-20 vs. 80+

So I keep hearing these remarks on how cold it is here versus where everyone else is and I can't keep quite any longer. Yes, we are very well aware that it is sunny and warm where you all are at and it is down right COLD here. You should just all cry us a river... but while you are crying for us realize that one of the reasons we moved here was BECAUSE of the weather. Maybe some of you love 80 degree weather all year around and that is fine. But to some people snow and coldness don't stop them from living their lives. It was -19 this morning and I STILL took the kids to the grocery store and to the mall. I still cleaned my house and I still ran. Life doesn't stop because we get some cold weather. And the cold weather WILL NEVER be a reason for us to move back to Cali. Sure there is a handful of days where we wish we were somewhere else, but you all have those handful of days if not more when you are sitting in traffic and standing in your long lines at the grocery store, or spending half your summer in a marine layer. Winter isn't supposed to be pleasant, but it is still fun. We get to go sledding and build snow men and make snow angels. And the best part about winter is that it ENDS... and when it's over our SPRING and our SUMMER and most definitely our FALL are absolutely incomparable to yours. So while we freeze our bums off 2-3 months out of the year, know that the other 9-10 months we are in utter paradise while you are all still out in the DESERT. word.