" I Can't Take Another Winter Of This !!!!"

“I Can’t Take Another Winter Of This!!”

How many of you are saying this right now? I mean it’s only October for goodness sake, No Power! Snow! Downed Trees! Heating Bills Skyrocketing!

I feel for you, I do! I lived in Philadelphia for years but I was younger so the cold didn’t bother me as much and  before Philly I lived in Dublin, Ireland so I knew a bit about nasty weather. The massive amounts of snow which stayed around for weeks on end became misery.

Now that I’m older I can’t stand the cold that’s why I love North Carolina. Look it can get cold here in fact it was cold this weekend, but here’s the thing it doesn't last for weeks and weeks or even days and days, it normally gets nicer sooner rather than later.

When we moved here it was November and we had a yard sale before moving and I sold my snow shovel, ( someone said you won’t need that in North Carolina). January we had two feet of snow and I had a spade, which was fine because we weren’t going anywhere, the roads were impassable so we hunkered down and enjoyed the beauty, a week later the snow was almost gone!!!

So fast forward about 12 years, a couple of big snow storms, a huge ice storm, a really embarrassing debacle in Raleigh that made the city the laughing stock of the country over a bit of ice. Well no more!! Nowadays the slightest mention of freezing weather, snow flurries, ice storms and the Dept of Transportation is out in force salting every surface they can find. It works great, it snows, you stay home for a day and then the next the roads are clear and it’s out the door!
If you have kids, imagine them being able to play outside most of the Winter without getting frostbite! If you run or play sports how does the winter affect your schedule. And if you are getting to retirement age do you really want to spend your golden years behind a snow-blower?

Did I mention we have golf courses also? Call me ...we should talk!I