You may or may not know that the deep South has been in a deep freeze for weeks. This “Southern girl who longs for snow” has learned a few things about frigid temps…
10~ I love the way frozen snow sounds when you walk on it. A very tight concise “crunch”. (Snow never gets a chance to freeze here, it just melts within 24 hours, so this is very exciting to me!)
9~Clogs are not the best shoes to wear when out and about in the ice. You might twist your knee when wearing your clogs if you slip.
8~I have cute coats and scarves, but I don’t own a coat or a scarf that will keep me warm when it’s 2*.
7~Cute coats and scarves are stupid.
6~When the single digit temperatures go on for days it’s painful to change from Pa-jay-jays to your day-time clothes. If I lived in a cold climate, I would do like Michael Jackson did in court that time … I’d never change out of my Pa-Jays.
5~My house is one gianormous draft. My heater is no match for the freezing 30 mile an hour wind that blows inside around my windows.
4~If the temps were like this for very much longer I was going to stop my intake of fluids after 1:00pm…or invest in a bed pan.
3~If I lived in the frigid cold I would happily give in to my agoraphobia.
2~I quickly adapt, on Wednesday morning it was 26* and I went to get in my car telling The Husband: “It’s warm this morning”. I wasn’t kidding, what I meant was: unlike past mornings, I’m not in excruciating physical pain walking to the car today.
AND THE NUMBER 1 THING I LEARNED ABOUT FREEZING TEMPS…
1~When it’s 20* and you’re driving to the gym in the dark, no matter how dirty your windshield looks…under no circumstance are you to use the squirty thing to clean it. This will result in an instant coat of ice and leave you ZERO visibility. Also, if your husband is driving behind you, the spray will freeze on his windshield too and if and when you get to the gym, he might hop out of the car, cock his head to the side, squint his eyes and look at you like you’re the village idiot.
Hats off, kudos, major props to all of you who have super long really cold Winters….I’m building a little alter of fire and giving you a bow. You are better than me. Truly.
The End.
ps…I still want snow, just Southern snow. The kind that stays on the ground for under 24 hours before melting in 50* … I just wanna be clear.
Cute post. I use to live in really cold country for a very long time. I so agree, a small snow that melts soon is just perfect. Hugs, marty
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Ahhh come on Robin! Yesterday was our warmest day of the year so far-it hit 37 degrees. That is not counting what we had before ’09 ended! You haven’t really lived until you walk out of the gym and you can feel your nose hairs freezing as you breathe! I shaved off my beard for my wife this year and wish that I had not listened to her wooing and saying, “you have more hair on your face than your head.” Very funny. 🙂 If I had chin ripples they would freeze solid and it would look like I had plastic surgery. Yep, you haven’t lived until you go through a winter of 3-4 months like that. The worst part: it is too blasted cold to ride my bicycle. Want to trade?
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Bill…I fear certain death or mental illness if I traded places with you. 🙂
Amen. This “southern girl “almost froze to death living in New England for 5 years. I hear it’s supposed to be 50 here in Atlanta today. Ahhh…that’s more like it!
Hahaha, loved this post. OH SO TRUE! I’m with ya girl!
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I’m freezing in new jersey!!!It’s 15 degrees this morning…..Kathy
Kathy!!! That’s cold! This morning it was 22* and I headed to the gym with only my shorts and a sweat jacket…could I be getting used to this?????
Hahaha…..hilarious.
I love the cold weather as long as I can stay inside. I do love being able to bundle up and feel cozy and NOT SWEAT! But 2 degrees??? That’s chilly, my friend!
Yes, it has warmed up over here, too!
Suzanne
Funny when it’s colder down south than it is in New YORK!!!
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Ha ha!!
This Wisconsin gal loved your post. Welcome to my world. Today we’re planning a beach party. It’s going to be 35 degrees, and that means it’s time to fire up the hibachi and grill some brats. 😉
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I’ve lived in the North and now I live in the South. No comparison give me Southern snow any day! Great post, love the windshield water freeze…I did that once! LOL!
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To have windshield water freeze that would mean you are able to get some out correct? I’m just saying you gotta live in this cold weather to appreciate the frozen windshield that takes seemingly eons to be able to even scrape. I vote for the Wisconsin deli-only can you do chicken instead of brats? I don’t do some meats. 🙂
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Robin! I was hoping you’d share your new insight… who knew it would be sooooo funny! Yes, your body will adjust. Now that we are above zero I find myself getting hot with all of my layers on, I had to shed a few.
So thrilled you at least got to experience a bit of “winter!” I think I’ll just sign off as “The Northern girl who longs for sun,” and we’ll see if that works equally for me as it did for you 🙂
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Come on up and go ice skating!
this is a cute post and I understand it now I don’t think its ever been this cold in Mo. I am ready for spring!
Amen sister!! And so glad it is 50 today in Tennessee!!!! I love saying goodbye to the freeze!
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We FINALLY hit 47 today in Pa.!!! YIPPEE!!! I hate COLD winters, we have had 2 mild ones but this year is NOT mild and I am hating it!!!! XO, Pinky
these really tickled me. being a former Northerner, there are many of these that were just part of life for the months of Nov. through April.
i have two close friends who are incommunicado right now, due to SAD that is very similar to agorophobia, in that they become hermits and stop interacting with anyone outside their immediate families. it’s hard when you’re one of those people outside that circle.
how did the freeze affect your word for 2010? don’t give in to the holing up! getting out in the cold can be fun if you have one essential item of clothing–LONG UNDERWEAR! :=)
hope you enjoyed the wondrous 50 degree temps today! i know i did! winter here is so much sunnier than it is in the North. another reason to be happy today.
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Loved your post! I live in Iowa, while I’m use to it the bitter cold we had left me feeling like you. Only have one thing to add…. I love when it’s so cold outside that when you breathe through you nose it feels like your nose will freeze shut.
Robin, your so cute and funny. Thanks for that laugh! What a cute story. I’m a Southern girl too and Florida had broken records. If I lived in the North, I couldn’t have children because they would never get to go to school in the winter. I hibernate when the weather gets cold and I’d never get out of the bed up there. LOL. Stay warm
Hugs….Tracy
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I just stumbled upon your blog (which I love) and must sympathize with you. I have lived in Northern Ontario, Canada my whole life and even after all of these years (which I am not going to disclose) I still have the urge to hibernate in the winter. I can tell you that we definitely limit our evening activities outside of the home because once you are in – you are in! Hopefully your weather has improved. Take care. Becki
Not gonna lie… the windshield wiper fluid CRACKED.ME.UP.
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Another Canadian here, and I have lived all over Canada, and you don’t get used to cold what so ever. (Nothern Alberta, Northern NB and now the downright balmy Southern Ontario!)
Although for the future, make sure your car is really warm, crank the heat on the windsheild and then spray the fluid, won’t freeze as fast!
It will get better and it will be in the 120’s before you know it!
L-O-V-E this post!! I`m living in Switzerland and even taught this is my everyday life and not always funny it really made me laugh ! And this is a GOOD Thing!
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