comment: >
  
  Bundle up more with the cold, or sprinkle salts on the sidewalks in advance. Pre-emptively fix it. Don't just sit around and mope about it.
  Or maybe flesh out your example more. Like complaining about the frost on the windshield due to weather? Complaining about chickens dying from the heat, etc ?
context: You dont understand the correct usage of the phrase, and neither does your husband.
  Say you're driving to work and there's a crash ahead, causing a huge tailback which makes you late for work.
  Some would be angry and some would complain, some would say "it is what it is" because it's out of your control and there's no point being upset. >
  
  Similar sayings: That's the way it goes. That's the way the cookie crumbles. So it goes. >
  
  Shit happens >
  
  Sometimes it be like that >
  
  But it do >
  
  Thats not how youre supposed to use that saying. Its meant to be a response to things you have no control over >
  
  Such as? I think we have way more power to fix things or chose our own actions than people give us credit for.
  I remember an old friend used that saying about his explosive temper with his wife, where he'd punch holes in the wall. Take ownership or your body and change! >
  
  
  Such as?
  
  The weather