I can’t believe I’m looking forward to February

Last week, I started getting back into my nice, comfortable rut, my groove.  I found more time for writing.  I had my sisters and cousin over for supper Friday night.  And for the first time that I can ever remember, I made the supper a celebration of February.  I usually dread our shortest month.  I’m tired of winter.  I don’t want to see another snowflake.  I’m ready to search for sunshine.  But things have been so busy lately, I’m ready to hibernate, to be boring.

I gave my sisters a half dozen meals to choose from, and they chose homemade beef and noodles over mashed potatoes with a cucumber salad.  They love old-fashioned family cooking, so that’s what they got.  Beef and noodles take me a while to make because I start with a chuck roast, add carrots, onions, and celery, and build a broth before I add the Amish noodles and shred the meat.  Then I made my husband happy by asking him to go to his favorite bakery to buy whatever chocolate cake struck his fancy.  The cake was to celebrate the beginning of February.

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January had been a strain on my sisters, too, and somehow, celebrating the end of it and the start of a new month made us all feel better.  February, for me, is going to be serious writing time.  My sister Mary had finished a big project at work and is hoping February is less stressful.  Patty and my cousin Jenny, who hate the cold, said they’re staying in more.  Jenny has to use a walker, and it’s hard getting her in and out of Patty’s mini-van when it’s freezing outside.  Heck, it’s a chore getting her inside our house with its four steps to the porch.  Patty doesn’t cook, so I promised to send over more leftovers so they don’t have to eat frozen dinners everyday if they don’t leave the house.

All in all, we’re all hunkering down for a while, and we’re all looking forward to it.  Whatever your plans, hope you find more time to write.  Happy February!

 

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