Cold is NOT my friend!

It is cold.  I don't like the cold.  Granted, I don't like the intense heat either.  I am searching for a happy, warm medium.  It seems that we don't have 4 seasons anymore.  We are either in summer mode or winter mode.  I miss Spring and Fall.  I have some very valid reasons for disliking the cold.  Read on as I point them out...

1)  It's cold.  Reason enough.

2)  Leg hairs.  I am sort of mixed on this one.  I like the fact that I don't have to shave as often in the winter because my naked legs are never shown.  I don't like it when I finally break down and shave and 5 minutes later my leg hairs start growing back due to cold chills.  Of course, with my fatness these years, I don't frequent the shorts - so even in the summer I can sometimes get away without doing a really in-depth leg shaving.

3)  Electric Bill.  Ugh.  Our last electric bill was  $358'ish.  NOT FUN.  I don't enjoy paying bills, but especially when they are that amount.  Don't get me wrong, I am thankful that we can pay our bills, I'm thankful for my home, and most certainly for my heat.  I just wish the heat didn't cost so much!  Think of all the clearance items I could spend $358 on!

4)  Sinus problems.  The woes of my sinus issues.  Will they ever end?!  The cold flares them up.  The wind flares them up.  Moisture outside flares them up.  Granted, the heat seems to flare them up as well.  Maybe I just have non-stop sinus problems.  But for now, I am going to blame it all on the winter and cold season.  In the Spring, I might write another blog and blame my sinuses on it.

5)  Snow.  I think snow is pretty.  I don't enjoy, however, going out in the snow.  I don't like to drive in it.  I don't like to walk in it.  I don't like to play in it.  I don't like to take the dogs out in it.

6)  #5 brings me to another point.  Dogs.  The dogs don't stop having bodily functions in the winter.  They still have to go out and be walked and do their business.  I dislike walking the dogs in the cold.  I am usually so bundled up when I take them out that it is a wonder the cops haven't arrested me for looking like a terrorist!

7)  Cabin fever.  The cold prevents us from going outside often.  The kids get insane when we are cooped up in the house.  The endless energy they have usually results in a very messy house and lots of bickering between them and with me.  At least in the warmer months, we can go outside and run off some energy.  Sigh.  I miss going for strolls through the neighborhood, all warm and carefree.

The one good thing about the winter, for me, is the lack of frizzy hair!  Of course, I have bad hair, we all know that...don't even pretend you haven't noticed my pitiful locks of corn husks.  However, the winter provides me with a chance of wearing my hair down and not in a ponytail 24 hours a day due to frizzy issues.

That, my friends, is my thoughts and feelings upon the season we call WINTER...now, if you'll excuse me, the electric heater is calling for me!