<p>BethieVT…we are down at Parent Weekend at D1’s school and so we missed ths snow! Funny, but we were walking today by campus and ran into another CCer, sly_VT, from Vermont, and I was saying that it was supposed to be cold back home and based on your thread, I guess it was colder than I thought. Gonna put snow tires on D’s car down here tomorrow. Brought her all her skis and so I guess it is time to “Think Snow”. Wasn’t it only abou ten days or so ago when it was 80 degrees out??? Vermont…gotta love it.</p>
<p>soozie and sly–I was thinking about both of you today. Even with global warming, I’m betting we’ll have plenty of snow this winter. Last winter, I was literally up to my waist in snow–hard to walk, much less shovel. Happy winter!</p>
<p>You can keep the snow. We’re warm-weather people, and between the cold temperatures, slipping, sliding, witnessing too many fender benders and broken bones, it’s just not for us. Florida here we come!</p>
<p>Can you send some down to Texas, please?</p>
<p>When I was a kid, it at least got a little cold a few times each winter, and we actually got snow once every 6 years, like clockwork.</p>
<p>Now we don’t even get a winter any more at all, thanks to GW.</p>
<p>W has always had a goal of not turning the furnace on until November. We have never quite made it, but we are still off with only 3 days to go.</p>
<p>I grew up outside of Boston and my parents waited until Thanksgiving to turn on the heat They also set it at 62 degrees. 
We wore a lot of layers and had several blankets on the bed but were actually quite healthy. Nobody had colds, flu or anything else in our family.</p>
<p>I live in the MidAtlantic now and try to avoid visiting MA about 9 months of the year because of the weather.</p>
<p>lealdragon, I had to chuckle at your comment about not getting a winter anymore in Texas, thanks to ‘GW’. My initial reaction was, oh my, Texans are even blaming Bush for a lack of winter now. 
Then I realized you meant global warming. Thanks for the morning smile.</p>
<p>alwaysamom</p>
<p>I think the 2 GW problems are connected!</p>
<p>That is cute. GW=GW </p>
<p>Too bad the problems and solutions are less than cute.</p>
<p>bethie and glm, I agree! I blame him for many things and am looking forward to January '09. It’s just that lealdragon’s post made me smile and a morning smile is always a good way to start off the day. :)</p>
<p>alwaysamom, your post made me smile (about GW) Thank you! :)</p>
<p>Hm. I think we need to wait until Jan '09 to see if there is anything to celebrate.</p>
<p>I saw the 2 GW’s too. Can this be an accident? </p>
<p>Still all green here. Too too odd.</p>
<p>Does anyone else love the movie with Danny Kaye, Bing Crosby, Rosemary Clooney set in Vermont–White Christmas I think–with the song about snow? It’s a magical thing if you don’t have to shovel it or drive in it. Kids get to play in it!!</p>
<p>We had so much snow in northern MN when I was growing up that we could dig caves into it and be warm.</p>
<p>I like the view of ice fishing in MN in the GRUMPY OLD MEN movies.</p>
<p>Bethievt, White Christmas is one of my favorite movies for Christmas, although it is set in a Vermont that didn’t get any snow until Christmas day. It’s not much of a story – just a shell to hold the music – but it is a fun musical.</p>
<p>WashDad</p>
<p>You must visit us in Vermont one day. My sister and I loved the silly song about sisters, sisters–there were never such devoted sisters! We grew up in northern MN and are now in VT. It’s a beauty!</p>
<p>always: Glad to help your day get started on a happy note!</p>
<p>I did mean Global Warming, but, come to think of it, there might actually be a bit of a connection there…just a bit. As much as I dislike gwb, even I wouldn’t blame him completely for GW.</p>
<p>I want snow!! Oh, I’m so jealous! (and thanks for the laugh about GW).</p>
<p>I live in the same town I grew up in.
I remember snow… and NOT seeing moths and mosquitoes at Christmastime (that means you, 2006!), and trick-or-treating in cold windy weather, through oceans of brown fallen leaves…
Here it’s October 29th, and even the maples are still green! :(</p>