Why didn't anyone tell me about this?

Just learned the other day that select Wendy's restaurants offer a freakin' Vanilla Frosty! Why was I not alerted to this fact the minute it happened? Now that it's icy and snowing here (yes, really), I won't be in the mood to try a Vanilla Frosty. It must be at least 50 degrees outside for me to eat something like that. Now I have to wait until everything else melts. Rats!

There are good things about weather like this, though:

• My neighbor will wear a shirt when he takes out his garbage. His wife will, hopefully, do the same.

• The stray cats in the neighborhood won't go on so many "dates" under our bedroom window.

• Because the icky weather affects us all, there's a whole Up With People Vibe that emanates from our very beings. Take heed to it, fellow Texans, and slow the heck down on the roads.

• People are doing homey things like building fires in their fireplaces and building snowmen in their yards. Those with sleds are, in fact, sledding.

• More hugs, less drugs.

• It's so cold, politicians have their hands in their own pockets.

• It's so cold, dumb old jokes ring a little funnier.

• It's so cold, my cell phone rings a little funnier, too.

• Frozen treats like Vanilla Frostys are easier to ignore. This will help my training regimen for the 100-mile bicycle ride. Of course, no bike riding is taking place right now, but it balances out I guess.

• Expect a baby boom in about nine months, but by golly, not at my house!