It has been so bitterly cold here in Pennsylvania. I can't remember a winter being as cold as this，but I’m sure there were__36___ days．___37__ the daylight hours are growing longer minute by minute, it’s easy to find a(n)_38__not to go out unless you absolutely must, but then again I often have to push myself to accomplish things．

  As I stood 0utside with my two dogs yesterday, it was so cold that my nose and face39   crisp and my cars were stinging．Of course，that doesn't_40____to Ricky and Lucy．They have a routine they must__41____to find just the fight  spot _42___ cold or hot it is．So I wait．

  But this time it was different．As cold __43___ it was，I suddenly was refreshed thinking about how wonderful this extreme cold really was. Then the sun _44__the clouds and  _45___ Of summer’s burning hot days flashed through my mind．I could remember standing in the heat of the afternoon,__46____ pouring down my brow and the burning hot sun_47____ my face．I reminded myself then and there that in the  cold of the winter I would I wish I had this___48____

 I was right. Two extremes in my life that most of the time I find uncomfortable, I normally dread them and 49  about it all the way through．But today 1 was50____ them．Without the extremes in my life，I would never_51____ the days__52____ things were just right．Without the extremes life would be__53____ .So bring on the cold so I appreciate the heat more．Make me sweat on a hot summer’s day so I wish I had a handful of_54____ to rub my face in．

  I __55___ complain about my situation too often．But now I want to start finding a reason to be happy with where I’m.