READING: Catching up on all the little bits and pieces of reading material around here, mostly American Civil War things, before I start on something new.
LISTENING TO: I found a site where you can listen to American Civil War music, so I am just listening to bits and pieces from 1861-1865 on that site. I have been listening to about ten compositions a day. It fit in well with the Tried by War book I was reading. You can check it out here. Oh, come on, give it a click...browse around, listen to various things, really, it is most enjoyable.
COOKING THROUGH: Le Cordon Bleu at Home (Le Cordon Bleu School of Cooking), this week's assignment is Bar à la Normande (Sea Bass with Mushrooms and Cream) on pages 180-181; Baking: From My Home to Yours (Dorie Greenspan), this week's recipe is World Peace Cookies, pages 138-139. You can cook/bake along, too!
FAV NEW FIND: How much I appreciate feeling well...it's been awhile...since Thanksgiving really, and today I actually ran the vacuum cleaner as I finally feel my strength returning. I never before thought of vacuuming as something that would be exhausting. Thankfully, that's over.
FAV THING TODAY: Well, you all know how I feel about winter...I was pretty much tired of it the second day and all, BUT it is very pretty outside with everything covered in white, the huge drifts of snow everywhere, and knowing I don't really have to go out in it if I don't want to, so I guess, believe it or not, my favorite thing is snuggling up with my books, a nice fire, a cup of hot cider, and the view of all the white coldness outside the window. This favoritism won't last long...I'm a summer person these days.
GOING TO: Watch Big Ten Basketball, that's always a given this time of year, Hoos play on Saturday in Hooville at 4:00, so that will be nice and maybe Lennies for lunch and the Limestone Grille for dinner; Hawks play Sunday in Champaign right after lunch. Oh, and BTW, you can all cease and desist with the emails regarding the success, or lack thereof, this year of these two teams. I still watch. All. The. Time. I am not a fair-weather fan at all...you can see improvement in every single game with both these teams and frankly, considering the youth of the teams, they have given this team and that team a run for their money this year already...it's not always readily visible in the W-L column. Just wait. Other than just the usual run of doings around here, not much else in the plans.
PRAYING FOR: Families in crisis, whatever that might be for each family...in our family, Alex is experiencing a bit of teenage angst, prayers for all families dealing with this, please join me.
PHOTO: A flock of about a hundred robins got trapped by the snow and nestled in a couple of our trees for several hours...I can't even imagine where they went next. (You can click on the photo to enlarge and see just how plump those robins are...they must have been finding plenty of food someplace, so I hope they were able to return there.)
PHOTO: A flock of about a hundred robins got trapped by the snow and nestled in a couple of our trees for several hours...I can't even imagine where they went next. (You can click on the photo to enlarge and see just how plump those robins are...they must have been finding plenty of food someplace, so I hope they were able to return there.)