Ready for Winter ?!?!

Hi Everybody, Please share with me about positives or negatives about Winter! SMILE! My negatives are that I hate to get outfrom the shower inthe freezing morning at 400 am!!!! , going to my car and warm up inthe freezing cold outside ,wishing I have warm car seat :O( and hate to drive on the road when it is snow storming. I heard it will be Nor Easter Snow Storm starts Sunday through Tuesday morning My positives are I can go sleds or tube slide with my kids this winter, I can hid my sweater during Winter time and surprise people with nicer clothes in the spring time My Winter coat which I cannot close up and zipper it up last Winter and now I can close it and zipper with no problem SMILE!!! and is looking forward to go excerise alot in the gym with my persoanl trainer and at home during Winter time. I am looking forward to go on vacation in April 2, 2005 on Deaf Cruise and FEEL WARM WEATHER!!!! Hugs Kathy K

Sorry about repeat but it did not tell me that they saved this post message! Kathy K

I like winter for the most part. This year I think I will enjoy it even more because I will not feel the pain from arthritis as bad as I have for so many years! Hopefully I will be able to go up and down the hills and feel comfortable enough to ride on the sled w/ her! Also I look forward to building a snowman w/o having to take breaks or watch from the side lines. As for the negatives, I have no clothes that fit!! I guess I will have to go shopping..... The slick roads are the worst part of winter though! Carmen

Hi Carmen, my name is Dianna McGill, I'm from California and I'll be in Norwich from Dec. 19-30. Do you have any support groups going on and how's the weather? Dianna McGill 284-183-148

Hi Carmen I can imagine how you feel good to make snowman without no pain from arthritis and can enjoy every moments with your daugther. Take alot of pictures before she grows up SMILES! Hugs Kathy K

Hi Kathy, Personally, I do not like winter at all. I am always cold, and now since surgery I am cold all the time anyway...I also hate how it's dark at 4:30 when I get out of work. 6:00 pm feels like 9:00 pm...I am a sun person, I need the sun to thrive. I really dread the next couple of months. But, I make the best of it. I hope to someday move somewhere tropical. Not Florida, but I don't know where... My husband does snowplowing, so while I like the $$ when it snows, I also do not like to drive in it. I like Christmastime, and I like to watch the snow falling from inside my warm house. But, those are the only things I can think of that I like about this time of year. I just bought two winter coats, one dressy and one ski jacket, because all of my clothes from last year were huge, so I donated them. It is expensive, but fun to buy smaller sizes. I really need to buy some shirts and sweaters, because I don't have any from last year that fit me, so I donated all those too. The only thing in my closet are the new short sleeve shirts I bought for the end of summer and fall. I just wear a big bulky sweater over the shirts to work so I don't freeze. I am looking forward to April too! My husband and I are taking my 5 yr old daughter and my 10 year old niece to Walt Disney World. I look forward to going on some rides...something I haven't done in years!! Let's hope winter is over soon! Anne

Hi Anne, Last April We went to Dinsey World for 7 days and we had a blast time. You will love it and will enjoy yourself more because you feel much better after this surgery. We put the kids with Mickey Mouse on our Xmas card. they came out nice. I noticed I get colder myself since I had this surgery and my husband cannot believe my hands are so COLD!!!! LOL Hugs Kathy K

I am not much of a winter person. I love the other three seasons, but could leave winter out of it. Not to mention I am sooooooo cold this season after WLS. I hate to drive in the snow as well. Some positives are I will be able to enjoy sledding. I will be able to get back up on ice skates this year without feeling that my ankles are going to cave in beneath me. I'm wearing size M or 10 coats and jackets vs last years plus sizes. Hugs, Maggie

Hi Maggie, Are you going to ice skates at Conn College? Let me know how you make with ice skates ! SMILE!!! I cannot wait to buy my new winter coat and leather coat next year !!! It must feel good about wearing size ten! Hugs Kathy K

I used to like winter a lot more when I was small enough to ski. I am hoping that by the end of this ski season that I will be back on the slopes. I want to ice skate and sled with my kids this year... I am so glad to be fit enough to do this!! My winter coat zips right up this year too! Couldn't wear it last year. I like watching the snow, but hate driving in it. Hope my new 4WD works okay. I have a pretty hilly ride from E. Haddam to New London to get to work. The only other thing I don't like about winter is when my power windows freeze and I can't order my Dunkin Donuts coffee at the drive thru without opening my door. UGH... looking foward to having some fun in the snow this winter!!! terri