Vermont has four seasons, but they are not what most people think as the four seasons. We have Summer, Fall, Winter and Mud Season, yes mud, Spring does not visit this neck of the country. We have a supper long winter that lasts through about the end of April then the rain starts the piles of snow melt and the mud starts to flow. There is no beautiful burst of spring colors, just gray and mud and then overnight summer.
I really am getting sick of cold weather. The first snow was sometime in November, and we haven't had a real thaw since. I am getting ready to see some grass.
As a result I have decided I will never live in a cold place again. Everything I enjoy to do requires being outside. Life is to short to spend 4-5 months of the year indoors, or to be ruled by the weather. True I could bundle up and go out, which I do. With a baby it is such a pain, and he can't take it like I can, and even all bundled the freezing air is not that fun for very long. You lungs can only take so much, so running is not that exciting.
I decided visiting the snow for a week is good enough for me. The only snow sports I kind of enjoy are skiing, or snow shoeing, which is hard to enjoy with a little baby. Besides I would much rather go for a run along the beach, plant a garden or take a hike in the woods than go skiing. So a visit to the snow gives me my fill.
The other thing I dislike about living with a cold winter is the sedentary life it promotes for kids. I never really played video games or watched TV when I was a kid, I was outside all the time. I never felt couped up, and it kills me to think of raising kids inside. I hate the TV, computers, or video games, but in a small house in the cold kids get bored. Yes people do love the winters, and the snow, I've tried but it is just not working.
I can't wait for summer to come. I already have my sprouting pots for my flowers and vegetables going and have drawn out a plan for my vegetable garden.
I really am getting sick of cold weather. The first snow was sometime in November, and we haven't had a real thaw since. I am getting ready to see some grass.
As a result I have decided I will never live in a cold place again. Everything I enjoy to do requires being outside. Life is to short to spend 4-5 months of the year indoors, or to be ruled by the weather. True I could bundle up and go out, which I do. With a baby it is such a pain, and he can't take it like I can, and even all bundled the freezing air is not that fun for very long. You lungs can only take so much, so running is not that exciting.
I decided visiting the snow for a week is good enough for me. The only snow sports I kind of enjoy are skiing, or snow shoeing, which is hard to enjoy with a little baby. Besides I would much rather go for a run along the beach, plant a garden or take a hike in the woods than go skiing. So a visit to the snow gives me my fill.
The other thing I dislike about living with a cold winter is the sedentary life it promotes for kids. I never really played video games or watched TV when I was a kid, I was outside all the time. I never felt couped up, and it kills me to think of raising kids inside. I hate the TV, computers, or video games, but in a small house in the cold kids get bored. Yes people do love the winters, and the snow, I've tried but it is just not working.
I can't wait for summer to come. I already have my sprouting pots for my flowers and vegetables going and have drawn out a plan for my vegetable garden.
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