Reasons I'm Eagerly Awaiting Spring!

[It shouldn't]

Every year I'm devided over winter.

It goes something like this:

End of October -- Ooooh, first snow, how pretty. Ooohh, start a fire, it'll make it cozy.
End of November -- Have to get ready for Christmas, need snow for that, Ooohh pretty
End of December -- Still loving the snow, it looks pretty, but starting to hate having to lug in the wood for the wood stove, so we switch to running the pellet stove, much easier
End of January -- Meh, the snow looks OK, but getting quite tired (and sore) from the shoveling and lugging wood around
February -- OK, I'm DONE. Now hating the snow (shoveling and driving in it) and NOT enjoying having to do all the wool/pellet lugging and toes/fingers frezzing off outside.
March -- Anxiously checking the weather forcast 100 times a day for any sign of it maybe warming up and being overjoyed every day that the temp during the day is above 32F.

Almost there

Of course I do the same thing in reverse in the summer and I'm misserable anytime it gets above 90F

[sarasquirrel]

i soooooooooo want spring to come....and STAY

i am SICK of shivering from the cold almost everyday.
no more running nose/stinging
no more layers
no more dry skin
no more snow
soon plant life will be alive, rather than brown
i will FINALLY be able to go out more and take pictures!!! winters drive me nuts. when its snowing and its freezing outside, i cant go out and take pictures and that makes for a sad sarasquirrel

spring is almost here

[blas]

I already mentioned it before, but after what happened today.....with super cold temperatures and very dry air, that's where you get your winter noises.

Since for a couple of weeks, we'd been on a decent streak with temps finally being average..........and then last night we plummeted back to January-like below zero temps......you can guess......today the pipes were knocking something fierce.

I was trying to sleep. My neighbor came home at his usual time, and took a shower. The walls are so thin that I can hear the toilets flush, running water for showers, etc. As soon as he got out, the pipes knocked and knocked for almost a half hour. And it was loud. I had a great time trying to sleep.

Then I took a shower a while ago and the pipes knocked around some more. Great.

Warm the fuck up already.

[XCashier]

I absolutely hate winter,

And you live in Wisconsin because...?

But seriously, I used to live in Phoenix and complain about the brutal heat. Complain about the car getting hot enough to bake cookies inside it, burning my fingers on the door handle, getting fried just walking to the corner, and the wildfire danger.

While I do prefer snow to that kind of heat, I'd just as soon do away with winter and summer and have six months of spring, then six months of autumn.

And I must admit, it'll be nice when it warms up enough outside that I can take my kid to the playground and let him run amuck there instead of driving me nuts cooped up indoors.

[blas]

It's not my fault I'm here. I suppose it's my problem I haven't left.....probably should have taken the chance before the economy went down the pooper.

My parents were both born and raised in Wisconsin. They had planned on moving to Arizona a couple years after they were married, but woopsies! Mom's Pill failed, little blas87 was on the way, Mom was ignorant enough to think pregnant women can't travel, and in Wisconsin we stayed. Forever.

Edit to add: If anyone is asking "Why Arizona?", my mother's aunt and uncle have always had a vacation home in Arizona that they go to twice a year since they were married in the '70s. Sometimes I wonder why they don't just to move to Arizona all together, since now that Nana is dead and their son has been out of the house for over five years, they really have no reason to stay here. They love Arizona. They had my parents convinced to move there, too. Oh if only the damn Pill wasn't so ineffective!

[XCashier]

It's not my fault I'm here. I suppose it's my problem I haven't left.....probably should have taken the chance before the economy went down the pooper.

Okay, I can't fault you for not leaving. That's the same reason I stayed in Phoenix for so long; born there, raised there, got married there, didn't have enough money to get the hell out of there until I was 38.

[Racket_Man]

And you live in Wisconsin because...?

:

LOL. I CHOOSE to live here. I know I know don't bitch about the weather if you live here.. I have lived in the upper Midwest for all of my adult life. started out in St. Louis for 30 years then lived in Chicago for 12 years and now here I am in NE Wisconsin (deep in the hearta CheeseHead country) for the last 7 years

Oh and one last thing I love about sprint is: ICAN FINALLY TAKE DOWN THE XMAS LIGHTS ON THE ROOF. I am NOT getting up on a ladder in snow and cold with the ground frozen and freeze my backside off. we usually have a slight warm up in early Jan and I have been able to take them down then. but NO this year was the year of the big deep freeze.hopefully in the next week or two I can take them down

[McGoddess09]

I can't wait for:

Being able to roll down my window and let my hand fly around lazily as I drive.
The lilac bushes across the street to bloom and make the air smell soooo good.
Being able to run outside.
The lush colors of the plants,grass, and trees.
More hours at work because more people are coming.
Riding my bike places close by.
Taking walks.
Being able to wear dresses and skirts without freezing. I HATE WEARING PANTS.

[blas]

Racketman, my father once left the Christmas lights up at our house for at least 10years.

I'd forgotten about plants and grass, McGoddess. I miss the smell of fresh cut lawn. Ya know, I used to try to come up with good things about winter, and all I could come up with was being able to put off shaving my legs longer and no more bugs. Once it got to last November, I was so happy people weren't mowing their lawns and keeping me up while I was trying to sleep, but snowblowers and plows and people driving on snow is so much louder.....I can't wait for the grass to be green and cut nicely again

And dandelions! I can't wait to make a chain of them and put them around my dog's neck.

[Racket_Man]

I hope my roses and bleeding Hearts survived the Artic blast this year.

Oh and I can not wait to have the smell of freshly cut Sweetgrass waft through the air.

but then you can keep the cow poo smell that hangs over the area when the farmers "fertilse" their fields

[blas]

I don't have to worry about "dairy air", I make sure I don't live anywhere near farms and I don't take country roads.

[Racket_Man]

I don't have to worry about "dairy air", I make sure I don't live anywhere near farms and I don't take country roads.

The Green Bay area is surrounded by farms in all directions. you get a hot summer night with a very light breeze and the "dairy air" just hangs over the area not matter what. for some strange reason this seems to only happen after dark. not sure why

[sms001]

started out in St. Louis for 30 years then lived in Chicago for 12 years and now here I am in NE Wisconsin (deep in the hearta CheeseHead country) for the last 7 years

This is kind of odd RM. Although I've lived a few other places here and there, the bulk of it was Columbia Mo (With brief stint living in, and MANY trips to St. Louis.), then Chicago, now the North Woods - and we're the same age too.

Blas, I hope you haven't jinxed us w/ this weather talk. (Doesn't look like it this week, fingers crossed.)

For me, spring = gardening. And the warmth means a LOT less prep; less layers, no car warm-up, no route planning (what's plowed and what isn't) don't have to shower enough ahead of time for hair to dry, being gassed up and emergency kit packed in case of accident/stuck, etc. etc. Sometimes it's kind of a scary feeling to realize that we live someplace that can KILL you with weather.