It’s been cold, wet, and windy today. I just thought I’d mention once again how sick I am of the cold and wet weather. I can live with wind, but only if it’s warm. The chill breeze outside doesn’t make me happy.

Usually by this time of the year, I am happily outside for much of my daylight time puttering in the yard or garden or generally just enjoying not being indoors. Winter is taking its dear sweet time going away this year, and it totally sucks. Even if we don’t end up having another blazing hot summer like last year, spring coming later than expected will still mean a short growing season. Even when it isn’t hell hot in Texas, it still gets a bit too hot for many plants by the time late July rolls around. So this weather is not making me at all happy. My soil temps are never going to get warm enough fast enough if it doesn’t stop dropping into the 30′s every night and raining all the time!

I’d just really like to be outside more by now, planting seeds and getting excited about stuff growing again. The winter garden has been a total bust except for the carrots, and I am ready to get going on spring things. I demand a change in the weather immediately!

And I’d like some smaller utility bills too. I’ve never had to run the furnace this late into the year before.