I have RACKED my brains...

trying to come up with some reasons to CONTINUE to LOVE winter.  After four months of it, I am starting to get s-i-c-k of it.  

I found that there are little advantages to winter that we don't always think of, nor notice.  I have come up with a few, maybe because winter is soooooooooo long here, I have had more than enough time to look around.  I am trying to be positive here!

So, I have noticed that....

You don't have to close your blinds (or drapes) in evening. No one can see into your home, because the bloody banks of snow are so high!

You don't have to shave your legs, nor your armpits for that matter. Well, if you have a significant other who objects, then YES.  Otherwise, who else will see them for five months?  Furthermore, the extra hair will keep you warmer.  Notice I have refrained from posting a picture of someone's armpits. :)

If you don't like your neighbour, you don't have to look at him/her, even much less catch a glimpse of them.  You can't see them... at all! 

You don't have to pick up your dog's bombs (Sorry Annie!), for at least four months. The minute the bomb hits the ground it is frozen, and it is sure to be covered with another snowfall within a couple of days, so you get a break from picking up poop.  In my case, I also get a break from picking up my neighbour's dog's deposits in MY yard!

As I get ready to post this, we in the northeast are about to get slammed, with 40 to 60 cm of snow, coupled with high winds - AGAIN!!!  WTH?  You have to keep your sense of humour folks!