ENOUGH ALREADY!

(Winter that is)

Spring is around the corner but it's still a little too chilly for my taste around here. Of course that comes with the territory when you live right outside Chicago. We had some really rough snow days around here this year and I'm happy it's all finally starting to melt a bit. My number one goal before next winter is to re-learn how to use the snow blower. I faked it for so long, I actually did forget how to use it and got caught in a pinch with Boris out of town this year during one of our biggest snowfalls ever. His over-the-phone-out-of-town snow blower instructions did not go over well at all, so I ended up shoveling myself. Somehow I had managed to avoid that particular manual labor over the last ten years. How I got away with that, I don't know. Anyway, I definitely got my winter workout this year.

Generally this part of the country is 6-weeks behind everyone else weather-wise. It's colder earlier than everywhere else and when the rest of the country is warming up we're just starting our slow thaw with about another six weeks to go until the real warm up. I'm hoping our snow blower... and for my sake my snow shovel can finally be retired for the season.

Enjoy the chilly layouts below.

OH, SO READY FOR SPRING

COLD PLAY