Welcome February!

Hi all!  We made it through the month of January, and it was a long, cold month this year.  It's 32° with a wind chill of 26° here, as I type this at 9:20 a.m.  I'm pretty sure that's already warmer than it got all day here yesterday.  I know that's warm and toasty compared to the Midwest, so I hope they're warming up today, too.   

Snow Men Brighten the Winter Days

Hi everyone!  Have you had a good day?  We spent the day running errands, so I'm glad to be sitting down, finally.  One of those errands involved buying a new, much-needed grate for our fireplace, so now we can have some cozy wood fires in our den. 

The Christmas decorations are finally down and mostly packed away.  I enjoy them so much when they're out, but our house feels much more spacious once I've put them away again.  I used to feel a little melancholy after packing all the cheeriness away.  Then I discovered that if I put my snowmen out in January, it helps to jolly things along during the long cold months between Christmas and spring.  :)