Ways to stay warm during a frosty Chicago December…

On a day where the windchill did not climb above 10 degrees, I stay warm by…

Listening to Phoenix radio stations online stating that the high today will be 73, while the “current” temperature is 54…ahhhh…

Buy a half gallon of skim milk for my Ghirardelli hot cocoa…it’s not quite as fattening and still tastes yummy…

Tolerate the abominable cold under the covers long enough so my body heat can warm it up…snug as a bug in a rug…who cares how cold it is outside my cocoon!

Curl up under my little blankets on the couch and watch a great DVD while a storm rages outside…it’s always great to watch it from the inside…

Work out…it’s not as sweaty in the club when it’s eight degrees outside 

Wait for Lovin’ Spoonful’s “Summer in the City” to come on…

Remember a day where I lowered the car window and let the warm air fill the car as I zipped down the road in the forest preserve and smelled all the trees…

The knowledge that the day after winter is officially over, it will be 90 with 90% humidity…ah, the Chicago way…