If you're like me, the title of this blog post alone has you annoyed — and me straining not to itch. It's true, after a visit home to the Twin Cities I have developed the unthinkable, the unfathomable and most of all the unwelcome mosquito bites.

Now normally I am not one to complain. Living in Minnesota where the unofficial state bird is widely known to be the pesky little blood suckers I have realized that there is very little you can do about them and one way or another you'll eventually end up with itchy red bumps covering your legs but it's March!