In a message dated 10/31/2007 10:37:21 A.M. Central Daylight Time, spotted101@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: I live in Western WI, right along the St. Croix River. The minute everyone hears that, they all groan "oh, its soo cold there, etc".. Our last few years have been WIMPY WIMPY WIMPY!!! My friends in NY have gotten more snow and more cold than we have. YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT THAT-it's amazing,but true Helen When I was a little girl and lived in MN, we used to get REAL winter - snow up to our shoulders, huge mounds to climb on, etc. I walked to grade school (about a half mile) and there was nothing more fun than a fresh batch of snow... Cold never bothered us - we were out until the stars were showing. I remember it used to be really cold on New Years Eve and you could hear the wind howling, yet everyone would still be outside. That must have been 30-40 yrs ago.I've been in this MN house for 50 yr,and it used to be that I had to shovel to get through the gate of the kennel 6 ft fencing to get into the yard and then shovel to get into the kennel building.The dogs loved it-- to be let out into the 3 acre area to run and play --jumping into the drifts,chasing the snow rabbits( never caught them) And then the first 3 weeks of January were about 40 degrees below zero Our weather has definitely warmed up. But,when I still leave shovels by the back door ,kennel gate,Front steps,garage doors. Old habits are hard to break <G> Helen Miller Fisher Jess Mac Paisley Dals (www.paisleydals.com) & The Shepherd Girls _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail and Microsoft Office Outlook â?? together at last. Get it now. http://office.microsoft.com/ ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================