Temperature? Brr!

Italian Phrase of the Day: È servita calda o fredda? Is it served hot or cold?

My comment on this:  Mangiavo mai la minestra fredda! C’è buona? I have never eaten cold soup! Is it good?

The temperature this morning is minus 1. But there is a nasty wind causing it to feel like minus 19. So, when/if Leslie calls this morning {as she usually does to tell me she has left work} I am going to nix the walking. Actually, she may not call because she may not have gone to work at all since she sounded so bad yesterday. I will take a short walk this afternoon instead when the temperature reaches the projected balmy high of 4 degrees!
Today I am going to spend most of the day on Italian homework. I can’t believe she has given us so much grammar to do. And then there is our usual raccontino and the web assignment. Actually, I did look for something on il sport last night. La prof gave us  a couple of newpaper names to check on. She also said that one of them had the capacity to translate into English but if it does, I couldn’t find it. However, there is always Google automatic translation which give a sort of idea of what is going on but, like babelfish, can produce some weird and wonderful results.  For example, in an article about soccer, {il calcio} a comment is made that  "Spalletti, comunque, si accontenta dopo il 2-2 nella semifinale di Coppa Italia." Now, I would translate that is "Spaletti however, is pleased with the 2-2 in the semifinal of the Italy Cup." Google translates it as "Spalletti, however, is pleased after the 2-2 in the semiend of Italy Goblet." No matter how inaccurate, comunque, these automatic translations are helpful in giving me a general idea of what the article is about.Leslie just called and we agreed that we would be foolish to walk when the temperature "feels like minus 19 degrees! " So, I am off to pour myself a cup of coffee to get my brain in gear and them to tackle "il raccontino" {the little story} which this week is about a boy and girl who make cookies. {biscotti} Incidentally, la prof said that one time she couldn’t resist the temptation to ask for one "biscotto" in Starbucks. She was asked if she wanted a biscotti {which is the plural form.}

QUOTATION FOR THIS MONTH: If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment. — Marcus Aurelius

Until later….