12 Strange Truths In A Snowy Climate

Living in a snowy climate can be fun if you like snow, but it can result in some strange lifestyle adaptations.

For instance, you discover that gloves don’t keep your fingers warm and you double up on mittens, and you end up owning an excessive, yet completely justifiable, number of hats.

These truths were inspired by my morning haul of the kids to school in a sled. What can you add?

1. You carry kitty litter or crushed gravel wherever you go

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2. Adding skis or sleds to everything becomes a necessary form of transportation

3. You have a hat for every type of weather

4. Like socks, you have orphaned mittens but you keep these orphans in vain hope that someday it’s pair is discovered in another storage bag and they can finally be reunited.

However, by then, your child’s hands have outgrown the mittens, and they end up in the donate pile. Surprise!

5. Your bed never feels as cozy as it does in the winter

6. You don’t want to live without heated floors and heated car seats.

7. For whatever reason, your shower’s hot water temperature is perfectly fine in the summer months, but in the winter, it can never get hot enough.

8. You know how to layer clothing like a boss.

9. You’ve become very creative when it comes to snow removal

10. Your town gets a free facelift after every winter storm.

11. You use your front porch/back deck as extra storage for frozen goods or beverages.

12. How you feel about snow at the beginning of the season:

And how you feel about snow in April:

13. You don’t have to worry about feeding your kids because they’ll eat plenty of snow on their own

Keep warm, my friends.

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