Congratulations, Nina, on your anniversary! How many years?
This has been a horrible spring on top of a horrific winter. My kids don't get out of school until the last week of June, due to snow days. So the only good thing I can say about the bad weather is: at least it is helping them stay focused, and feel like it's still the school year instead of summer vacation! They'll go back last week of August, and fall sports start two weeks prior. Not much of a summer vacation this year!

Everyone here is complaining about the relentless rain, too, but I love everything about it. Right now, my windows are open to the chilled air. Another night of falling asleep to the sound of steady rain on my roof. Bliss.

Dreamer, thanks, 19 years! I start planning soon for a trip to celebrate the big one next year, which will be something really special, any suggestions?

Howitzer, too funny! I love that. Ouestion - What do you get after 6 days of rain in New England? answer - Monday.

Arabella, I like falling asleep to rain too, it's the waking up to it part that is driving me nuts! I'm sitting here in jammies and a fleece pullover. It is June, isn't it?

methinks the lousy weather is the result of the air pollution caused by Sadam when he destroyed all those WMD.

"methinks the lousy weather is the result of the air pollution caused by Sadam when he destroyed all those WMD."
ROTFL!

Nice pulling of our leggs nina.

Summer in Seattle, there's no other place I'd rather be on earth :)

More likely for us SW Floridians would be, does anybody even know what winter was like? 92 in the shade, 86* gulf water temp....heading for Alaska to cool off in JulY! ;-)

Ahh, dear Nina, be careful what you wish
for-just returned from The FL Keys-sunny
& humid at same degrees ! But, you can always jump in the water. (MeThinks this is like my onceuponatime fellow Denverites describing it as 'a dry cold')..
OliveOyl-Sending you good wishes for a speedy recovery!!
Now back in Sonoma County, my sweatshirt has replaced my camisole
and the sun has yet to show-ah, well there is always the wine !
R5

Hey Nina, just in case misery really does love company..... I just got the summer forecast for upstate New York, and it reads like this.....

"RAIN ALL WEEKEND EVERY WEEKEND BEGINNING ON FRIDAY'S FOR THE SUMMER OF 2003..... BEAUTIFUL SUNNY BLUE SKIES MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY..."

but I still love our glacier lakes...

so remember .... dance in the rain and laugh along... soon you'll forget your sorrows.....

Too much rain in NYC :(
Pup has terminally curly hair. We are all moldy. The flowers gave up and drowned.
I am so pale, you can't see me when I lie down on the white sheets :(
Would someone please send some sunshine to NY?
Michelle, I am afraid that that forecast is true (weep weep)

anytime you forget what summer is like, come to Phoenix

Those of us, myself included, who complain about all the rain and cold weather we've had on the East Coast will also be complaining next month when it is too damn hot!!!

P.S. My lawn has never looked better. ((b))

Look at the bright side, you don't have to worry about over exposure to the sun and slathering on sunscreen. No need to worry about trying on bathing suits and the humidity and moisture in the air is great for your skin.

Budman-My lawn and flowers look great too. :-)

Yeah, but what am I going to do about those gill-like appendages that are sprouting on our necks? They say we adapt to our environment, remember Waterworld?

nina, I know exactly what you mean :)

Today was not bad, overcast but warmi-ish and we were able to walk all over the West Side of Manhattan without an umbrella or raincoat and actually saw people walking around smiling!!

How's the apt hunting going Scarlett? Has Pup found anything he likes yet? I always say if a place looks good on a dreary day it's a keeper.

Well Sat. it poured and today looks like it just "wants to pour rain/" Last spring I planted flowers to early. I had to replace 3 times due to frosts. Then those dear little deers. This year it is the rain. Whats a girl to do??? We on the East Coast out of 22 weekends 17 of those had rain. I am really becoming scared. Very scared. Is this going to be our summer as well. Oh please say it isn't so!!

Here i am in Texas just south of Houston and it's over 90 degrees and plenty hot and humid. We need some serious RAIN. IT'S SO DARN DRY! I'd like a little of Seattles rain please.

Claire,
I hear you. The rain gods have blessed us with half an inch of rain in western Nebraska this week and we're practically giddy with the excitement of it all. Actually got a little cocky last night and complained to my husband that we hadn't seen the sun in 4 days. This is the first year in three that borrow pits along the roads are green and we can expect our flowers to bloom without watering constantly. Be careful what you wish for, easterners :-) My son got home Friday from his eighth grade trip to Washington D.C. and reported that everyone was forced to wear their rain ponchos most of the time while sightseeing. Even though rain ponchos are so-not-cool when you're 14, I think he was glad to have it!

Here in Phila, worst spring ever!!! Local Weather reported only ONE day of sun for the entire month of May!! June has not been any better. I went to pick strawberries from my garden, and found they were actually covered in mold!

I am a summer/sun person after one of the worst winters ever here, this really blows. At least I was lucky enough to have spent a week in Vegas last month, Ahh Vegas bright blinding beautiful sun every day. If only I could get out of this dingy gray office and head for the airport!!

Yes, I remember Summer. When I start to forget, I look at all those photographs we took during the days when the planet still had summer.
I am starting to forget heat and humidity though. Maybe Las Vegas is a good idea.