IF YOU HAVE BEEN WONDERING

Ohhhhh Weeeeeee! It's cold!

In a state of painfully high summer temperatures and tongue sticking to the roof of your mouth drought, we are frozen to muteness by this arctic blast. My day wear as well as night wear for the past four days----long johns (PC: thermal underwear). Even though they are lilac purple with lovely yellow, orange and peach flower buds on them, they are still long johns.
There has only been threats of snow and a tease of sleet, but the cold is brutal. Our schools closed Thursday and Friday. I was forced to cook chili, my special recipe; ground beef and shredded chicken soup and other hearty meals. I must say it was nice snuggling up to warm bowls of comfort food watching Alabama win the playoff; an activity I would not have participated in if there had not been an artic freeze. My husband and daughters watch football and basketball. I watch the Antique
Roadshow and Turner Classic Movies.
The cold is retreating gradually. Today was sunny and warm, 45 degrees. I caught a break in the freezing temps and planted some hyacinth bulbs, blue and red. I started some seeds indoors: dianthus and blanket flowers. The dianthus have sprouted and now must survive to seedling stage indoors until the first week of April when I can transplant them. GOOD LUCK! (Hyacinth)
I also had the opportunity to read the book "Judgement Days, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King JR., And The Laws That Changed America" by Pulitzer Prize winner, Nick Kotz. Look for a book review later.

The book I can't wait to get a hold of to review is the controversial "Game Change" in which Senator Reid is apologizing for. To know Hillary could not control Bill Clinton is funny but not shocking ( look at older posts for my picture with her). I must agree the comparison of Senator Reid and Trent Lott are apples and oranges.

To all others enduring more frigid temps, hang in there, stay warm safely, and eat some comforting foods.