January waning!

Just thinking that we almost have January 'in the bag'...Great news! January is the rock bottom month for temperature.. NOT that it can't get cold in February, but January is the worst. WE just might be looking better.. at least the wind has not been blowing as much as it could IF it wanted to do so!!
Speaking of cold and wind,, I really think that the East Coast is getting OUR weather...Sorry, I am not willing to trade, but they are really getting it! A few years ago a friend of mine here in Coralville called and said, 'my wife got a really good job out of state, so we are moving'...I said 'no way',, 'you have both lived here for a million years'....'Where are you going?"...NO RESPONSE.. then he said 'out east',,, then NOTHING..............................Finally I said, 'surely you aren't moving to somewhere cold and snowy like Buffalo.....??.....................................YEP, 'we are moving to Buffalo'.................so, off they went. They are still there. Once in awhile I get an email telling me that most of the snow they get is 'lake effect'...., what the heck, I don't care where or how you get it, you get it!!..Ha!! Better them than me!..Do you ever remember seeing the Coralville snow plows on Monday, January 17?.. We had a BIG snow and not many plows were out.. Seems the city guys had the day off, and if they got called in to plow, it is double or triple time on a holiday.. SO, on that day only a skeleton crew was plowing.. Come the next day, Tuesday, January 18, all the plows are guys were back....Now you know!