Jan 17
Have I Ever Mentioned?
That I HATE winter! Loathe it with a massive purple passion. See, I’m originally from Los Angeles. When I moved here, people asked me what my winter coat looked like. All I had was a windbreaker. The South isn’t cold, right? *wrong!* The first winter I lived here, we had days that were, like, six below! Okay, for anyone living in Wisconsin, Minnesota, eastern Canada, etc. no laughing. I have thin California blood. Really.
It was bad enough over the weekend to be trapped inside by an ice storm that barely was…but so dang cold, no one in their right mind would travel out in the junk. That already put me in an unhappy frame of mind. But then, when I woke up today to surprise snow. SNOW? It almost never snows here!!
This isn’t my neighborhood–found this on the Internet. But it may as well have been…
Needless to say, my munchkin was thrilled. I, however, was unamused. Snow angels are not my thing. Bah Humbug. 
After being trapped in for so long, I’m running out of things to do! Today ended up being documentary day.
I had my laptop out and, in the background, watched stuff about what the Earth would be like if we had no moon. Then onto a hour about the 95 moons in our solar system and which would be the most habitable. Um, none. They’re all so COLD!! Then I switched gears to something about Navy Seals in Vietnam. Harrowing… So I switched to a bad Charlie Sheen movie on HBO, before hitting the video on demand for some House Hunters and Designed to Sell. I think I finished the afternoon with something about the contributions of the Navajo in the U.S. Military and a disturbing hour about Osama bin Laden. On that cheerful note, I made dinner and lost myself in American Idol.
On a nice summer day, I could have been out walking, or in the pool or…any number of wonderful activities that didn’t involve freezing off parts south of my body. Would someone wake me up when it’s April?
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OMG– I am sooooo with you.. I hate winter and all that it intales. I would be happy if it was always 75-80 degress. I loathe winter coats. Hope you thaw out soon and I pray its not coming to NC-it did flurry yesterday. On the toss side of that, I would rather it snow Jan & Feb and not be cold March and beyond. In 93, (I think), we had a blizzard in May…SO lets think happy, warm, beach thoughts== and nice cool Mojitos, with a sexy pool boy.
I live in Minnesota, the land of cold and snow, so how is my winter so far. Heck, my mother didn’t raise any dummiers; I am spending my winter in Southern Texas. It is cool here for this time of year (strange weather in lot of the country it seems), but it is still warmer than in Minnesota. We have only been in the mid-forites during the day for the last few days, cloudy and usually windy, but it is supposed to start warming up into the low 60′s now and, hopefully, it will only improve after that to warmer and sunny days.
What can I say. I just love winter
WHAT KIND OF GIRL DOESNT LIKE SNOW ANGELS ??? THEY ARE THE BESTEST!!!
Renee, ohh, I like the way you think! Beach and pool boys all around!
Shari, this weird weather can’t last. Hoping you see sun soon!
Mona, take your temperature, honey. What’s to like about freezing? I know, I know… It’s a me thing.
Joy, making the snow angels is fun. Then when you stand, you’re wet. When the wind starts blowing, you’re cold. No way, no how. Not for this L.A. girl! Got thin blood, you know…