>> SHELETTA: I LOVE WINTER.

DID YOU KNOW THAT?

I DO.

I JUST LOVE WINTER.

NOW, I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE THINKING.

"SHELETTA, YOU WERE RAISED IN TEXAS.

SHELETTA, YOU SPENT YOUR YOUNG ADULT YEARS IN LOUISIANA.

WEREN'T YOU THE ONE WHO WAS ALWAYS SO BITTER WHEN THE TEMPERATURES GOT SO BITTER?"

NOT THIS YEAR, HONEY, BECAUSE THIS SWEET YOUNG THING IS NOW IN MENOPAUSE.

AND I NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL ALL OF A SUDDEN FEEL LIKE A LOUISIANA BAYOU MADE ITS WAY UP HERE TO THE 612.

WHEN I MOVED TO MINNESOTA, THEY TOLD ME THAT YOU GOTTA WEAR LAYERS TO STAY WARM, HONEY, NOW I’M PEELING MY LAYERS OFF LIKE A BURLESQUE DANCER.

HERE YA GO, BOYS!

OOH!

THESE SCORCHERS OF MINE SNEAK UP AND SURPRISE ME.

I CAN BE STANDING IN LINE WITH A CART FULL OF GROCERIES OR STANDING BEHIND THE MICROPHONE RECORDING ONE OF MY POPULAR PODCASTS WHEN I FEEL A FLUSH, A FLASH, A SURGE.

AND THE CLOTHES START COMING OFF.

I’VE LEARNED TO STOP ASKING, DID SOMEONE JUST TURN UP THE HEAT IN HERE?

BECAUSE THE ANSWER IS, NO, GIRL.

NOBODY TURNED THE HEAT UP IN HERE.

USUALLY ROUND THIS TIME OF THE YEAR I START WEARING OUT ON WINTER.

I'M READY FOR SPRING BEFORE IT'S EVEN VALENTINE'S DAY.

BUT THIS YEAR IT CAN STAY CHILLY AS LONG AS IT WANTS TO.

I JUST HOPE I DON'T GET ANY OF THESE BODY PARTS FROSTBITTEN WHEN I'M DOWN TO MY UNMENTIONABLES AND I STILL HAVE