Living in the desert, we're always grateful this time of year, knowing it's getting cold in other parts of the country. Of course, it's always an abrupt awakening when we realize what "cold" really means to those of you outside of the Southwest. It's easy to forget, you see, living in a climate where frigid means the mercury has started dipping beneath 50 overnight. You choose! Winter's Coming Door #1 Snow & Ice or Door #2 Sunshine & Warm
Yesterday, my sister-in-law in Denver e-mailed these pictures to me. This was how their family spent Halloween! I have to admit my Minnesota blood has thinned, because I can barely even remember snow like this, let alone in OCTOBER!
So let me ask you a question. Honestly - where would you rather be right now? Knee deep in the snow, like my in-laws in Denver?
Or biking in shirt sleeves like my Moon Valley neighbors?
Winter's coming. You know it is. You can run and buy a heavy parka ... but you cannot escape the plowing, scraping, salting, shoveling ... unless you finally commit to that winter home in a warm climate. Say, like the one in Phoenix?!
Just so you can see that I am NOT making this up, here's the screen shot for Phoenix for today (with the week's forecast) from WeatherUnderground.com.
If the cold weather hasn't quite hit you yet, you KNOW it's coming! Isn't now the perfect time to consider that second home here in warm, sunny, temperate Phoenix? You let me know. In the meantime, my husband and I will continue to enjoy our evening glass of wine, watching the sun set from the comfort of patio.
Winter's Coming Door #1 Snow & Ice or Door #2 Sunshine & Warm
and we get HOT Phoenix HOT starting in June through October... We do however get snow at times during the winter months... Case in point 24" one day December 17th and we really loved it... 
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