Are you dreading the winter?  

Oh you lucky you!! To live in a place where there's no snow or cold weather to face? That would be a dream! Well, I've told my husband that when we do retire, which won't be for years down the road, I'd like us to move to someplace a bit warm.

Count me in as one who wants to retire south or someplace warm. I love the snow and winter and everything. I just dread the driving on black ice. Hopefully, it won't be as bad this year.

Cream do you live in the southern US? Oh you're so lucky to live someplace warm with mild winter weather. I'd really enjoy that and especially not to shovel driveways, or fear of being stuck somewhere driving in the snow. Nice that you had a long summer too. Trust me if you spent a winter here or anywhere cold for that matter, you'd really be grateful for where you live. Thank you and you take care too! :)

Oh then you must have the ideal winter weather, you lucky you!! I would love to live in that kind of climate, not have to worry about snow, crazy drivers and being stuck somewhere in the snow. I can imagine though that you must experience quite the heat wave in the summer? Well, I remember last year we had a heatwave for us, for about a month and everyone was complaining, complaining, complaining. I don't mind the heat at all as I've been in 110 F and hotter.

No I guess you wouldn't have snow in the Philippines. Well you're very fortunate that you live somewhere where there is no snow. Although I don't know if I'd like to live somewhere and have to worry about possible typhoons? That sounds like of scary. Yes it is pretty to look at (snow) if you don't have to drive anywhere and can just appreciate it falling from the comfort of your own home.

That's cute because you are a kid at heart. :) You know I do also really enjoy that festive winter atmosphere, but only if I don't have to drive in that horrid snow, or get snowbound somewhere. Plus like I mentioned here in Vancouver, we have probably the worst drivers in Canada, they're terrible really...Oh yes I know that the east coast of the US can have some pretty brutal winters. You're really lucky that you can walk around with really light clothing right now. Well enjoy the winter! :)

You're very fortunate too that you're having milder winters. It's really strange but we also used to have mild winters, and now it's been changing to brutal cold winters. Yes my parents also have one of those wood burning fireplaces as well which keeps the house really cozy. We just have one of those gas fireplaces which is nice too but not the same. You know I've never heard of using those color sticks in the chimney?

Oh you definitely have every reason to complain. And no you're not whining at all, just stating I fact. I don't think anyone would enjoy having to lug around well water for their baths, too tedious really, or having to replace their water pump every year. You must get quite a snowfall too I would imagine? The scary part about winter I always say is the increased amount of vehicle accidents. Too many people are careless on the road or are just not accustomed to driving in snowy/icy conditions, hence the increase in automobile accidents. That's what I hate about winter the most.

Living in South Carolina (Charleston) for 8yrs I can attest it gets COLD !!! cold fronts and the ocean (due to humidity) give cold a whole new meaning.. It may be 30 degrees which is warm to the northern states but Im here to tell you 30 degrees in the south is a northern 10 degrees so when its 10 it feels like 0 and if there is any wind coming off the ocean on a cloudy damp day forget it you think its minus....

I can just imagine how cold it must get in South Carolina. I think it's probably more of a dry cold? I was in NY last year and I found the cold freezing weather completely unbearable, with that Arctic chill and there wasn't even snow on the ground, for heaven's sake! Well, I know here in Vancouver it gets to about -10 celsius not sure what that is in Fahrenheit, but I will say that we don't have that brutal, icy, wind that many places have.

Oh I can guarantee you that it isn't always a dry cold. It's normally very humid here in my part of North Carolina all year round. When it gets down to '30' the wind chill makes it at least ten degrees some days.

A lot of people think Georgia is warm in the winter too.. no.. no.. I was stationed at Fort Benning. I froze my short-shorts wearing early morning PT'ing butt off. Our legs would start to turn blue sometimes before they'd let us put on PT pants.

While it's not as deathly cold as the farther northern states, it is bad enough. To make it worse we don't get as much snow.. all of our humidity here and parts south of us tend to cause us to get ICE storms and freezing rain instead.

I'd take a few feet of snow over a quarter inch of ice anyday. Snow doesn't crack tree limbs, break power lines, and make me slide off the side of the road into a ditch. That tiny sheet of ice DOES.

Ah I see, so you like it fairly mild out, not too hot or too cold. I see that you're from Texas. Well, you're very lucky not to get snow very often. I would trade your mild weather in a heartbeat if I could!! Anything to get out of our miserable, snowy, rainy, stormy weather.

You know Vancouver sounds a lot like that. As soon as someone sees a flake, everything shuts down because they're also not prepared for the snow. Very few people have snow tires, there is a lack of those snow blowers on the roads, etc. There are also too many new or inexperienced drivers on the roads too that can't handle driving in the snow. Well, hopefully you might by lucky and not get any snow this year. Ha! We should be so lucky over here...I'm hoping that we might also have minimal snow this year not 4-5 ft of it like we had last year and EVERYTHING shut down. True it makes a big difference if you have to actually drive in the snow, I find it quite scary.

Aw how cute! He'll get to experience his first white XMAS and do all those lovely things that go with winter. Be sure to take lots of photos and even a video of that so you can experience those memories forever.