Winter Hibernation

The winter has been cold and snowy, or soggy and deary. We are in the aftermath of a snow storm as I write this. We were lucky in that we only got about eight inches this time. Washington DC had thirty inches. The weather channel is calling the storm a "Winter Powerhouse". It apparently has broken some snowfall records in the midatlantic region.

Bethany and I have been spending a lot of time in front of our fireplace or undercovers reading. This weekend we prepared her Valentines for school. She and her Dad worked on her Valentine box. We also set up a crystal growing garden. I made some vegetarian chili. Today I think we will make some muffins.

We went out in the snow yesterday with the puppies. I shoveled the driveway. We are watching a lot of cartoons and episodes of Hannah Montana on television.

During the week we are keeping incredibly busy. Monday night is swimming lessons. Tuesday night is art class and water aerobics for me. Wednesday night is swimming lessons. Thursday night is water aerobics. I am glad we are busy during the week. It keeps me from completely hibernating during this frozen time. I truly just want to be under the covers all of the time.

Bethany reported to me this week that  Phil the groundhog saw his shadow, and that we would be having six more weeks of bad winter. I hope that groundhog gets back to sleep after being rudely awakened, if we are indeed going to have more bad winter. Being unconscious and cold is much better than being cold and awake.