Life in New England

As I looked at the weather this morning, I had to sigh....Here in CT it's 23 degrees and feels like 10 degrees with the brutal wind.  High 33.  In Texas, it's 56 degrees and feels like 56 with a high of 73 today - eating outside weather.  Instead of bursting into tears.....I decided to approach today with humor and ran across a couple of things I thought I'd share. They may not be as funny to you as they are to me, but never the less, I'm sharing them anyway.  Living in Texas, you are familiar with Jeff Foxworthy, I'm sure.  But I guess he wanted to expand his audience. Forget Rednecks...Here is what Jeff Foxworthy has to say about New Englanders.

How Do You Know You Live in New England    
(and let me just say...these are SO TRUE!) 

• If your local Dairy Queen is closed from September through May, you live in  New England. (We have walk-up "hotdog stand" type Dairy Queens here. You have to get out of your car and walk up to the counter. So they close when it's cold. No finger baskets with Texas toast and gravy here!)


• If you've worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you live in New England.


• If "Vacation" means going anywhere south of New York City for the weekend, you live in New England.


• If you measure distance in hours, you live in New England.


• If you know several people who have hit a deer (or moose) more than once, you live in New England. (The deer, we're use to, but a moose?? David's parents have had moose on their property!)


• If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you live in New England.


• If you install security lights on your house and garage, but leave both unlocked, you live in New England.


• If you design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit, you live in New England.


• If the speed limit on the highway is 55 mph -- you're going 80 and everybody is passing you, you live in New England. (Grandmommy can attest to this.  They are the FASTEST drivers up here! We were SHOCKED after driving across the country, how FAST everyone was going in CT.)


• If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow, you live in New England.


• If you know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction, you live in New England.  :)


• If you find 30 degrees "a little chilly", you live in New England.
  If you actually understand these jokes, YOU LIVE IN NEW ENGLAND!

And then you have the cold temps......as they are today.....This made me smile (even in the cold)!

60° F: Southern Californians shiver uncontrollably.  People in CT sunbathe. (No joke! I wore a jacket to Block Island this Spring and people were on the beach in bathing suits!)

50° F: Texans turn up the heat. People in CT plant gardens. (Can't wait to see who will be out first planting flowers in the front yard this Spring.)

40° F: Italian & English cars won't start. People in CT drive with the windows down. (YOU LAUGH......David & I actually had our sun roof open on the way to Greenwich because we were stuck in traffic and it was getting "warm" at 42 degrees in the sun. It's all relative!)

32° F: Floridians don coats, thermal underwear, gloves, wool hats. People in CT throw on a flannel shirt. (Hence the photo of George and Nancy at the ice festival in their light jackets.) 

20° F: New York landlords finally turn up the heat. People in CT have the last cookout before it gets cold. (David has been known to wipe the snow off the grill and go for it.)

15° F:  Californians fly away to Mexico. The Girl Scouts in CT are selling cookies door to door. (People, no matter what the age, are TOUGH here. You have to be!)

PLEASE enjoy your lovely warm weather  today - the sun - the outdoor playgrounds - parks and walking trails - patios and whatnot back home and think of me!