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[lady_karelia]

Definitely to be filed under WTF...

Yesterday, the high was about 64 degrees. When I went in the shower an hour ago, it was raining, but snow was starting to mix in with the rain. When I came out of the shower and looked out the window, I was somewhat shocked by this picture:



Nearly two inches and still snowing like whoa.

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[irishredlass69.livejournal.com]

Ahh, but I have been to California and I do not like the clogged streets, pollution, high prices and Christmas without snow is just an abomination against nature! So, I will shiver, drink another cup of coffee, shiver some more, and put on an extra sweatshirt and/or grab another blanket.

[notsosaintly.livejournal.com]

Agreed, agreed, and agreed, ad finitum.

No, California is not the end-all, be-all place to be. I've tried moving away (Atlanta, GA). It didn't work. Came back. I do enjoy the variety of seasons, which we don't really get here.

It is VERY difficult to get into the Christmas spirit without snow. But we do have mountains about a 2-1/2 hour drive away in which it snows and we can ski (okay, others can ski, not I anymore to my chagrin)... And then you can drive a bit and lie on the beach. *snort* A very dirty beach, and I wouldn't touch the water, and I would use lots of hand sanitizer....

[irishredlass69.livejournal.com]

Oh, and another interesting though about the Northwest. If I remember a few years ago, when my girlfriend was diagnosed with MS, I found a couple medical journal articles that stated the Northwest had a higher ratio of MS than any other region in the nation. Have you seen these studies. I know my girlfriend is looking into it as she still lives in "dry-shities" Washington. I told her I thought it happened to her because she still lives with a nuclear reactor in her backyard *shudders*.

[notsosaintly.livejournal.com]

Yes, I have heard actually that everything in the northern latitudes, which is why you see a lot of people from the Northern States, the UK and Northern Europe with it.

Then they've come up with theories that it might be the radon, which occurs naturally. In fact, growing up in Wisconsin, we had to have our basements regularly tested for the levels of radon that accumulate down there. Of course, we'd play down there a lot in the summer because it was cooler, and I'd have to dry my hair and put on makeup down there when it was 100 degrees and 100 percent humidity if I wanted at all to look halfway decent. There are higher levels of radon in the Northern parts of the US, naturally occurring.

And then they think some of it might have to do with the result of a virus, or sometimes, people who already have an autoimmune disease end up having more than one ... And then sometimes it's genetic (which mine is not) There are endless theories. They say it mostly affects white women. But then, I see a lot of men and black men and women too.

My dad whines every once in a while when he knows I'm not at my best, wondering how I could have gotten it. I just have to say, "Dad. It doesn't matter how I got it. I just have to deal with it." (Which is why I am thankful I live far away from him so I can hide most of it.)

[irishredlass69.livejournal.com]

I am sure your Dad whinning about it really helps matters... not!

I can just see it notsosaintly sits at her computer one sunny beautiful day researching diseases and ailments seeking out which one she would choose to contract.

I hope you have a stronger support system than those that whine because you are ill, by no choice of your own. I know I often wish I lived closer to Becca, my girlfriend, because not only does she have MS but her husband is battling brain cancer and things can get very rough for her and her three children.

Just keep a positive attitude. Mind over matter and all that rot.