January

Wow! January barely has started, but here it is the 18th day already.

SO much has happened.

Aside form the white Christmas, I found myself much more relaxed this year. I took time to enjoy the special people in my life. All the kids were home. My husband was off until the 3rd. Then we heard around the 5th that snow was on the way. For four days, I feel like I sat around and waited on the snow. It was worth waiting on. January 9th it snowed 3.5 inches and then added about .5 to 1 inch of slush ice on top of the snow. I built a snowman this weekend that still has remnants sitting on the ground by the mailbox. After nine days later, some warmer temps, and a rain shower or two, the bottom of the snowman still remains. WOW!

Sunday, since our woodstack was getting low, we tried to split some firewood. The electric splitter that we bought in Nov of 2009 quit working right. We took it back to Lowe's. It is on recall so they could not replace it. In the end, they just refunded our money.

Monday, we cut down several smaller trees to restock our firewood supply. We also took a walk around the property looking for standing dead trees that would be good to use as well.

Today, I feel stifled. I have tons of motivation but lack the focused goal. I have decided to work on my living room. My Christmas tree is still up and I am very glad that it is.