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Good SuperBowl Sunday Morning to all;
No, I am not 'up' for the day. I believe that should come AFTER I sleep...
Just tired, but not enough to go to sleep yet. (So I thought I would write a blog and bore myself to The Land of Nod)! hehehe
Life after snow... Is there?
What a weird winter already; but no, they are not all this strange.
Someone said it is "The Old Mans Winter". (A recall that only the old ones can remember it being like this)...
So, am I "old" then if I remember the deep snows?
The ones where car antennaes would all have the bright orange balls on them to show other cars that they were there?
Yup.
Old.
But I remember the fun we always had too.
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Odd when we were young(er), that the cold was never that bad either.
But Winter in Wisconsin is not for the squeamish, or for the vain.
It is not for anyone that cannot lift a shovel, an ice pick, or break a sweat.
It is not for anyone who can only wear one shirt or one pair of socks/pants at a time.
It is not for anyone that needs makeup applied to go somewhere in the bitter cold. (Makeup generally rubs off on your scarf; and looks downright scary~hysterical if that same scarf has been over your mouth while you breathe in the bitter cold).
It is not for anyone who lacks a certain warped sense of humor. (I don't care WHO it is, it is funny when one loses their balance and falls down on the snow and ice). And should you happen to break something in the process, I promise you will still get up and move.
It is not for the thinned skinned among us. (Learn how to dress, learn how to drive, or don't complain about freezing half to death when you wind up in the ditch).
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Rear wheel drive.................... Front wheel drive
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Four wheel drive ................AND ............ Very VERY RICH!
It is not for anyone who will not wear animal fur, or leather, for warmth.
It is not for anyone that thinks any of the above only happens to someone else.
Simply put, Winter in Wisconsin will either make or break you.
Mostly, it makes us a bit different than most.
Stronger.
More determined.
More capable of survival. (Survival of the fittest to get to live 'til Spring).
AND, I really believe that we breathe through our ears at times...
I believe it makes us much more thankful when we do see Spring; even knowing that Spring is just a season of 90 or so days... just like all the rest of the seasons.
I believe that when the birds return from their Southern vacations we enjoy them more.
I believe that when the last few snows threaten to overwhelm us, that no matter how deep it is, it only lasts a little while. (Contrary to having the snow fly real early in Fall, and you KNOW it will be a long winter)...
Winter in Wisconsin teaches you that you can have fun shoveling; (as long as someone doesn't dump a shovelful down your neck)...
Winter in Wisconsin teaches you how to kick back, relax, and watch a good movie.
Winter in Wisconsin teaches you how to make a real good pot of soup, (and generally with ingredients you didn't know you even had)!
Winter in Wisconsin teaches you to look UNDER the snow for buried treasure...
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Winter in Wisconsin... Sometimes only a month or two...
Sometimes twice that long.
But only during Winter in Wisconsin can you find something so innocent...
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Hope you're smiling now!
Have a wunnaful day!
XOXO
Anne
oroginally posted to my Y! 369 Sunday February 3, 2008 - 03:33am (CST)
