Denisemomof4 Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 I lived in CA and the winters and summers were the same, only warmer/cooler weather. I now live in NH and it's an AWESOME place to raise a family! Getting used to the cold was hard until I learned to LAYER, LAYER, LAYER. Now I LOVE winter! My favorites are: Watching the kids get SO excited about the first snow, and listening to their screams and laughs as they sled and have snowball fights! Watching the dogs AND horses get so excited because of the first snow, and watching them "play" in it! Reading a good book or watching a great movie while there's a blizzard outside, all the while wearing a t-shirt and cotton pj bottoms because we have the wood stove cranked up! Walks in the snow during the day when it's not windy outside. My all time favorite: Walking through the woods at night when there's a full moon out. You can see all around you and it can be SOOOOOO romantic! REST!!!!!!!! While the plowing/shovelling is more work, we get to REST more because we can't do too much outside! :D Ok, that's it for now! Denise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 I'm the polar opposite. :D I grew up in Missouri and hated snow/ice/layers/turtlenecks/wool socks. Now I live in Louisiana and love wearing flip flops most of the year. Our furnace didn't have to run for the last week and ds wore shorts for school today. I've worn a winter coat once this year and got hot in it. I used to be irritable all winter and now I feel like I've gained three months of my year back. :D It was so worth moving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 I love snow, too! I wish we actually got a little more of it. I really like being back to a place with four seasons, at least. We were in Baton Rouge for years, and while there are things I really love about it, too, I like a change of seasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pqr Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Spring! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Spring! You beat me to it. That was exactly how I was going to respond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnetteB Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 I miss California winters and the sight of my children's toes, sigh. What do I love about winter? tap, tap, tap, thinking......Hot soup and chili with cheese :tongue_smilie: I could make a much longer list if you asked what I don't like about winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 I lived in Vermont for a few years, and I really enjoyed the seasons. I had read about them, but never really experienced them. I think that they gave an urgency to getting out and doing things. If there was a nice weekend day in the summer, you just drove to the lake. There might not be another one for a while, and fall is always just around the corner! It's the same for winter. If there's new snow and no active storm, a trip to the slopes is definately in order--there might not BE another day like that for a while, and spring is coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rose in BC Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 The snow banks are closing in around my house . . . it's all too much!! (I live in area that routinely gets this much and I've lived here all my life but as I age I like it less.) My children on the other hand love it. I am trying to appreciate it but Spring can't come soon enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 I have a different perspective of winter because that's the time we get to play outside and NOT fry an egg on the side walk. I like wearing long sleeve shirts and not being hot. I love to see my boys in cute hats and jeans. I love that when I'm out in public I don't see as many bellies and butt cheeks and eeewwww...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cornerstone Classical Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 Even though NC doesn't get alot of bad wheather, after Christmas I start longing for the return of the daffodils. When I see them I know spring is right around the corner! Yay!!;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 I lived in CA and the winters and summers were the same, only warmer/cooler weather. I now live in NH and it's an AWESOME place to raise a family! Getting used to the cold was hard until I learned to LAYER, LAYER, LAYER. Now I LOVE winter! My favorites are: Watching the kids get SO excited about the first snow, and listening to their screams and laughs as they sled and have snowball fights! Watching the dogs AND horses get so excited because of the first snow, and watching them "play" in it! Reading a good book or watching a great movie while there's a blizzard outside, all the while wearing a t-shirt and cotton pj bottoms because we have the wood stove cranked up! Walks in the snow during the day when it's not windy outside. My all time favorite: Walking through the woods at night when there's a full moon out. You can see all around you and it can be SOOOOOO romantic! REST!!!!!!!! While the plowing/shovelling is more work, we get to REST more because we can't do too much outside! :D Ok, that's it for now! Denise Those are all the things I miss from growing up in western ME. Here, the only thing left of actual winter is the hush. I love the quiet of winter, particularly in the evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer3141 Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 I love the crisp air. I love the stars at night. I love little kids so bundled up they can barely walk and coming in with rosy cheeks. I love the birds at the feeders and how excited everyone gets when someone new shows up. I love Godiva hot chocolate made with the cream milk and topped with homemade whipped cream from the same dairy. Oh wow. I love that I finally learned to use the snow blower and it isn't scary at all. Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MJN Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 night, drinking hot teas and hot chocolate, snuggling under fleece blankets and NOT sweating. I love hot soup and chili on a cold day. I love to wear sweatshirts. I love to go out on the porch and smell wood burning in fireplaces and to breathe in the COLD air. We hardly ever see snow where I live, so we get real excited to see a flurry or two and hope each year that we MIGHT get a real snow. :001_smile: Oh, and I love to light candles in the house on dreary days or at night. It's just so cozy with them lit. Can you tell I love winter and can't stand the summer heat and humidity? LOL! I generally feel better in cold weather also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle T Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 I have a different perspective of winter because that's the time we get to play outside and NOT fry an egg on the side walk.I like wearing long sleeve shirts and not being hot. I love to see my boys in cute hats and jeans. I love that when I'm out in public I don't see as many bellies and butt cheeks and eeewwww...... I live in an area where temperatures are generally above 90F from late May until Halloween. Many days over 100F. Plus, it's windy, a hot, dry wind. I love winter, when I can freely go outside and work in my garden without dropping dead from heat stroke. Or open my car door without getting burned. I love wearing pants instead of capris or shorts, wearing my few long sleeve t-shirts, even occasionally wearing a scarf! Michelle T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 I love snuggling up next to the fire with a cup of hot chocolate and a good book. I also love not having to run the AC and finding ways to combat F100 or more for several months. Right now it's so foggy, I can barely see the trees to the back of the house. Everything moves a little slower in winter.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 I love the fact that I can take a shower and don't feel like I need another one before I even leave the bathroom. I love the fact that the snakes and bugs are freezing their little butts off and not lurking around my door, waiting to pounce on me. I love the fact that the weeds around the house are not taller than I am. I love the fact that my electric bill is 25% lower. And, finally, the vampire in me loves the fact that it's dark so early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 The end of it....but I do love a White Christmas. Apologies everyone, our winter here has been lots of snow, ice, rain, sleet, freezing rain and snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraceyS/FL Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 I"m 2nd the NOTHING. Not a darn thing do i love about it. Well, except it was supposed to get to 80 today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 4boys Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 I love how cozy it feels in the house when it's -30 outside and the yard is completely blanketed with snow. I love how the light reflecting off the snow makes the house seem brighter. I love that there are no bugs! I love that I don't have to worry about the yard or the garden at all! I love hot chocolate. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamnkats Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Right now the only thing I can think of is that in the winter we can exercise at any time of the day instead of only at dawn and dusk. It is really hot here in the summer. Other than that, winter brings the snowbirds and lots of tourists and we really prefer summer for those reasons. But it is nice not to be dying of the heat... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 The first four weeks and that is it. Winter is for plants, not humans. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kewb Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 I am with the Spring people. Although I do love a fire in my fireplace (but not last night when dh trusted the word of our 10 year old that the flue was open). The kids playing in the snow is great. Hot chocolate Being inside where it is warm is a good thing That hush that comes with the snow falling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caia Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Our whole family loves to go sledding or snow tubing. Eat snow slushies. Make snow angels. See who can find the longest or largest icicle. Drink hot apple cider. Look at the Christmas lights on all of the houses in December and January. I also really like to shovel snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Q Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 I love going into semi-hibernation mode. I love staying in bed longer in the mornings, snuggling with my kids. I love being inside, with a book, a blanket and a mug of hot chocolate, while the snow falls. I love the starry winter skies and the hush of a white world. Winter makes me feel more creative, more mysterious, more alive, somehow. As if the world is full of secret wonders just an arm's reach away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vida Winter Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Staying at home and cuddling up with good books. What can be better than that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soph the vet Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Broomball!! The only thing to get me throught a Minnesota winter. We are currently undefeated this season, crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Robes, slippers, sweaters, hot cocoa and looking at the snow. Oh yeah, we dont have any snow. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Hot chocolate etc is ok for about 28 days. It's nice for a bit, and then it gets old and crabby. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIch elle Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 breathing in crisp air; feeling alive and grateful for the gift of the day and God's creation. I love snow days I love the white view I love my winter clothes I love the fireplace I love reading by the fire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PariSarah Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 . . . getting out the down comforter, pansies struggling valiantly to bloom, chilly house giving me an excuse to cook, chilly house giving me an excuse to snuggle a little longer in bed . . . . . . and mostly the fact that it only lasts about a month here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 . . . getting out the down comforter, pansies struggling valiantly to bloom, chilly house giving me an excuse to cook, chilly house giving me an excuse to snuggle a little longer in bed . . . . . . and mostly the fact that it only lasts about a month here! Exactamundo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Naked snow bank diving, of course... preferably with a partner. Much fun! The jumping and the warming up later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Naked snow bank diving, of course... preferably with a partner. Much fun! The jumping and the warming up later. Yeah, naked snow bank diving. I did that all afternoon with the dh. :lol: Not. I value my nipples and such too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 When it is over and spring comes. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted January 6, 2009 Author Share Posted January 6, 2009 Naked snow bank diving, of course... preferably with a partner. Much fun! The jumping and the warming up later. what about the icy rocks, tree branches...... toys not put away that got plowed in........... could be DANGEROUS I tell you, DANGEROUS. If nothing else, WEAR A HELMET!!!!!!!!!! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonshineLearner Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 I wanna live in a 70 degree year round spot with no biting bugs and good jobs for my husband...Where should I live? Cuz, what i love about winter is that it gives rain to make my summers green! Carrie:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mktkcb Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 I'm with all the other CA girls :). I like a nice cool/semi cold occasionally few months. Preferably with as many storms as possible so the grass gets nice and green! We spend Christmas every few years with family in Idaho, in the mts, so I've had a taste of deep snow. We were there this year, and it was cooooooold and VERY snowy. Truly, a week in that kind of weather, beautiful and fun as it is, is enough to make me love CA winters. It was SO nice to come home from the 15 degree great white north, and have a few beautiful clear sunny 72 deg. shirtsleeve weather days in between the chilly 50's and 60's. New Years day was absolutely gorgeous. I think I love 2 kinds of winter weather in CA: the sunny 70ish days, and the rainy days. The cold/windy or cloudy/chilly days don't really float my boat. So, as romantic as snow is, I think I like being warmer. I'd adjust if I had to, and snow is beautiful, but its sooooo nice to be warm! We may not have as distinct of seasons here, but I've come to notice and appreciate the weather changes that do occur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 I love snow for a few weeks or going to visit snow! I don't love the havoc it causes in our city that isn't prepared for it or the floods that are inevitable afterwards. After the snow my favorite thing is that the days are getting brighter and we are just that much closer to spring/summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peek a Boo Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 I'm the polar opposite. I used to be irritable all winter and now I feel like I've gained three months of my year back. :D It was so worth moving. lizard woman here. anything under 80* is too cold. long hot sunny days where small children can fall into the cracks in the ground are perfect for me. Even the Dallas area is too chilly for me. BUT! I actually do like the snow, just not the cold. i could shovel snow all day if the wind isn't blowing my lips off and I have my trusty calf-high Sorel snow boots on. It took me a year to thaw out when we got back home to TX after our 4.5 year exile to upstate NY. I don't mind visiting snow, i just don't like it when it comes to visit us for more than 24 hours. Snow on Christmas morning --yeah, that i could handle. But NOT on valentine's! or halloween! or MOTHER's DAY!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyinTN Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 I love everything about winter! The cold, crisp air and snow. I actually love all the seasons except summer...I really dislike heat and humidity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5knights3maidens Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 My favorite time during winter is when it snows during the early evening. You can go outside and while the snow comes down gracefully, it is so peaceful and quiet; even in a town with lots of cars going up and down. I can even remember times when I was little being outside at this time and all the neighborhood kids were outside playing and the adults were outside shoveling, but it had a quietness to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAR120C Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 I have a weird relationship with winter... I grew up in MI and I love that semi-hibernation that someone else already mentioned, but now that I'm in NC we don't really have it the same way... it's more of an on-and-off interruption rather than a season of slowing down. And if we're in MI we're traveling (relatives all still there...) and I HATE traveling in winter!! So I have a great deal of nostalgia for all the same things that irritate me, because what I miss is being able to just live in them quietly and without trying to juggle a travel itinerary at the same time. But the snow, the crisp air, the hot cocoa, the snuggling into a warm house while the outside is freezing... all of that is lovely if you're not trying to fit visiting ten relatives' houses into six days! And I have to say, I'm colder in NC than I ever was in MI, because in MI I don't feel silly breaking out the giant felted Uncle Fester coat. Ten pounds of wool surplused from the Swiss army can go a long way toward making even the coldest weather quite comfy!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 What do I love about winter in Detroit? Ummm...nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highereducation Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 lizard woman here. anything under 80* is too cold. long hot sunny days where small children can fall into the cracks in the ground are perfect for me. Even the Dallas area is too chilly for me. BUT! I actually do like the snow, just not the cold. i could shovel snow all day if the wind isn't blowing my lips off and I have my trusty calf-high Sorel snow boots on. It took me a year to thaw out when we got back home to TX after our 4.5 year exile to upstate NY. I don't mind visiting snow, i just don't like it when it comes to visit us for more than 24 hours. Snow on Christmas morning --yeah, that i could handle. But NOT on valentine's! or halloween! or MOTHER's DAY!!! I'm a fellow lizard. I've been shivering since November and I seem to feel the cold more with each passing year (you'd think after 40 years in NJ I'd be used to it!). I just had my thyroid tested to see if that was the problem and after the results came back my doctor said nope, counts are perfect - wear thicker socks. Ugh. I've been wearing thermals under my clothes indoors! Pathetic, especially for someone who loves to ice skate. So I do love winter, but I don't get to enjoy it much at this point! Mostly I hide inside under a pile of blankets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTMindy Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 SNOW!!!!! And, we have had A TON of it this year (it feels like I have shoveled literally A TON!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 I can't wait until Feb, and then I am back to FL with my hsers. I can't take any more pretty New England snow and freezing cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 what about the icy rocks, tree branches...... toys not put away that got plowed in........... could be DANGEROUS I tell you, DANGEROUS. If nothing else, WEAR A HELMET!!!!!!!!!! :lol: And a bra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Snow!! I love how it brightens those dreary days. I love how it covers the dirty dull grass. I love how it sparkles when the sun shines. I feel invigorated when I exercise in winter. I love that it does not stick to my glasses the way rain does. I actually enjoy shovelling it, even though I have a herniated disk. I love hearing my kids laugh with delight as they throw snoballs at eachother while shoveling. I love the quiet of a snow day - fewer cars, more peace. Now that my thyroid is more regulated, I am not so cold anymore. But I do like how the extra layers disguise my fat roll in my midsectionl;) After years of complaining about the cold, I heard one of my Norwegian relatives say that there was no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing. I have taken that to heart and worked at getting quality clothing for cold weather. I am much more comfortable. I can even do my 3 mile walk outside in single digit temps. Okay, you all hit me on a good day. Tomorrow, I will be grumbling about winter:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonesloonybin Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 I LOVE Winter. It makes the world seem magical and full of possibility. I love Fall too. Summer is the worst. I really do not like being hot. And I burn so easily that during the summer I cannot go out for very long. So I feel like I get out more in the fall, winter time. But I really miss the snow and winter....NC just doesn't fit for me..but it will be a few years before we can move. So, I just try to enjoy what I have for now but I MISS WINTER and SNOW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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