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I've been fine, and thank you for asking. I've been away almost two weeks working in Sarnia, Ontario which is about 3 hours west near the Michigan town of Port Huron. (about an hour north of Detroit)
i love winter! i love sweaters and snow and rosy cheeks and evergreen trees covered in icicles and hot chocolate and scarves and mittens and...
cold doesnt bother me!
(ok maybe a little. especially when you have to scrape off your car in the morning. and i hate getting cabin fever. but as long as i get all 4 seasons so that by the time spring arrives i'm ready for the warmth, and by the time summers over i'm ready for the cold again).
I myself hate the cold,when I lived up north from nov-march I was always cold.It also seemed I always had a cold...sore throat,cough and my ears would hurt. Since I have been in sc I really haven't been sick (knock on wood) I also would get chapped lips and my hands would crack and sometimes bleed. I definately prefer the heat,to me it can feel cold in the 60's.
I myself hate the cold,when I lived up north from nov-march I was always cold.It also seemed I always had a cold...sore throat,cough and my ears would hurt. Since I have been in sc I really haven't been sick (knock on wood) I also would get chapped lips and my hands would crack and sometimes bleed. I definately prefer the heat,to me it can feel cold in the 60's.
I hear ya, mystree66! The last time I was sick---I was up north! I had forgotten about the dry skin. Soooo hated that!
I hear ya, mystree66! The last time I was sick---I was up north! I had forgotten about the dry skin. Soooo hated that!
Last night at 6 pm it was 80 here in sunny S. California. By this time of year, I don't want to still use self-tanner because it is still shorts season (tan fat looks better than white fat)and feel like I am cooking outside. This is one of the things I don't like about Ca.....it can be 90 Christmas Day..there is barely a fall or winter..we do have a nice Spring and then.....The Heat! For those of you that hate the cold, California is for you. Remember ladies, the sun and heat is bad for your skin!
It was 80 degrees here also. Sorry you don't like it. I love the fact that I could hop on my bike after dinner and go for a ride.
Just goes to show--we all have different preferences.
By the time spring arrives, like in late March I'm am also ready for warmth, but where I live most of the time spring is usually not warm, (70 F plus) just an absense of extreme cold. (like frost)
I remember in 1990 we were treated to an April with a full month of new green leaves and of sunny weather between 70-90 F. Ah, those were good times!
Some of you tolerate cold fine or even like it. Others really hate it. I am assuming most people who live up north dont mind the cold, if they do, why dont they move down south? I am ready for some cooler weather and I feel that I can handle the 20 degree winters of SE Ohio. Not that I have a choice since Florida isnt affordable unless I look at mobile homes.
No one in my immediate family likes snow or bundling up, but we were all born here and it's very difficult to move somewhere warmer, yet easy to move somewhere colder, so instead we stay put I guess. We live almost as far south as we can get.
Hi NeedAffordable, you already know what my vote is~I HATE the cold and snow. I dread it more and more every year.
You keep mentioning the possibility of staying in Fla. and buying a mobile home. That sounds like a great idea! Why do you feel detoured in doing that? I know you're also thinking of moving north, but isn't your family in Fla? Mobile homes receive a bum wrap!! If we relocate to Fla., we will either rent an apartment or buy a mobile home. Sorry, we just don't have a half million dollars to buy a house and we no longer want to go back to having a mortgage. As far as mobiles losing their value, it sure doesn't appear that way. I've looked at some on realtor.com and the used ones are nearly as expensive as new ones. Something that struck me as funny when I was looking on that site~they have mobiles that are actually quite old. They've withstood how many canes now? We went through a park when we were down there the last time. It was so cute with their palm trees and their community pool and well-kept mobiles. Of course, there are more then likely parks down there that give mobile home parks their terrible rep. It just seems more feasible for us to rent or buy a mobile. They're very affordable and we'll just keep our other few dollars in our pocket for old age.
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I know you're also thinking of moving north, but isn't your family in Fla? Mobile homes receive a bum wrap!! If we relocate to Fla., we will either rent an apartment or buy a mobile home. Sorry, we just don't have a half million dollars to buy a house and we no longer want to go back to having a mortgage. As far as mobiles losing their value, it sure doesn't appear that way. I've looked at some on realtor.com and the used ones are nearly as expensive as new ones. Something that struck me as funny when I was looking on that site~they have mobiles that are actually quite old. They've withstood how many canes now? We went through a park when we were down there the last time. It was so cute with their palm trees and their community pool and well-kept mobiles.
Of course, there are more then likely parks down there that give mobile home parks their terrible rep. It just seems more feasible for us to rent or buy a mobile. They're very affordable and we'll just keep our other few dollars in our pocket for old age.
