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[ShellingConnie]

Boy has my blood gotten thinner since moving to Georgia over 20 years ago. I'm now a delicate Georgia flower.

I woke up in MN this morning to 2 degrees. I was freezing!

It warmed up to a high of 10 degrees. Brrrrr.

My Dad could hardly stop laughing when the little rental car I was in got stuck on the ice in the Applebees parking lot today (2 days ago it got stuck on the ice in their driveway). I had to pull out my old how to rock a car knowledge so I could get moving.

If I ever come to MN again in January I will be:

Renting a 4 wheel drive
adding some long johns to the suitcase
and bringing the video camera so I can tape myself in these predicaments and give the family a good laugh.

You northern folks are alot tougher than me!

[Teresa]

Poor thing! I love the cold, so I really do not like being in FL or GA in the summer! My blood is just too thick for heat - I hate to sweat.

[jjjmranch]

We're freezing here in IL. After such a mild start to winter, it's a rude awakening to snow and then freezing temperatures. I'd rather live in FL!!

[chezp]

It is amazing how you adapt to the conditions. I'd be the same as you, as anything much lower than the low 30s is unheard of for us over here.

[Huntermom]

I don't mind the cold but I don't like it when it is freezing (single digits and below) one day and 50 the next. I do much better when I can adjust to the cold. I do wish there weren't heating bills in the winter, but at least you can add a fleece or sweatshirt.

I would much rather have cold then heat, probably because this summer we were given our first air conditioner, which I never ended up installing. We had a week of heat and someone offered me the air conditioner but by the time i got it the heat wave was over for the summer.

When I first moved to northern New England from the southern part of the region, I would get stuck in snow banks and on ice on a regular basis-back in the day before cell phones were popular. I don't mind now but do worry about my kids driving. While they are safe drivers, I can't believe the number of people that don't realize an SUV doesn't mean you can speed on ice.

[JoanneS]

I love the cold, and I hate being hot. We lived in NC for a year and a half and I hated it so much. I think I used my winter coat twice the whole time I was there. I guess I never got used to the heat, but maybe you need to be in a climate a few years before you get used to it.

I hope you had a good visit despite the cold.

[HiddenMickey]

I love your list. Thanks for the giggle....video camera!

I also am not cold tolerant. I totally relate.

[Luvsun]

I know what you mean! Since moving from northern Indiana to southwest Florida a year ago, my blood has definitely gotten thinner! It is very brisk and chilly here today and I am freezing! I wore jeans, socks, shoes, a long sleeved shirt a fleece jacket and a scarf when we out to breakfast this morning!!
Allen just shook his head!

[KMB733]

I love the cold!!! I remember going to WDW a few years ago in January and it was chilly, but not as cold as back home. I was wearing shorts, while the natives were dressed in their winter coats!!

[Starbright]

It depends on the type of cold. A humid cold is worse than a dry cold.
We were in California in April about 5 yrs ago, and I found it cold and wore a fleece jacket the whole time, while the locals and dh were in shorts and t-shirts, and I am from the Prairies in Canada. Brrr. The wet cold is harder to take.

We were in Florida this past April, and I loved the heat and humidity and dh was having problems with it

We have had a warm fall/winter but this next wk, we are dipping down to minus 30- minus 40 with the windchill. We are so spoiled this yr, that I don't know how any of us will be able to handle the sudden drop of temps.

[Cam22]

We've just had our coldest weather this winter with the lows in the teens and the highs in the 20s and my arthritis has literally been a pain in the back-- not fun. But we seem to be in a weather cycle where it gets warm (highs in the 50s and lows in the 30s) and then gets cold, so hopefully later this week the aches will be gone.

[Starbright]

We have had our warmest winter til today. It was nice and my bones didn't ache. With the temp change, my hips were sore all last night The school buses might be cancelled due to cold temps. I HATE winter. i want to move.......

[benjiboo25]

I am sure you have been hearing all about how it was 50 degrees here last week!

I chuckle just because this has been the mildest winter I can recall in a long time. We knew the cold had to come...but halfway through January it feels like we have skipped half of winter! (Also considering that last year it snowed before Halloween and for the last time on May 1!)

Enjoy your visit!

[disney_duke]

I think my blood has gotten thinner and I still live here in Wisconsin! My kids can't stand how cold my hands are ALL winter long. Whenever I touch them for whatever reason (hugs, asssisting with clothes, etc), they're always pulling away from my cold hands! And don't even get me started on my cold feet!!!

Can't wait for the day we can retire to Arizona! (or FL, but humidity is a drag....)

[RobinKay6573]

My parents moved to Florida from Vermont in 2007. I just got back from spending 2 weeks at their house. It gets cold there but not THAT cold... I mean 30? Come on? That's not cold.... if it is 30 here in January people are in short sleeves. Mom doesn't like turning the heat on because it is expensive so we dress in layers in the house (she keeps it at 60 ). buuuuurrrrrr However mom is all bundled up when she goes outside.