits again, so we huddle in sweats and even have gloves on while surfing the web. . .(making typing a challenge). . .internally we are warmed by the knowledge that winter isn't even here yet. . .wait, that's not right. . .it's single digits and it's not winter? that thought is bone-chilling, not heart-warming! What on earth are we doing out on this prairie? We what? we did. . .yes, we did. . .we both moved here of our own free will. . .what were we thinking? Yet we have stayed on more than a decade and a half. . . .