I'm not a winter person

So I guess I'm in a little bit of a blogging rut. My inherent amount of spontaneous creativity appears to have run out, and work/school have been so crazy that I haven't had time to go out searching for some. So as a result, I am completely out of ideas to write about. It doesn't help of course, that it's winter, and winter in the midwest, nonetheless. So the view outside is always the same lately: dirty snow, barren branches, and drab colored things. As much as I love to watch snow fall, and the juxtaposition of a bright red cardinal against a pine tree over a blanket of snow, I am definitely not a winter person. Let me say it just once, because I hate to be a downer, but cold weather and I do not get along. It was nice living in Colorado, because in between the frigidness were a few warm days squeezed in. It's been quite a shock moving to Ohio, where once it gets cold, it stays that way for months on end.

I will add (because I hate to be a negative nancy) that there are a couple of things I like about winter - curling up under a blanket and reading a good book, making "winter" food like stews and potatoes, and of course a nice glass of merlot once in a while. Which, while I am far from being educated on, but merlot just seems like a cold weather wine to me. I also find it amusing that even though our cats have spent their entire lives indoors, they still get all puffy come December.

I'm off now to do number one on the list, and enjoy this 3 day weekend. (even though all my weekends are working weekends). Hope everyone enjoys their day off too! :)