Jill Smokler, AKA Scary Mommy
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NYT bestselling author of Confessions of a Scary Mommy and Motherhood Comes Naturally (And Other Vicious Lies). Fond of curse words, sarcasm and Diet Coke.
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You know how we seem to forget all of the horrific details of pregnancy and childbirth, because if we remembered each and every one the world would be filled with only children?
That’s how I feel about winter. I seem to forget, over the three subsequent seasons, just what a pain in the ass winter is. If I remembered the coats, the mittens, the hats, the scarves, the whining, the heating of the car, the piling of the children in and out, the coughs, the snotty noses, the nebulizer treatments, the doctor visits, the freaking cold… then surely I’d live in sunny California.
And we haven’t even been hit with snow and ice yet. Oh, joy.
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imagine living where I do! it’s been snowing for weeks and we have had nearly 30″ I bet,already. UGH!
On a lighter note, just read that the company that makes BRATZ dolls has to stop! They were sued by Mattel…if it hadn’t been going on so long, I’d swear YOU were the one to put them up to it. Relax. After this season, Bratz are history (of course, that probably makes them valuable, too).
Happy Winter.
I could NEVER live somewhere like that. Hard to believe I grew up in Boston— I’m pathetic.
And, yes, I saw that about Bratz!! A Christmas miracle! :)
I have pretty much lvied my entire life in Las Vegas were there is no winter. This past September, we moved to Germany. Can I just say I hate winter, snow, sleet, ice, black ice. It is scary and nerve racking. It is pretty from a distance but up close and personal it is not so fun.
The white shroud .. that’s what I call it. I’m with ya, it’s awful! On top of the already nasty white shroud, I live in the mountains. It makes driving an extreme sport .. mountain on one side, 722 foot cliff on the other .. yay me!
winter sux! we have about 4 inches now with another 2-3 on its way tonight. UGH!
There is a good reason my husband and I only have ONE child (I had always wanted two) I FULLY remember child birth and how awful it was…. no seriously I do!! Hence it’s just Caleb for us.
As for winter I’m with you on the hating winter and EVERYTING that goes along with it it’s dreary and awful and grey and gross and the cold, oh the stinking cold!
I’m totally the same. Every. Single. Year. I kick myself and ask, “WHY the hell do I live here again??”. Then by spring I’ve blissfully forgotten how much it sucks.
Bean, thank god you said it first. You spent the majority of your life in New England. Where you are now should be a walk in the park.
I have to say-I love the snowing, sleeding, ice skating and all those beautiful things. Waking up and seeing the ground blanketed by white and the trees sparkling like diamonds is incredible…for about two weeks. After that, I’m happily back at home in Miami!
I do not miss NY winters. I am spoiled here in FL because I complained when I had to defrost my windshield for 5 minutes last week. But I love it.
Oh, I am SOOO with you on this one. 2 weekends ago we had snow, all four kids and 2 playdates. Talk about pain in the ass – dressing 6 kids in snow gear 3 different times in one day. I could have killed myself. UGH. And it’s only early December. Pitiful.
Having been born and raised in Southern California, let me just say that it’s over rated. I now live in the Midwest and love it. You actually get to see seasons CHANGE! You have more than one temperature, you can wear all the cute sweaters/mittens/gloves/scarves/etc. that you see in the catalogs, occasionally, you get to build a snowman, you get SNOW DAYS, and at Christmas time, it actually FEELS like Christmas, instead of 90* in the SHADE with a loony mom that insists on having the fireplace roaring for ‘atmosphere’ because she was born and raised in Illinois!
I despise winter too. I don’t forget how much I hate it though. I just hope and pray that either I’ll win the lottery and can move south where it’s warm or I will grow wings and be able to fly south for the winter with the birds.
I like Winter up until Jan 2nd. Then I am done.
Give me Spring anytime.
I hear ya. I have always despised cold weather. But there is something about falling snow that makes me love that aspect of it (until I have to drive in it the next day).
Anne and I lived in Houston for 4 years and I am ashamed to admit that I did miss winter a little bit. However, that changed my first winter here where I was stuck on I-76 for five hours in a blizzard. :)
I grew up in NY. Now, where I live here in Florida, (76, 76, 65, 72) are the highs for today plus the next 3. Sometimes I miss the cold, most of the time I do not.
i think we all do the same thing. all summer i pray for winter to come “Please, i can’t stand the HEAT!”
then comes winter and i pray “Please, i can’t take the COLD!” and await summers return :)
I don’t like winter, either. You’d think I’d like it better now, living in the South… I lived in Michigan for 8 years. Now that’s winter.
First of all, I LOVE that picture!!
As far as winter, I have to add driving in it. I am the WORST headcase driving in the snow. Just thinking about it makes me nervous!
I’m so glad you are doing PSF with us!!
I will never forget…hate it, just hate it. I’m with you…Sunny Cali, baby!
But if you move to cali then you don’t even get a winter at all. I mean, I don’t even own winter clothes. I’ve only seen snow once in my entire life. That’s not very fun!
If we didn’t have winter, how could we appreciately the warmt of summer?
I totally hear you! ;)
Winter blooooows! Didn’t know you were from Boston! Lived there for almost ten years and the winters were totally’ HORRENDOUS! One blizzard after the next. Whatever happened to global warming?
I’m originally from the Caribbean, now living in this sh!t hole of ice and snow. Nuff said.
You forgot dry, itchy skin :)
cute!! and oh my gosh, I can’t wait for WARM again too!!
I kinda like winter, at first but this year after the first day. I hate it. 4 kids with 4 coats, 8 mittens, 8 boats, well you get it. It sucks!
I LOATHE winter. That’s all I have to say about that!!!!!!
Never mind, I also hate that they can’t keep track of their gloves, coats, hats and snowboots. We had our first casuality today. 1 pair of gloves grew legs and walked away without anyone seeing them. Last year we lost 2 coats and countless numbers of gloves. Mind boggeling I tell ya.
argh – it takes an extra 10-15 minutes to get everyone ready now!!!!!
I hate winter, too! The gloves, the hats, the coats, warming the car…. makes it impossible to get out of the house in under 20 minutes!
Where are you that it’s so cold?
I wish it would get that cold here. Sometimes it’s just not right that it’s December and 80 degrees out.
You always want what you don’t have ya know?
Um, so here we are moving our family from sunny Trinidad to ENGLAND! UGH.
Cute he is though, very!
Winter TOTALLY does suck. Why don’t we live in Aruba?
I hate the cold weather too. Lucky for me, I’m enjoying mid-70s weather in Tampa this weekend all by my lonesome, while my husband and kids are home dealing with the turtlenecks, hats, scarves, mittens, etc.
I think I must be the odd one out here. I love it! Love the snow, love the cold, love the bundling kids up and seeing their chubby faces peaking out of ski gear and enjoying the cold. Growing up in the south (Texas) and attending college in Louisiana, we had little of it. Now, I’m in Colorado and can’t get enough!
I just hope there are fewer colds and viruses the second time around. That was a real pain in the ass.
But if it was nice all the time, then you wouldn’t appreciate the other seasons as much.
yeah… I know. that is a load of BS.
I hate, hate, hate cold weather. I’m so glad I live in Texas, the nice warm part that doesn’t really have winter.
I am freezing my butt off in sunny California so don’t feel bad.
I DO live in Southern California and trust me, when there you have what feels like ONE season, it gets old, trust me.
yeah, I’m with you: winter bites. Hubby promises me that in a few years we can move back to cali. my bones cannot take this cold weather and then in the summer we get high humidity! geeee, what wonderful fucking choices!
in cali it gets hot but not as humid as the northeast.
the ONLY thing I like about winter are SNOW DAYS!
I love the idea of winter and I do love the first real snow but then when it drags on, the kitchen pipes freeze, the sun disappears behind curtain of grey clouds- I’m dying for spring.
I’m here in LA waiting for you! Not a snowflake in sight.
(thanks for stopping by my blog, and I LOVE your logo up above!!!)
Yeah…. it totally sucks… the whole 20 minutes of preparing to GO outside.
I love the picture!
Now, of course I’ve never given birth, but I think you are absolutely right. Personally, I think God puts some kind of anesthetic in our brains that numbs the pain, and makes us think we can cope with another kid, or another winter.
Dude. Your blog is awesome.
Thanks for visiting mine…and hope you’re having a smooth (but chilly) weekend.
Here in So Cal it’s SO not holiday-ish, BTW. Tomorrow we’ll cover ourselves in sunscreen and go get a Christmas tree.
[sigh]
:^) Anna