Midwest : January 15th -- The busy holidays are finally over , another brutal winter has set in , there are eight inches of snow on the ground .
I 'm sitting in front of my fireplace counting the days until the first signs of spring .
Midwest : January 15th -- The busy holidays are finally over , another brutal winter has set in , there are eight inches of snow on the ground , and I 'm sitting in front of my fireplace counting the days until the first signs of spring .