Thundersnow and Wintery Mixes

Okay...I really have no excuse for why I have so slacked off on this blog, but I am jumping back in the game (much unlike my commitment to do the same with going to the gym...I make that one every Sunday night and promptly break it by 5 a.m. Monday morning).  Anyway, this post isn't so much about the kids as it is about how much  I really, passionately, fiercely HATE Illinois weather!  I can probably count on my fingers the VERY few times I've said aloud, "Wow, today is a nice day!" Notice I didn't even say "great" or "fabulous"..."nice" seems to be the best anyone can hope for here in good ol' IL.  Sunday started off frigid (which was my excuse for not following through on the gym thing...) and ended with thundersnow.  Yeah, THUNDER and SNOW...TOGETHER.  Only in Illinois.  Monday is was fog like something out of one of those B class horror movies. Tuesday was torrential downpours (no thunder though, go figure). Today we had sleet/snow/wintery mix.  Wintery mix is apparently another word invented for Illinois weather because not even the meteorologists know what to predict around here..."today we will have some sleet, or maybe rain,  or thundersnow...let's just call it a wintery mix."