That's what I was saying last year, but this year's a complete 180! I love it, except for the rain. That's how the weather is here in the Chicago area. One winter was very warm, and on Christmas day there were thunderstorms that knocked out everyone's power. The very next year had a brutal snowstorm on Christmas that took out our car on an off ramp with temps well below 0 and wind chills way down (30-50 below). Last year we had that blizzard (check the link), this year we are yet to have 1 full inch of snow. I wonder how local meteorolgists can keep their jobs around here since it's so hard to predict our weather. Ahh... It's a balmy 40 (trust me, this IS balmy, especially for December) something here, I love it!