Beautiful cold day

Its a beautiful day today! The sky is so blue and the sun is shinning and there is news that in about a week from now we will be starting to get a little warmer weather... That might mean our bitter cold will be over for another year. It is supposed to go all the way to 30* Yah..... I will have to hurry and get the final panel for my afghan finished. I also started taking the finish off an old chair and am reading a good book. I like the Cat Who books written by Lilian Jackson Braun. I only read a chapter at a time because I don't want it to end.They are some of the books I did not give away.I suppose I could go and find another one as Im just reading The Cat Who Smelled a Rat now and it was written in 2001. She probably has written at least one more since or I could go on my shelves and start again from the beginning...  Now that I have my family room changed around I decided I didn't like the color of the doors under the book shelves so I will be painting those to make them lighter. I think that would make the room look bigger and cheerier too. I'm starting on a roll now and soon I will be back in shape to do my yard work  ( I hope) but probably not as I am really taking it slow. I'm also trying to decide what color I will paint my benches outside this year. One was white and the other blue.... I think I may go with black ~ time will tell.

relaxing day

Charlie ~ Peaches~ Twinkie my 3 pals. they were tired this morning while I was on my computer and then when I went to crochet they followed me and slept there for a bit after going outside in the cold. They didn't get much exercise today. I guess they are trying to while away the cold days as best as they can. They do tease each other and play for awhile but then they go and sleep again... At least Im getting my afghan finished. I got 4 narrow panels and 2 wide panels finished so far and started on the last wide panel. Then I can do a cross stitch pattern on the wide panel and put it together. I can hardly wait because that will mean February is almost over. LOL

Dreaming

Iam dreaming of warmer days! I figured thats about all I can do is dream because I believe this is the coldest day we have had so far. It is a beautiful sunny day here and its nice and cosy warm in the house. If I want to go anywhere I will just warm up the car awhile. Think of what my grandparents had to endure ~ I just can't imagine. We sure are lucky these days.
   I hope you are all having a nice day and keeping warm. 

Just plain cold

I will only be in here for a minute. I have a terrible head cold and just came in to see what my favorite people are doing today. Only 3 more days and this month is over. The weather man said those 3 days will be extremly cold also.... wind chill was -26 at 6 tonight so I imagine its much colder now.... Now can you guys in the south understand why we appriciate spring so much.... We are in a deep hibernation now, lol

Paperwhites

My paperwhites are blooming! They were hiding under the lamp shade so they grew rather tall didn't they? Its nice to have flowers in the house. I only started them 2 weeks ago. I started my amerlis bulb before that and its not blooming yet. My birthday is next Monday so maybe it will be my birthday present... Its just starting to open today. I think I will move it so it gets a little sun today and see if I can speed it up.
Yesterday I went shopping and found 2 great sweaters on sale.... I cound not believe the bargain so I had to get 2. They were 70% off the regular price. I suppose they got too many in this year. We still have a lot of cold weather coming so I will more than get my use out of them. Nice soft, warm chenille in pale pink and a pale blue...
We did get snow too but not the 12 inches. I think we must have gotten another 3 though. The weather man said its supposed to blow and drift this afternoon too so its a nice day to stay in and crochet. My husband shoveled all the snow before I got up so I won't be doing that today. He is down the basement making bird feeders. Nice big ones out of cedar. Our son wanted him to make one and now he is making me one. He found a good deal on scraps of wood at the lumber company. I hope he can find more as they will make nice presents and give him something nice to do while waiting for fishing weather to come again. Last year he made garden stakes out of copper pipe and wire etc ( he put colored glass balls in them or pretty plates on top for a bird feeder) and then he made butterfly houses before that. I have many projects for him but they will have to wait for the right time and the right price at the lumber co. as he likes a good bargain I guess. Which is just fine with me. He is in a much better mood when he gets something accomplished~ but then I guess we all are aren't we?
     Hope everyone is having a nice day today! Stay warm.

Shopping

We just had to go shopping yesterday because we heard more snow is coming... so far it didn't get here but it is just starting so we had better get moving. We have to pay our property taxes today ;(  and I have to exchange a DVD I got yesterday. It was such a good sale but I got 2 and one I already had. Memory must be going I guess. Now I get to go to the store again and sort through them one more time, or maybe just let it go. I did get some nice pillows and a rug this weekend though to add a little color to my room. Its always fun to get a few new things to brighten up the dreary winter days. The weather man started out by saying we are going to get 12 inches of snow and the last I heard it was only 3. All the cities around us are really getting a lot so we are lucky I guess. We will get our share though as Feb hasn't gotten here yet.... More fun for the skiers and snowboarders and snomobilers I guess. The ice rink is getting a lot of use too but it has to be cleaned off a lot. Our son goes skating after work whenever he can...

Freezing Cold

Its -1 this morning and we are going to the last mass in hopes that it warms up a little. The sun is shinning and I wonder if that will help or not. It even feels colder though with the wind chill so I guess I will have to really dress warm or just be brave. brrrrrr  This dreaded month is almost over though thank goodness. I said a thousand times in my life or more how much I hate January but I feel like a warrior after its over and I lived through another one. We will certainly enjoy Spring when it does arrive this year.

Have a nice day!