Things you should know about real winter before you move to the Midwest:

1. Your nostrils will freeze if the high temp for the day stays sub zero.
2. Sometimes 2 or more pairs of gloves are necessary.
3. Sometimes 2 or more pairs of PANTS are necessary.
4. Sometimes it's warmer in the basement than the rest of the house.
5. If you're making a cake, and it needs to be cool to be iced 1.5 hrs. before a boyscout meeting, you can flash-cool it outside in 15 minutes or less.
6. Less gas, less brakes.
7. You're always told not to eat yellow snow. Don't eat blue de-iced snow either.
8. Don't touch de-icer with your very cold bare hands. It WILL give you a chemical burn that makes you cry and say bad words for at least 10 minutes.
9. I've already told you that you can put cardboard on your windshield if snow is predicted. Cardboard is also good for putting between your grill and your radiator. The grill in your car, not your personal grill.
10. Don't move here. There are warmer places. Live there instead.