"Chilling" Memories and Yogurt

This morning's chill in the air gave me pause to reflect on the upcoming days of cccccoold weather. I stifled a sinister laugh as I realized I will NEVER have to do outside bus duty again...well, I guess I should never say never. I recall vividly one particularly bitter cold and blustery winter day that I had the dreaded job of bus duty. It was one of those days with a minus sign in front of the temperature reading with windchills that were dreadful. I anticipated how cold it would be and prepared for it in advance, breaking out my real fur coat (shameless, not PC, etc.), a HAT (those who know me know I rarely don any headgear because I get horrible hat hair and am just vain enough to admit it), gloves, boots, and warm socks. I realized once I got outside that the fur of ten Wooly Mammoths couldn't have been enough to keep me warm! I have never in my life been so cold. I actually CRIED out there! Since I wear my own extra layers of insulation (OK, fat) I am usually sporting my own personal summer on most days. That was another reason I was so shocked by how cold I was on that January day. I thought about some of my skinny friends and colleagues and how they would have fared out there...not so well. If I was crying they would have been wailing! So glad that is now a part of my history.

Now to the subject of yogurt. One of nature's finest foods...or so they say. I know how good yogurt is for women - the health benefits are innumerable. I have TRIED for years to like it, spending countless dollars on Whips, Cremes, and more recently Pumpkin Pie, Sugar Cookie, and Eggnog flavors. I have watched countless friends and colleagues gobble down this wonder food with the same look dogs have when you give them a treat - the ummm ummm good face - and I envy them. So, in my eternal quest to try to like yogurt, I was so excited about finding these new flavors while grocery shopping last week. Yesterday I tried, with the highest degree of anticipation, the pumpkin pie flavor. It was a bit more palatable than most yogurts I've tried to choke down, but in the end, it is still yogurt! Sour, gloppy, coats-your-throat-as-it-goes-down yogurt. Well, there is always the Sugar Cookie and Eggnog cartons waiting for me. I will keep you posted.