Snow. I just love snow. I love the way snowflakes drift down from the sky, covering everything softly, muting the traffic sounds and smothering the ugly brown grass. Snow is just one of the things I love about winter, and so I’m joining in to today’s Tuesday Ten with Lisa and Rabia, two of my co-authors of The Mother of All Meltdowns.
10. I love to put on my favorite sweater. I’m not someone who gets cold easily; I always have warm hands. But I love wearing my favorite sweaters in the winter, when it’s cold enough for me to wear sweater all day long. (My husband and I are probably the only couple in the world who don’t fight over the thermostat.)
9. Hot coffee in the mornings is lovely. I drink coffee year round, but it’s so nice on a chilly morning to hold that hot mug in my hands and warm my cold cheeks with its smooth sides. More recently, I’ve been drinking Lisa’s hot Russian Tea, and I swear the Vitamin C in the Tang helped me thwart a cold that my six year old daughter tried to give me.
8. Snow is beautiful. Even people who hate snow admit that snow is pretty.
7. Taking my daughters sledding is so much fun! There’s nothing like that rush of adrenaline as you’re sledding down a steep hill with other kids sledding down without paying attention to other sledders! Once we’re at the bottom of the hill, I thank God no one got hurt, and then we drag the sled back up to the top to do it all over again.
6. Snow Days are awesome. I know, we regret them at the end of the school year when we’re making them up, but getting that phone call saying, “No school tomorrow due to the weather” is like a little piece of heaven.
5. My birthday is in the winter. Enough said.
4. Christmas and New Year’s Eve, also in winter, also enough said.
3. Snuggling under a blanket and reading a good book feels oh-so-right in winter. It gets dark so early that snuggling under a blanket and watching two movies in a row does not make me feel guilty at all. I also seem to get more blogging done in the winter.
2. Having the freedom to NOT shave my legs in the winter is wonderful
1. I love it when my husband builds a fire in the fireplace. It makes our family room so cozy.
There are definitely things I don’t love about winter, but overall it’s one of my favorite seasons (along with Spring, Summer, and Autumn).
Tuesday Ten is hosted by Lisa from The Golden Spoons and Rabia from The Liebers. Visit their blogs for more Tuesday Ten!
Be sure to join in the Spin Cycle, a weekly blog hop hosted by Gretchen from Second Blooming and me!
I am so not a winter person, but after reading your post today I have a little better appreciation for it and you are right warm sweater and hot chocolate (for me) are some of my more favorite things about this very cold time of the year!!
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My daughters love the hot chocolate part, especially with lots of marshmallows!
Ginny Marie recently posted…10 Things I Love About Winter
Well, I’m definitely not a fan of winter, but yes, I do agree that snow is pretty. And I do love a fire in the fireplace, hot chocolate, my electric blanket, and the fact that the days start getting longer!
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I can already tell that the days are getting longer. That’s a big plus! I don’t like it when it’s dark at 4:30. 🙁
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Yay!!! So glad you linked up with us this week. Also, glad to know I’m not the only one who likes winter! 🙂 I’m glad you are liking the Russian Tea (thanks for sharing that!) and I’m totally jealous of your snow. Send some down here to NC, o.k.??
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We still have plenty of snow to spare, even though the past three days were above freezing!
Ginny Marie recently posted…10 Things I Love About Winter
OK, you make some good points here, but I’m still not a fan! I like looking at *pictures* of snow. And maybe someday when the preparation for sledding isn’t so arduous, I’ll enjoy it more. Winter will still not win me over, though. I’m a tried and true summer gal!! Thanks for linking up!
It does get a lot easier to take the kids outside when they are a little older! I only have two, and they can put on all their snow gear by themselves!
Ginny Marie recently posted…10 Things I Love About Winter
I like Christmas and New Years and that might be the end of it as far as winter goes. I feel like I’m cold from early October into April.
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We must be opposites. I’m always hot from April to October! 😉
Ginny Marie recently posted…10 Things I Love About Winter
I don’t know Ginny. I live in Western NY and we get slammed sometimes…like last week. There are good points. I love the fireplace and hot coffee does seem better when it’s cold. Still, maybe someday, I would like to be a snowbird.
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My step sister is from WNY, too, so she keeps me updated on the weather! (She lives in Iowa, too, and they get a lot of snow out there!) We had about 15 inches in Chicago a couple of weeks ago. It’s the below zero temps that I don’t like!
Ginny Marie recently posted…10 Things I Love About Winter
Ohhh, your fireplace looks so inviting. I could stand a real winter if I had that to come home to. I do love a good sweater as well. Love your post. Makes a Cali girl wish for a REAL winter.
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My sister lives in CA, and when she is here for a week at Christmas, she gets her fill of a Midwestern winter and then flies back to warm CA!
Ginny Marie recently posted…10 Things I Love About Winter
I don’t love much about winter but I have to admit that what I used to NOT like about it – photography in the winter – I now LOVE. I love winter wonderland shots and snowflakes shots, and I’ve even gotten more into using lighting when natural light isn’t there for me.
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I really love taking (unprofessional) pictures of my girls playing in the snow, and it’s tricky! They don’t always turn out! But when they do, they’re great!
Ginny Marie recently posted…10 Things I Love About Winter
Number 2 is the BEST. I won’t admit to how long it has been since I shaved mine 😉
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Ha, me neither!
Ginny Marie recently posted…10 Things I Love About Winter
I think I’d enjoy winter more if I had kids. Then I’d have an excuse to go sledding. 🙂
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Yes, it would be a little awkward to go to the sledding hill without kids. You should tag along with me on the next snow day!
I love #2, too!
I’m with you on most all of these! I love warm sweaters, hot coffee and warm blankets on a snowy day. Luckily we’ve had lots of snow, but no snow days yet. Going to school through the end of June can be torture for the kids!
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Those are wonderful reasons!
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