I’ve hated winter my entire life. In fact, I’ve never fully enjoyed FALL because I knew that winter was lingering just around the corner. The day after I graduated high school – my first day of ‘freedom’ – I moved from my home state of Indiana to Florida. I spent five glorious years there – THAWING OUT. I also earned my bachelor’s degree…but mostly just thawed out. After college…life kept moving me north…and further north. When my husband and I talked about moving to Minnesota, I’m not sure if I cried or laughed when I discovered that moving to Minneapolis is NORTH OF Toronto, CANADA! Okay, I cried. . I didn’t know anything about Minnesota except that it was cold – really, really cold. Have a mentioned that I hate the cold? However, I’ve finally decided that I will NO longer live in survival mode. I’ve decided to learn how to not hate winter. I did lots of reading, some research, and asked so many people how to not only survive winter, but thrive through winter. I discovered that it is possible to not hate winter!! Winter can actually be…dare I say it…DELIGHTFUL!?!?! So … HOW do you ENJOY winter? […]