We warmed up from 0°F to 2°F today. It's all a sheet of ice outside. No sign of thawing just yet. We also got more snow last night.
We are getting news from family and friends of sickness. One is one of the kids too. She has confirmed having the flu.
The water softener is still on the "off" mode. My husband has acquired the supplies to repair the leak in the line, but has lacked the time to do the actual repair. I'm tapping my foot in anticipation, so I can turn the water softener back on (laundry awaits). He works outside in this cold some days, so when he comes home, he is physically spent so to speak.
With that said, I have only moved a few puzzle pieces on our current puzzle.
Update on the last new pancake recipe. I froze about 15 of them, and we are thawing them this week for breakfast with a side of homemade chicken "sausage" patties. I may add scrambled eggs later, but I wanted to let you know they thawed and re-heated nicely.
I have found another high protein pancake recipe to try soon as well (recipe with no protein powder). I have several healthy new breakfast recipes to try, as well as dinner, so I won't run out of winter activities, ha ha!
I finished a few books, so I'm working on some new granny squares for our "book" blanket. I'll post them soon after I get them done, ends sewn in and added to the blanket. What a huge improvement on reading books this year too. I would say 98% of the books read this year are books I bought at least a year to three years ago. Other ones are given to me or borrowed from the library. The one on top was okay. I didn't really learn a lot to be honest. She mentions Lincoln shell peas as the best yielding peas, but I grew them here and they did not do well. It was written and published so many years ago too.
~Home Updates~
I'm getting some shelf liners installed. Woohoo to that. One area is already done. Three more areas more to go. I added another area.
In order to line the closet wire shelves, I have some updates like this to do. I may be doing some purging in there too. I know the clothes have got to be sorted. Good luck with me getting my husband on board with his clothes.
Progress is better than no progress.
I made a few peanut butter/bird seed treats for the birds. I'm sure they will be enjoyed during this winter. I just saved some empty toilet paper rolls, spread peanut butter on them, then rolled it in the bird seed. I then put the rolls on high branches in the trees.
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