Have a Merry Christmas.....

and a Blessed New Year!

hand me my scarf....

im cold...i live in southern california and im freezing....

i was born and raised in michigan...i love michigan for its seasons...spring is nice and fresh, flowers, sun, melting snow its starting to finally warm up...in summer it always stays around 75 maybe 80, during some extremely ambitious summers it gets to 90...fall is gorgeous, leaves turn colors, football games, hot chocolate, you get to take out your old sweaters or go buy new ones along with a new jacket, its slightly windy and stays in the 50s and 60s....winter, well, winter is cold...you wake up its 32 degrees, you go to sleep its 32 degrees, in between it dips below 0..the first snow is always gorgeous though...i love my peacoats and an excuse to buy new boots is always a plus....

so i shouldnt be in california and be cold right? i grew up in freezing temps, i should be thankful for the warmth and coziness of winter in cali...

so check this out...

i move here in feb...and was excited that i was finally in a location where it was 70 degrees in the winter...i thought i was really livin...i would throw on a t-shirt, some jeans and some sandles and go about my business...i was amazed when it hit 80 degrees in march...that was a foreign concept to me...but i relished every moment of it...i had been warned "girl, you live in the desert now, just wait"

and i waited....

and around june it hit 100....by the beginning of july the weather stayed between 110 and 116...and i was HOT....by mid july....boom it hit 120..and decided to marinate there for a while...i get into august and am not even phased by the heat anymore..in fact i noticed that if it dipped down below 100, i thought it was "kinda cool outside today"....

crazy right?

so i wake up the other day FREEZING....turn my heat to 80 (the same spot i kept my air conditioning set at during the summer) and throw on a sweatshirt...go about my routine and head out the door...i open the door and im like whooo is it COLD...went a grabbed my suede jacket...i get to the car to go wherever before work and decide to look down at the temp...its 65 degrees.....im stunned im FREEZING at 65 degrees...back in feb i was lovin the 70s now here it is a few months later and a few degrees lower and i cant handle it...i tell ya back in michigan as soon as i caught a whif of some heat i was trying to rock a skirt or some shorts....and now im bundling up...

this week i broke out my winter clothes...because well, it is winter...but never in my life have i thrown on my thick turtleneck sweater and knee high boots with a coat and been cold at 65 degrees...

im telling you my blood has gotten used to this triple digit heat...of course since i am in the desert, at night it gets down to the low 40s...but when i was in michigan, the 40s was not that cold...but now that ive settled into the california living...40 might as well be below freezing...cause im going crazy...

im going home to michigan in a few weeks for Christmas...my mama was telling me today they were expecting a snow storm....da hell? what imma do with some snow? what happens when i decide to move back east? im not going to be able to handle it...am i destined to be a cali girl for life?