RE: Not many flying days left...
It's a good thing there are so many good hobbies. I also do photography, motorcycling, & snowboarding. I bet you Texans & Floridians don't do a lot of snowboarding, eh?
As a newb, I surely won't fly when it's too cold out. It's hard enough to keep the plane in one piece when it's warm & humid. (and the plane isn't too brittle)
We notherners are pretty hardy though. You'd be surprised to hear it, but many of us don't change our lives that much. I ride my bike to the train station for work year-round, except when there's so much snow, I get afraid of cars wiping me out.
Jeremy