I'm so over this weather. I only know two people that actually like the cold & snow, and they are insane. I don't mean to make this a long list of why winter sucks, lest you think I'm just a whiner and complainer, however, I do have some points I'd like to make about why this season should only last two weeks, max...

My skin hates winter. It's like seasonal body modification without having to employ the services of a man named Levid who has a two pronged tongue and horns surgically implanted on his forehead. I don't want my legs to look like snakeskin, but they do. And this is not just me, folks...every woman I know suffers this fate when the temperatures don't get above freezing for weeks on end. And guys probably do too, you just don't notice it through the hair on their legs.

Shoveling is not something I should be doing. There, I said it. I am too good to shovel. Just like I should not be taking out the garbage, but that's another topic for another time. I have 150+ feet of sidewalk to shovel at my house, not including my driveway. At one point I thought a corner lot in the city was a wonderful idea, but now I don't. I don't like trimming the bushes in the summer, and I don't like shoveling the sidewalk in the winter. Truth be told, I wish I rented. Then someone else would do all that crap for me. Today, my neck, shoulders and left arm are paralyzed with pain from having to shovel 6 times this past week or so.

I fall down a lot. I can manage to fall down without the assistance of ice, sleet, snow, sludge, freezing rain or driving wind. I do not need any help from Mother Nature, thank you very much. And I bruise easily, so add that to the snakeskin look, and I'm not a pretty sight to behold in the winter.

I just sold my trusty four wheel drive Jeep Cherokee and bought a Mini Cooper. It's okay...go ahead and laugh. Everyone has. Prior to selling my beloved Jeep with 207,000 miles on it, it barely snowed at all. After selling it?? Yeah...well, you know what's happened since the beginning of 2010. And although I absolutely love driving my Mini Cooper on dry, clear roads...it's not really made to handle this kind of weather. And the racing tires seemed like a fun thing to have...but not so much now. It's like I'm driving a hockey puck. A red one, with white stripes. Hat trick, anyone?

Look, I'm not saying there isn't a time and place for this kind of weather. I think we can all agree, it's fun to have some snow during the holidays. I like sledding (I only go down once, because climbing back up is too much effort) and making an occasional snow angel (haven't done that since I was 6, but that's what I mean about it being "occasional"). I enjoy having a snowball fight (yes, I put ice in my snowballs) or catching a snowflake on my tongue (it's one less I have to shovel). But can't winter just be here for a week or two and then leave?

I'm over it. I want my flip flops.