Because it is always followed by SPRING! Yep, a week or so of sub-freezing days is plenty for me to get the "taste" and be ready for the next phase. Ah, spring. Flowers blooming, clothing coming off, GREAT cycling weather.

Meanwhile, if I had a fire in the house THE HOUSE WOULD BE ON FIRE!!! (No fireplace, you see. ;-) ) So, no thanks to that! But that single malt book thing is pretty cool. And I'll add a nice tall pipe loaded with Penzance.(You know, don't you? that Sandy Claws, hisself smokes a pipe. The REAL one does, anyway.) And of course, a stack of my favorite folk CDs in the changer.

Oh, and eggnog, cozy clothing and blankies, nose-nipping and cocoa, and cuddling closer with the appropriate person.

Ahhhh, SPRING!!!